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About the role
As a Test Lead, you will make an impact by leading end-to-end quality engineering and validation for Digital Menu Board solutions across indoor and outdoor displays, kiosks, preview boards, and beverage menu boards. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work collaboratively with Product, Development, and Business teams to ensure display accuracy, content integrity, and release readiness.
In this role, you will:
• Lead end-to-end testing of Digital Menu Boards across indoor and outdoor displays, kiosks, preview boards, and beverage menu boards, validating content, layout, configuration, and display accuracy.
• Validate menu images, product lookup codes, pricing, calorie information, and promotional content across multiple display panels, device types, and menu configurations.
• Plan and execute functional, integration, regression, and cross-device testing for national and RIT menu assets.
• Design and execute test scenarios covering breakfast and balance-of-day menus, asset selection, content configuration, and requirements-checklist validation.
• Collaborate with Product, Development, and Business teams to identify and document defects, track issues through resolution, verify fixes, assess testing outcomes, and support release-readiness decisions.
Work model
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring four days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Irvine, California. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you are engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
• Experience leading end-to-end functional, integration, regression, and cross-device testing for digital display, kiosk, menu-management, or comparable customer-facing technology solutions.
• Experience developing test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and requirements-traceability documentation.
• Strong understanding of content, layout, configuration, pricing, image, and promotional-asset validation across multiple devices or display configurations.
• Experience managing defects throughout the testing lifecycle, including documentation, prioritization, retesting, fix verification, and release-readiness reporting.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Product, Development, Business, and Quality Engineering stakeholders in a cross-functional delivery environment.
These will help you stand out
• Experience testing Digital Menu Boards, self-service kiosks, preview boards, or other digital signage solutions.
• Familiarity with menu images, product lookup codes, pricing, calorie information, and promotional-content validation.
• Experience testing national and market-specific menu assets across multiple locations, devices, or configurations.
• Ability to identify content and configuration inconsistencies that could affect the customer experience.
• Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, and test-leadership skills.
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $71,100 - $112,500 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.
Benefits:
Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
401(k) plan and contributions
Long-term/Short-term Disability
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
About Cognizant:
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization's unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
Additional employment information
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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