What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner - Automation Framework position at W3Global?
Role: Product Owner - Automation Framework
Location: Portland, OR (On-Site)
Job Type: Fulltime
Experience - 7 to 10 years (relevant and strong experience)
Job Description:
Keywords: Automation Framework, Virtualized Android, Linux/QNX, Qualcomm SOM, IFE Systems (all these are must to have)
Job Description:
Product Leadership & Strategy
Location: Portland, OR (On-Site)
Job Type: Fulltime
Experience - 7 to 10 years (relevant and strong experience)
Job Description:
Keywords: Automation Framework, Virtualized Android, Linux/QNX, Qualcomm SOM, IFE Systems (all these are must to have)
Job Description:
- 7 to 10 years relevant mandatory experience.
- Automation Framework (Virtualized Android Environment, Linux/QNX, Qualcomm SOM)
- Team: Automation Scrum Team - In-Flight Entertainment (IFE)
- Work closely with Android platform engineers, QNX/Linux teams, Qualcomm chipset specialists, and virtualization architects.
- Understand the automation framework architecture (hardware abstraction, virtualized interfaces, DUT orchestration, reporting pipelines).
- Write clear, well-structured epics, features, and user stories for automation tooling, framework improvements, APIs, and test execution workflows.
- Refine backlog items with engineering teams to ensure clarity, feasibility, and alignment with the automation strategy.
- Collaborate with Scrum Master and Engineering Lead to drive predictable, sprint-based delivery.
Product Leadership & Strategy
- Own the vision, roadmap, and backlog for the Automation Framework for virtualized Android- and Linux-based IFE systems.
- Prioritize automation features and capabilities based on business value, technical feasibility, team capacity, and program timelines.
- Define KPIs for automation coverage, stability, efficiency, and adoption across multiple platform teams.
- Virtualized Android environments
- Linux and QNX subsystems
- Qualcomm SOM-based hardware
- IFE system integration and certification workflows
- Serve as the primary liaison between automation engineering and product/program stakeholders across PAC.
- Gather requirements from system verification, platform SW teams, airline program teams, and integration labs.
- Communicate roadmap, progress, risks, and dependencies with clarity and frequency.