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Catapult is building the future of sports performance technology, with a mission to Unleash the Potential of every athlete and team on earth. We don't just work in the sporting industry; we are actively changing it. Since 2006, our solutions have been leading the way in sports performance software, science, and data, in a world where 1% can literally mean the difference between winning and losing.

We work with over 5,000+ teams around the world, empowering coaches, managers and trainers in premier teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, EPL, AFL, NRL, NCAA and more. We provide the information they need to optimize athletes' health, game-day readiness, and performance, as well as in-game tactics.

Catapult is a sports technology company that empowers professional teams to make data-driven decisions. We deliver health, performance, video, and AI insights from the locker room to competitive environments, ensuring every decision is an opportunity to gain an advantage, sharpen performance, and build lasting success.

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Systems Integration QA / Team Lead to oversee end-to-end quality assurance for our live sports video capture and multi-angle video playback systems. This role goes beyond traditional software testing; you will lead QA across video inputs, hardware, network components, mobile client devices (iPads), and our desktop capture applications. You'll work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Systems Engineering, and will be expected to spend time on-site with customer-facing colleagues to validate our solution under real-world conditions, including testing of performance, networking conditions, resiliency/failover, and operational workflows.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Systems & Field Validation

• Lead soak, stress, latency, and reliability testing in environments that mirror stadium/field deployments
• Conduct on-site verification sessions with customer-facing colleagues, capturing real-world usage patterns, connectivity challenges, and workflow friction
• Translate field findings into actionable engineering tickets and QA improvements

Strategic QA Leadership

• Own the test strategy and quality culture across video inputs, encoders, networking, video capture, backend services, client apps and field devices
• Build and maintain a scalable QA device lab, including video inputs, cameras, encoders, networking, desktop applications and devices, to test a range of setups based on real customer usage
• Define and oversee test plans for individual components and full integrated system flows

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product Management to align test scenarios with real coaching workflows, and multi-user performance requirements
• Work with Systems Engineering to configure and observe behaviour and performance with different network conditions and configurations
• Collaborate with Developers and Support teams to instrument logs, expose timestamps, and build tools to support QA, automate setups, and review system health

Device Automation & Metrics

• Define quality metrics for video, network and system performance
• Establish a repeatable regression and release validation pipeline, including pre-deployment reliability gates based on real team usage scenarios
• Define/create tooling to automate setup, configuration and health checks of environments

• 5+ years in system integration test roles, or in video streaming, broadcast tech working with high-concurrency systems
• Proven experience testing hardware and software integrated platforms: including video pipelines, encoders, mobile clients, and network infrastructure
• Strong knowledge of network fundamentals
• Experience designing/operating a device lab with high device concurrency (e.g., 20+ tablets concurrently testing playback or streaming)
• Ability to design test plans for failure scenarios: including hardware, network etc failures
• Comfortable being hands-on with physical gear: plugging switches, flashing iPad builds, reading encoder diagnostics
• Exceptional communication skills: capable of representing QA insights directly to Product and Field teams with clarity and urgency

• In 6 months time: You will have developed a comprehensive understanding of our Thunder and Focus Live gameday solutions, confidently navigating and validating their end-to-end system workflows.
• In 12 months time: You will have successfully overseen quality assurance through a full gameday season, demonstrating a solid command of both current and upcoming infrastructure systems to drive continuous reliability.

• We have amazing people. We promise you'll work with some of the most ambitious, intelligent people in an exciting industry, and do some of the best work of your life.
• We encourage our people to engage in constructive, open, and honest communication to make Catapult extraordinary.
• We work in a collaborative yet challenging environment to consistently improve our performance, which in turn impacts our customers' performance.
• Our workforce spans more than 20 countries. You'll have the opportunity to work with people from multiple nationalities and cultures, and to build your global awareness.
• We value improvement and development. We are challenging ourselves to continuously grow and become a high-performance company. That means we maintain a growth mindset in everything we do, and our people are always looking for ways to improve. There is an unlimited opportunity to grow, do more, and do better.

Whether you're interested in sports or not, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing your work is supporting some of the most successful teams and athletes on the planet!

Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized groups tend only to apply when they check every box. So if you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job ad, please still get in touch! We would love to have a chat and see if you could be a great addition to our team. We are building the future of sports performance. Our priority is to find the brightest talent who can add to our team culture, actively contribute, and be excited about what they do.

Compensation & Benefits

The target Total Compensation range for this position is $90,626 - $181,252 per year. This range is inclusive of base salary and a target incentive plan (which may include equity, commission, or other bonus structures).
Your specific compensation within this range will be determined by factors such as your geographic location, relevant experience, and job-related skills.
In addition to this compensation, Catapult also offers generous paid leave and recognized company holidays, and the opportunity to participate in our comprehensive benefits package, including Health, Dental, and Vision insurance, and 401(k) retirement plan with company match.

All offers of employment are subject to Catapult's positive prehire check. To find out more, please contact the Talent Partner for this role.