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Project Manager

6 mo. contract to perm hire

Raleigh, NC

Required Skills & Experience

• 5–10 years Project Management experience (ideal)

• Strong technical understanding, ideally with AI / ML / GenAI exposure

• Ability to understand technical details and track progress with engineers & data scientists

• Strong stakeholder communication

• Self-driven, minimal hand-holding

• Experience running multi-team, cross-functional initiatives

Experience managing multiple projects concurrently

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Former developer or data scientist background before PM

• Hands-on experience with AI products, AI content pipelines, embeddings

• Experience in B2B environment

Experience in multi-year, large-scale data or ML programs

Job Description

• Manage multiple AI-related projects under the hiring manager's org

• Track progress across engineering + data science teams (~10 people)

• Manage long-term initiatives (multi-year)

• Coordinate embedding strategy project with 20–30+ cross-functional contributors

• Provide weekly updates and progress tracking

• No customer-facing work — only internal stakeholders

• Move projects forward proactively, ensure clarity, keep leadership informed

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to .

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DISCLAIMER(S):

*THIS IS AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.*

*WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR INTERNS WHO WORK WITH RECORDING ARTISTS, FILM/TV/LIVE SOUND ENGINEERS ARE NOT IDEAL CANDIDATES.*

Company Description

Invite Only Studios is an experiential recording and photography studio based in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. Our multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art space has only been around since October 2019, but we have hosted many clients since then. To name a few, we have hosted Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Darren Barnett (2021 People Choice Awards Winner) and Offset. We have also hosted events for ESPN, KIDinaKORNER (Imagine Dragons), Swizz Beats, Snoop Dogg, Def Jam Recordings, Russ, Saint JHN and Nike. In addition, we have created musical content for brands such as Starbucks, JP Morgan-Chase, Sunny D, Summer's Eve, Wendy's and Weight Watchers.

In addition, we work with several indie artists and assist them in their journeys to propel their careers. At Invite Only we welcome creativity from anyone who is willing to contribute ideas. If you think this role would suit you please apply as soon as you can!

Job Description

This role is intended for candidates seeking to advance their careers as Audio Engineers, particularly those with regular experience working with recording artists.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Being present for sessions and available to complete tasks for clients.
• Going on runs for clients and staff when necessary.
• Maintaining studio cleanliness & etiquette.
• Completing projects dictated by studio management as directed.
• Maintaining a positive attitude, enthusiasm, and willingness to be as effective as possible.

Skills & Qualifications

• Some type of educational training in audio engineering.
• Knowledge and experience in Pro Tools.
• Troubleshooting equipment & signal flow.
• Excellent time management & organization skills.

DISCLAIMER(S):

*THIS IS AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP, WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.*

*WE ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR INTERNS WHO WORK WITH RECORDING ARTISTS, FILM/TV/LIVE SOUND ENGINEERS ARE NOT IDEAL CANDIDATES.*

Fractal is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies, with a bold vision: to power every human decision in the enterprise. We believe the future belongs to organizations that combine human imagination with intelligent systems—and Fractalites are the ones building that future. As we scale our Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) practice in the United States, we are looking for a senior, client-facing Head of Engineering to shape and deliver world-class Data & AI platforms for leading Technology, Media & Telecom organizations.

This is not a back-office engineering role. This is a consulting-led, client-facing engineering leadership position for someone who is equally comfortable whiteboarding architecture with principal engineers, rolling up their sleeves with delivery teams, and advising CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs in the boardroom.

Learn more at Fractal | Intelligence for Imagination.

Note: This position is not eligible for Immigration Sponsorship at this time.

About the Role

This is a four-axis leadership role requiring technical depth, executive presence, team leadership, and embedded delivery. You'll work directly with top technical and functional leaders at some of the largest TMT companies in the world.

As Head of Engineering for Fractal's Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) vertical, you will personally shape the architecture of mission-critical AIML platforms, often in first-party tech stack, and develop/drive the team of ICs who bring them to life.

Responsibilities

Some engagements will look like a traditional advisory model. Others will look a lot more like Forward Deployed Engineering: your team embedded inside a client's engineering org, working within their first-party tech stack, shipping production code alongside their engineers, and earning influence through technical credibility, not org chart position.

You will need to be in the room when the technology roadmap needs to change. When a business pivot, a new regulation, or a technology shift forces a rethink mid-execution, you are the person who picks up the marker, walks to the whiteboard, and redraws the architecture in real time, credibly, for the CTO, and Principal Engineering leaders simultaneously.

