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QAD, Inc. is hiring a Principal Engineer, Critical Support

About the Role

This position leads the resolution of complex technical problems and delivers expert-level support for mission-critical systems. The engineer collaborates across teams to ensure stability, performance, and rapid response to urgent customer needs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead troubleshooting for high-severity technical incidents
  • Provide deep technical expertise during critical customer outages
  • Analyze system performance under stress conditions
  • Develop and maintain diagnostic tools for rapid issue identification
  • Collaborate with support and development teams to escalate issues appropriately
  • Document root causes and resolution steps for recurring problems
  • Mentor engineers in best practices for incident response
  • Participate in on-call rotations for urgent support needs
  • Evaluate system logs and error patterns to predict failures
  • Work directly with customers during high-impact events
  • Drive improvements in support processes based on field data
  • Create technical runbooks for common failure scenarios
  • Assist in integration testing for patches and hotfixes
  • Advocate for product reliability within engineering teams
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of platform architecture
  • Support global time zones for critical issue response
  • Conduct post-mortems after major incidents
  • Translate technical findings for non-technical stakeholders
  • Ensure compliance with support SLAs
  • Identify gaps in monitoring and alerting systems
  • Collaborate on software release validation for stability
  • Improve knowledge base content based on real-world cases
  • Escalate architectural limitations to core development
  • Promote consistency in support responses across regions
  • Serve as technical authority during crisis situations

Work Arrangement

Full-time

Team

Engineering

Why This Role Matters

  • Critical systems require immediate, expert intervention when failures occur. This role ensures rapid diagnosis and resolution, minimizing downtime for enterprise customers.
  • The engineer acts as a bridge between support teams and development, driving long-term improvements based on frontline insights.

What You'll Bring

  • A mindset focused on urgency, precision, and customer impact.
  • A history of stepping into high-pressure situations and delivering solutions.

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About company
QAD, Inc.
QAD Inc. is a leading provider of adaptive, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. QAD solutions help customers in the automotive, life sciences, packaging, consumer products, food and beverage, high tech and industrial manufacturing industries rapidly adapt to change and innovate for competitive advantage.
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Job Details
Department Support
Category other
Posted 2 months ago