Integration Test Lead

Job Overview

Integration Test Lead – senior quality engineering role responsible for end‑to‑end testing strategy and execution across cross‑functional programs and projects. This fixed hybrid role requires on‑site work Tuesday through Thursday and is open to candidates based in Maple Plain, MN, or North Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, code, test, debug, implement, and document software applications
• Guide team development efforts toward successful project delivery through Agile methodologies
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentoring
• Influence work direction that aligns with engineering and company goals
• Maintain high standards of software quality by establishing good practices and habits
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
• Collaborate with other software engineers, technical product managers, and data architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain business applications
• Appropriately apply engineering principles and concepts to areas of specialization
• Demonstrate creativity and ingenuity by applying engineering principles and practices
• Draw solutions from a broader range of experience
• Define technical approaches and lead projects while guiding lower‑level developers
• Participate in peer reviews of solution designs and related code
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and document rationale for team sharing
• Adhere to high‑quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and within budget
• Interview and onboard new team members
• Provide feedback on team members’ performance
• Stay current on new technologies; research and evaluate a variety of software products
• Perform additional tasks as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field or comparable professional experience
• 10+ years of professional software development experience
• Experience mentoring engineers from intern to senior level
• Experience providing work direction by aligning tasks to skillsets and company objectives
• Experience working with engineers to estimate tasks, plan projects, and schedule releases
• Experience with software development focused on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• Experience with Microsoft AX and Dynamics 365 ERP ecosystems
• Knowledge of software design principles and patterns with experience coaching others in their use
• Internally motivated and able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment
• Strong communication skills with internal team members and external business stakeholders
• Strong initiative to find ways to improve solutions, systems, and processes
• Ability to be or become the technical expert for multiple projects
• Ability to work successfully under minimal supervision
• Strong experience and understanding of Agile methodologies
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment strategies
• Experience with software best practices such as code reviews, issue tracking, and version control, and ability to teach developers to use them
• Expertise in automated testing and ability to coach teams to embed testing best practices into the development lifecycle
• Proven ability to keep up to date with advancements in the development domain
• History of expanding technical leadership skills

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus opportunity
• Health insurance – Traditional or High Deductible plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account with employer contributions
• Dental and vision coverage
• Basic and supplemental life insurance
• Short‑term and long‑term disability
• Paid caregiver leave
• PTO, holiday pay, wellness hours, volunteer hours
• 401(k) with company match and immediate vest
• Employee Stock Purchase Program at a 15% discounted rate
• Matching grants through the Protolabs Foundation

Legal and Compliance

Proto Labs maintains ITAR‑compliant operations in all of its U.S. facilities. Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status. Individuals with temporary visas (e.g., E, F‑1, H‑1, H‑2, L, B, J, TN, or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role.

Proto Labs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Physical Demands

The employee is regularly required to sit; use a computer keyboard, monitor, and mouse; telephone and printer; reach with hands and arms; talk; see; and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop or kneel and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

The job is performed indoors (A/C), nonsmoking; the majority of the function is performed in an office setting with normal safety precautions. Occasionally, duties may require the employee to spend time in manufacturing areas exposed to machinery and noise; eye protection may be occasionally required. Work may be performed in outside weather conditions and near moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, and may be exposed to wet or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level is usually quiet to moderate.