Technical Depth (Hands-On Architecture)

• Own AI/Data platform architecture decisions — from Lakehouse design and real-time streaming to MLOps, LLMOps, and AgentOps pipelines in production
• Serve as the technical authority for Fractal's TMT engineering practice — defining standards, reviewing design, and holding the bar on reliability, scalability, and security
• Translate ambiguous business problems into concrete, buildable platform architectures — and stay close enough to execution to know when something is not working
• Drive the industrialization of GenAI: moving clients from proof-of-concept to enterprise-grade, governed, and observable AI systems

Executive Presence & Live Architectural Thinking

• Command the room with senior client leadership — CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and their direct reports - as a peer, not a vendor
• Whiteboard new architectural directions on the spot: when a business pivot, acquisition, regulatory shift, or technology breakthrough forces a mid-execution rethink, you synthesize it into a credible, buildable path forward live, in the room, without needing a week to prepare a deck
• Translate between two worlds simultaneously: make the architecture legible to a CFO and rigorous enough to satisfy a principal engineer in the same session
• Shape client roadmaps at the strategic level; identifying where the current plan is under-ambitious, over-engineered, or misaligned with emerging AI capabilities, and steering accordingly
• Represent Fractal at the highest level of client relationship

Team Leadership (Building & Driving Senior ICs)

• Develop and lead a high-performing group of individual contributors. principally senior and staff engineers, ML engineers, and data platform engineers
• Create the engineering culture: rigorous delivery standards, architectural thinking, and a bias toward elegant, production-grade solutions over quick fixes
• Build leadership depth within the team, identifying principals who can own programs and grow into broader roles
• Partner across Fractal's global AI and engineering Capability functions to staff programs strategically and raise capability across the TMT practice

Forward-Deployed & Embedded Delivery

• Lead and run FDE-style engagements where your team operates inside the client's engineering environment
• Navigate and deliver within client-owned, first-party technology stacks: proprietary data platforms, internal ML infrastructure, custom orchestration systems, and bespoke toolchains that do not appear in any industry survey
• Adapt quickly to non-standard environments, understanding a client's internal platform deeply enough to extend it, integrate into it, and earn the trust of their engineering staff
• Balance the tension between what Fractal does best and what the client's stack demands, knowing when to bring pattern, when to adapt, and when to advocate for a better path
• Set the standards for how Fractal operates in deeply embedded engagements: how we onboard, document, transfer knowledge, and leave clients stronger than we found them

Candidate Profile

Technical Qualifications

TMT clients bring genuinely hard problems on both open and proprietary infrastructure. Expect to architect and oversee:

• GenAI systems: RAG architectures, LLM fine-tuning pipelines, agentic workflow orchestration, and LLMOps observability
• AI-powered products: personalization engines, churn prediction, content recommendation, and network fault detection
• Client-proprietary ML infrastructure: internal feature stores, custom model serving layers, bespoke experiment tracking systems, and first-party orchestration frameworks
• Cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP with enterprise-grade governance, security, and compliance baked in
• Real-time and event driven data pipelines (e.g. network telemetry)
• Modern Lakehouse platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Delta Lake, Iceberg) at petabyte scale and proprietary data platform equivalents at leading tech-forward TMT organizations

Non-technical Qualifications

We are particularly interested in leaders from environments where engineering rigor, client accountability, executive presence, and AI depth all coexist including Forward Deployed Engineering, elite data/ML platform teams, and senior hyperscaler architecture practices.

• 15–20 years of experience spanning AI/data engineering and technical leadership with clear evidence of owning architecture at scale
• Deep hands-on experience deploying AI/ML/GenAI systems in production, in addition to advising on them
• Demonstrated executive presence: you have walked into a CTO or CDO review, redrawn the architecture based on new constraints, and left the room with alignment
• The ability to whiteboard fluently under pressure, synthesizing a team's in-flight work with a new business direction, making it rigorous enough for engineers and clear enough for executives, on the spot and without a rehearsal
• Experience operating within client-owned or non-standard technology stacks - you have learned a proprietary system, earned trust from skeptical internal engineers, and delivered production-grade results inside someone else's infrastructure
• A track record of leading senior engineers and building high-performance ML/engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and developing principal-level ICs
• Direct executive engagement experience - you have influenced CIO/CTO/CDO decisions and can hold your own in a room with technical and non-technical stakeholders at once
• Strong cloud-native fluency across one or more hyperscalers, with genuine depth in data platform patterns (streaming, batch, Lakehouse, governance)

Strong Preferences

• Experience in TMT vertical — hi-tech, telco, media platforms, streaming infrastructure, ad tech, or content delivery at scale
• Prior work in FDE-style or embedded delivery models where your team shipped inside a client codebase and was evaluated by their engineering standards, not just deliverable milestones
• Comfort with the ambiguity of 1P stack environments: you have debugged undocumented internal tools, extended proprietary frameworks, and figured out how to make external expertise land inside a closed ecosystem
• A personal reputation for architectural clarity: the person colleagues call when a problem needs to be drawn, not just describe
• Contributions to the ML/AI community: open source, publications, conference talks, or influential architectural patterns

Who Thrives Here

The Fractalite mindset is curious, rigorous, and impact driven. You will thrive in this role if you:

• Enjoy being client-facing and accountable for outcomes.
• Are comfortable navigating ambiguity, scale, and complex stakeholder environments.
• Believe great platforms come from strong engineering culture plus disciplined execution.
• See AI not as a novelty, but as a core enterprise capability that must be engineered responsibly.

Fractal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Job Description

At EDZ Systems, we are looking for a Technical & Engineering Recruiter to join our team – ideally someone who has experience recruiting talent across both Information Technology (IT) and Engineering disciplines (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical). It’s a challenging, fast-moving candidate-driven market, and the ideal candidate should be highly motivated, resourceful, and tenacious enough to keep up with the pace.

We are seeking someone who is curious, adaptable, and eager to stay up-to-date with the latest technological advancements as well as engineering industry trends that influence our clients’ hiring needs. If you are looking to take your career to the next level and maximize your growth potential, then this is the right opportunity for you.

Objectives of this Role

• Source senior-level, highly specialized candidates across IT, Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering for leading national businesses.
• Screen and interview candidates to ensure we put forward only the most qualified professionals.
• Consult with clients on overall hiring strategies and tailor recruiting approaches accordingly.
• Stay informed on industry trends in technology and engineering to evaluate candidates against relevant standards.
• Build and maintain a diverse client portfolio by providing expert consultation that ensures long-term partnerships.
• Leverage your network to generate new client opportunities and expand EDZ Systems’ reach in both IT and engineering sectors.
• Network online and offline with potential candidates to promote our employer brand and attract top talent.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to understand role requirements for both IT positions and engineering roles in order to source the best-suited candidates.
• Write and post job descriptions for a variety of positions – from software developers and cybersecurity specialists to structural, electrical, and mechanical engineers.
• Source, screen, and build shortlists of qualified candidates across multiple technical domains.
• Interview candidates using a mix of methods (structured interviews, technical assessments, and behavioral-based questions).
• Coordinate onboarding with HR and ensure a smooth hiring process for placed candidates.
• Build and maintain a candidate CRM pipeline to ensure timely communication and accurate data management.
• Attend industry-specific events, including tech conferences and engineering expos, to network with professionals.
• Keep informed about new developments in technology and engineering fields to support strategic hiring conversations with clients.

Skills and Qualifications

• Proven work experience in recruitment – ideally as a Technical Recruiter or Engineering Recruiter.
• Hands-on experience with different interview formats (virtual and in-person).
• Ability to understand and explain requirements for both IT roles and engineering positions (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical).
• Proficiency using tools like LinkedIn Talent Solutions, job boards, and CRM/ATS systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong networking skills, resilience, and ability to manage multiple hiring needs simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, communications, business, engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of recruiting experience, with exposure to both IT and engineering recruitment (agency or in-house).
• Established network of IT and/or engineering professionals a strong plus.

**This position is for an experienced Client Manager/Senior Reviewer. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience and knowledge in performing and reviewing property condition assessments, environmental site assessments, and construction monitoring reports.  The candidate must understand commercial real estate lending and finance, have experience with agency (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) property condition and environmental guidelines, and have superior writing, report review, time management, and organizational skills.  The hire will also perform site inspections on an as needed basis, potentially seeing 3-5 properties per month.**

Job Title

Assistant Vice President Engineering

Reports To

SVP, Engineering

FLSA Status

Exempt

Department

Engineering

Job Purpose

The Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Engineering will be an experienced Client Manager/Senior Reviewer. The AVP must understand commercial real estate lending and finance, have experience with agency (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) property condition and environmental guidelines, and have superior writing, report review, time management, and organizational skills. The AVP will also perform site inspections on an as needed basis, potentially seeing 3-5 properties per month. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Review Property Condition and Environmental Site Assessments on a regular basis, typically reviewing 10+ reports per week.
• Knowledge and understanding of agency (Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac) guidelines as they pertain to PCA and Phase I ESA report findings and recommendations.
• Ability to manage and maintain large national commercial accounts.
• Ability to manage and communicate with staff assessors regarding property concerns, client feedback, timing, and similar.
• Complete property condition and or environmental site assessments with associated report write up as necessary – potentially completed 3-5 site visits (with travel) per month
• Ability to communicate with clients regarding report revision requests, understand the request, and complete or delegate the revision for completion.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering or construction management.
• Previous experience performing and reviewing Property Condition Assessments (PCAs) and assessing buildings utilizing comprehensive engineering/architectural practices.
• Previous experience performing and reviewing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments.
• Experience with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• Personable and able to communicate with people at all levels.
• Willingness to travel as necessary, potentially several times per month.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel, Quire, Parcel, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Significant design and/or construction experience.
• Bidding and project cost estimation experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience and knowledge in performing and reviewing property condition assessments, environmental site assessments, and construction monitoring reports. 

Critical Competencies 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to set and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to perform multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and ability to work independently. Creative thinker with sound judgment.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Work well with others to achieve common goals; supportive, encouraging and collaborative.

Working conditions

• This position is in an office or remote environment, and travel is required several times per month.

Physical requirements

• Ability to remain in a stationary position (e.g., sitting or standing) for extended periods.
• Frequent use of hands and fingers for typing, writing, and handling office equipment.
• Ability to communicate clearly in person and via electronic means.
• Occasional lifting or moving of items up to 10–20 pounds (e.g., office supplies).
• Visual ability to read documents, screens, and reports.
• Ability to navigate office environment, including walking short distances.

EEO Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. 

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Location: Hybrid: Los Angeles, Remote: Pacific Time Zone

Department: Game Design

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role:

Refactor Games is a AAA sports video game studio. We are developing the next generation of professional football (soccer) video games using Unreal Engine 5.

We are seeking a highly skilled Technical Game Designer to design, implement, and iterate core game systems that define how our AAA European football video game feels, behaves, and engages players — across gameplay, modes, progression, and meta structures. You’ll work hands-on within Unreal Engine (Blueprints and scripting) to prototype, tune, and ship systems while bridging the gap between creative design vision and engineering execution.

In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with designers, engineers, animators, UX, and production to ensure our football systems, from player mechanics to match-level logic, are robust, reusable, well-documented, and optimized for performance.

** All applications must include a Cover Letter. Please detail your past experience with Sports Game development and relevant soccer experience/fandom, if applicable. **

Experience:

• 3+ years of professional game design or technical design experience.
• Including work on at least one shipped title (AAA or high-quality).

What You'll Work On:

• Implement gameplay systems using Unreal Engine Blueprints and gameplay scripting, ensuring fidelity, performance, and scalability across content.
• Prototype new systems and features rapidly in editor and iterate based on feedback from design reviews and playtests.
• Collaborate with engineering to define architecture, data flow, and scripting standards for game systems.
• Tune system behavior for balance, player experience, and performance, using telemetry and designer instinct.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams (AI, animation, UX, economy, live ops) to ensure game systems integrate cleanly across features.
• Write clear documentation including design specs, variable definitions, use cases, and technical expectations.
• Debug gameplay logic and support QA in identifying issues, performance bottlenecks, and systemic edge cases.
• Support ongoing game content updates, seasonal content pipelines, and live tuning processes.

Requirements:

• Hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 5 workflows, including Blueprints and gameplay scripting.
• Strong understanding of gameplay systems design, including mechanics, progression logic, and modular systems.
• Ability to implement, test, and optimize systems in engine with iterative prototyping.
• Ability to work collaboratively with programmers and other designers to deliver system features.
• Solid documentation and communication skills, articulating design intent and technical constraints.
• Passion for football (soccer) games and understanding of how systems support player engagement.

Bonus Points:

• Experience working on sports titles or competitive multiplayer games.
• Familiarity with networked gameplay replication, gameplay abilities, and data-driven systems.
• Experience with Unreal Engine C++ integration, data asset workflows, and gameplay scripting conventions.
• Ability to leverage player data and analytics to refine systems over time.
• Experience designing systems for live content cadence, progression balance, and seasonal features.

What We Offer:

• Opportunity to influence core systems in a major AAA football game and work on cutting-edge features.
• Cross-discipline collaboration with designers, engineers, and live operations teams.
• Competitive compensation, and benefits.
• Career growth opportunities into Senior or Lead Technical Design positions.

Onsite Monday-Thursday, Remote Fridays. About 25% travel

Our company is expanding our Data Center Build & Critical Environment practice, and we’re looking for a Data Center/Construction Solution Architect who can bridge the gap between business needs and physical data center realization.

In this role, you will architect services to produce high availability, high density, and construction-ready solutions across power, cooling, white space, and life-safety systems. You’ll guide clients through complex infrastructure decisions, lead technical scope development, partner with engineering and construction teams, and ensure the services you design perform as intended through commissioning and handover.

If you enjoy shaping mission critical environments, influencing system topologies, and pushing data center capabilities forward—this is the role.

Requirements:

•Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Construction Management.

•5+ years in data center design, mission critical construction, critical facilities engineering, or commissioning, preferably in hyperscale or colocation data centers.

•Strong understanding of UPS systems, switchgear, generators, chilled water/DX cooling, containment, fire & life safety, and high density/GPU cooling trends.

•Familiarity with Tier standards, TIA 942, ASHRAE TC 9.9, NFPA codes, and data center design and operational best practices.

•Ability to develop and defend CAPEX/OPEX models, evaluate vendor bids, and write detailed technical SOWs.

• •Skilled at simplifying complex engineering decisions for non-technical leaders and driving alignment across multiple stakeholders.

Location: Hybrid: Los Angeles, Remote: Pacific Time Zone

Department: Game Design

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role:

Refactor Games is a AAA sports video game studio. We are developing the next generation of professional football (soccer) video games using Unreal Engine 5.

We’re looking for a Game Designer - Live Ops to help drive the design and execution of dynamic live content, events, and engagement systems for our AAA European football video game built in Unreal Engine 5. You’ll work closely with cross-discipline teams to launch compelling in-game experiences that boost engagement, retention, and long-term player satisfaction.

This role is ideal for a designer who enjoys balancing creative live events with data-informed iteration and thrives in a collaborative environment focused on continuous live service excellence.

** NOTE: All applications must include a Cover Letter. Please detail your past experience with Sports Game development and relevant soccer experience/fandom, if applicable. **

Experience:

• 2+ years of professional experience in game design, including live ops, event design, or related fields.
• At least 1 shipped AAA title, bonus points for sports titles.

What You'll Work On:

• Design and implement live events, campaigns, challenges, missions, and thematic content that drive player engagement and retention.
• Configure and tune live ops content within tools and pipelines, supporting seamless integration with core gameplay and progression systems.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, production, analytics, and monetization teams to launch live updates and seasonal content.
• Iterate live content based on player data and analytics to improve experiences and achieve KPIs (e.g., engagement, retention, revenue).
• Ensure live ops initiatives are aligned with the game’s economy, progression, UX, and overall design vision.
• Write clear, structured design documentation and communicate your ideas effectively to stakeholders.
• Participate in the live ops lifecycle from concept to post-launch tuning and optimization.

Requirements:

• Experience designing live events, content updates, or engagement features for live games (AAA or live service preferred).
• Strong understanding of player engagement loops, live content pacing, and retention strategies.
• Ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and adapt to evolving live game demands.
• Comfortable working with analytics and using data to inform design iterations and improvements.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to articulate live ops design and rationale.
• Passion for football games and understanding of how live content supports player excitement and longevity.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with live servicing in a live service or free-to-play game context.
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 workflows and how design connects to content pipelines.
• Experience integrating live ops features with economy systems, progression, and monetization.
• Basic experience with tools such as spreadsheets, analytics dashboards, and event scheduling systems.

What We Offer:

• A role on a globally anticipated AAA European football title with long-term live support.
• Opportunity to collaborate with experienced designers, engineers, and live ops specialists.
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Growth and development opportunities into senior live ops or systems design positions.

It All Starts with Our People

As the leader in automotive preventive maintenance, Valvoline has a proven track record of growth. We continue to invest in our people, processes, and technology to strengthen our ability to efficiently deliver Quick, Easy, Trusted service across all our stores – every day. We're not just in the car business; we're in the people business. And we're looking for humble, hungry, and smart people to help us shape the future of mobility. If you're hungry to drive change and seek a dynamic, collaborative environment that fuels both personal and professional growth, you've found your place with us.

Our highest priority is creating a welcoming workplace with team members from a wide variety of diverse backgrounds and experiences.

How You'll Make a Difference

Valvoline has a rewarding opportunity as a Director, Quality Engineering. In this role, you’ll be a strategic and hands-on leader who will drive the transformation of quality across our technology organization. This leader will be responsible for building and scaling a modern Quality Engineering function that goes beyond traditional QA, with ownership spanning QA environments, test automation, AI-enabled quality practices, quality governance, best practices, and the establishment of a Quality Engineering Center of Excellence (COE).

The ideal candidate will bring a strong blend of leadership, technical depth, operating model design, and change management, with the ability to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle. This role will partner closely with Engineering, Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and Delivery teams to create a scalable, efficient, and forward-looking quality strategy that supports speed, reliability, and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Engineering Strategy & Leadership

• Define and lead the enterprise Quality Engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned to Valvoline’s broader technology and business priorities.
• Shift the organization from traditional testing approaches to a modern quality engineering model focused on prevention, automation, continuous validation, and measurable quality outcomes.
• Establish quality as a shared responsibility across product, engineering, and delivery teams while maintaining strong governance and standards.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of quality engineers, automation engineers, and QA leaders.

QA Center of Excellence (COE)

• Build and operationalize a Quality Engineering Center of Excellence (COE) to define frameworks, standards, tooling, reusable assets, and governance processes.
• Create enterprise-wide best practices for test design, automation, environment strategy, defect management, release readiness, and quality metrics.
• Standardize quality processes across portfolios while allowing for flexibility based on product and platform needs.
• Develop playbooks, templates, training, and maturity models to improve quality capability across teams.

Automation & Tooling

• Define and execute an enterprise test automation strategy across UI, API, integration, data, regression, performance, and end-to-end testing.
• Drive adoption of scalable automation frameworks and ensure integration with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Evaluate, select, and optimize quality tools and platforms to improve speed, coverage, traceability, and reporting.
• Increase automation efficiency and effectiveness by implementing reusable components, common libraries, and engineering best practices.

AI-Enabled Quality Engineering

• Lead the adoption of AI and intelligent automation within quality engineering, including opportunities such as:

test case generation

intelligent defect triage

predictive risk analysis

self-healing automation

release quality insights

test optimization and prioritization

• Assess emerging AI capabilities and define practical use cases that improve quality outcomes, team productivity, and speed to market.
• Partner with engineering and architecture leaders to ensure AI solutions are implemented responsibly, securely, and at scale.

QA Environments & Test Data Management

• Own the strategy for QA environments, including environment planning, availability, stability, governance, and optimization.
• Partner with infrastructure and platform teams to improve environment readiness, reduce bottlenecks, and support parallel delivery.
• Establish strong processes for test data management, environment provisioning, and integration dependency coordination.
• Drive improvements in environment monitoring and readiness reporting to reduce delays and improve release confidence.

Governance, Metrics & Best Practices

• Define and implement quality KPIs, SLAs, dashboards, and scorecards to provide visibility into quality performance, automation maturity, defect trends, release risk, and environment health.
• Set standards for quality gates, entry/exit criteria, defect leakage reduction, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Build a culture of measurable quality and operational discipline through governance routines, audits, and executive reporting.
• Ensure best practices are embedded into agile delivery, DevSecOps, and release management processes.

Sourcing & Vendor Management

• Define the sourcing strategy for quality engineering capabilities, including the right balance of internal talent, strategic partners, and offshore/onshore vendor models.
• Lead vendor evaluation, selection, governance, and performance management related to quality engineering and testing services.
• Optimize spend, capability, and service quality across external partners while ensuring alignment to Valvoline standards and delivery expectations.
• Build workforce strategies that support both immediate delivery needs and long-term capability development.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, Architecture, and PMO leaders to embed quality into planning, design, development, and release processes.
• Influence senior stakeholders on quality investments, transformation priorities, and operating model improvements.
• Support mission-critical initiatives by ensuring strong quality planning, risk management, and execution.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software quality engineering
• 5+ years leading enterprise QA teams
• Experience in high-volume retail, omnichannel, or consumer-facing environments strongly preferred
• Deep experience with:

Automation frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, etc.)

API testing tools

CI/CD tools

Performance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner, etc.)

• Experience leading QA in Agile/SAFe or hybrid environments
• Experience using agentic tools for test development and integrating work with agentic code development (ie: Github Copilot, Claude code)
• Proven track record reducing defect escape rates

Leadership Competencies

• Enterprise systems thinker
• Data-driven decision maker
• Builder of scalable processes
• Collaborative but boundary-setting partner
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced retail cycles
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

We Take Care of the WHOLE You

• Health insurance plans (medical, dental, vision)
• HSA and flexible spending accounts
• 401(k)
• Incentive opportunity*
• Life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Paid vacation and holidays*
• Employee Assistance Program
• Valvoline Instant Oil Change discounts
• Tuition reimbursement*
• Adoption assistance*

*Terms and conditions apply, and benefits may differ depending on position.

Your Path to Valvoline

Valvoline provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Join us in revolutionizing the automotive aftermarket industry while enjoying competitive benefits, a supportive work culture, and opportunities for advancement. Apply now and become an integral part of our journey at Valvoline.

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About GE Aerospace

If you want to do work that really matters among a team of spirited and collaborative individuals, you need to know more about GE Aerospace. We've become a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of advanced aviation technologies including jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. We're a people-first organization that will bring out your best ideas and performance as part of our on-going LEAN transformation. We believe that the world works better when it flies. Do you? If so, come aboard.

Working at our Lynn Facility

Come and elevate your career in a facility that combines a rich tradition of aviation technology with a deep commitment to the future of flight. The GE Aerospace manufacturing site in Lynn designs, produces, assembles, and tests military and commercial aircraft engines and components. With more 2,500 employees and 1.6 million sqft of manufacturing space, we're making a huge contribution to the future of flight. And, considering that very first jet engines were born here in 1942, we clearly are the career home of people who are deeply knowledgeable about building quality engines. What's more, GE Aerospace has invested more than $100 million in our facility in the last five years alone.

By engaging with highly collaborative teams, we're reaching for new Sustainable Aviation Fuel milestones every year. And by encouraging our teams to join us in extensive community service and volunteerism, we're making a difference in all the ways that matter.

Here are just a few of the best reasons you will want to consider us:

• Do work with a real purpose helping to solve the global challenge of how the world flies more sustainably.
• Be a part of a global workforce of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, ideas, and experiences where everyone feels supported and respected.
• Earn merit-based rewards and incentives.
• Free Onsite Parking.
• Set work schedule with no mandatory overtime.
• Work in a climate-controlled building out of the elements.
• Have opportunities for continuous learning and development.

Job Overview:

This is a challenging opportunity that involves complete assembly, disassembly, test set up, adjustment, and inspection of aircraft engines and major components in accordance with assembly, test or engineering instructions, specifications, and drawings. You'll do set-up and operate a variety of standard and specialized tools and a variety of balance machines to perform all types of balancing operations.

The Ideal Candidate:

We are looking for a team player who is looking to help continue our vision of seeing not only our engines take flight, but their careers as well. Utilizing your training or military experience in the field to provide detail-oriented support on aircraft engine assembly and test functions.

Requirements include:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• FAA Power Plant License; OR 2 years minimum experience aircraft power plant maintenance experience with another company; OR 2 years minimum experience as an aircraft aviation mechanic or equivalent in a branch of the military.
• Relocation assistance available!

Preferred qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficient in the use of basic hand and power tools.
• Experience in the use of precision measuring instruments.
• Experience with computers, applications, and keyboarding.

Additional Information:

• If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation for purposes of participating in the application/hiring process with GE. If you are unable or limited in your ability to apply or interview as a result of your disability, you can request reasonable accommodations by emailing us at .
• Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screen (as applicable).
• You must have the ability to lift, move, and manipulate fixtures and component hardware up to 45 lbs. with or without reasonable accommodations.

Whether we are manufacturing components for our engines, driving innovation in fuel and noise reduction, or unlocking new opportunities to grow and deliver more productivity, our GE Aerospace teams are dedicated and making a global impact. Join us and help move the aerospace industry forward.

The pay for this position is $32/hr. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on 12/31/2026.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a \"Sponsor\"). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Relocation assistance provided: Yes.