Lead Test Engineer - Perm

Position: Lead Test Engineer  - Perm
Lead Test Engineer

Location:

Coventry (Hybrid working - 2 days a week onsite) Salary: £55,000 - £65,000 + bonus & benefits

Employment Type:

Permanent Right to Work: UK only - British Citizenship or ILR required (no sponsorship)

About the Role

An established UK-based technology organisation is looking for a Lead Test Engineer to take ownership of software quality across a diverse product suite, including mobile applications, web platforms, APIs, and embedded systems.

This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on delivery. You'll be responsible for defining testing approaches, ensuring high standards across releases, and acting as the quality advocate within cross-functional engineering teams.

What You'll Be Responsible For

Defining and owning testing strategy across multiple platforms and products

Producing and maintaining comprehensive test plans, test cases, and quality documentation

Leading functional, regression, stress, and exploratory testing activities

Working closely with engineers and product teams to ensure features are testable and well-defined

Supporting and enhancing CI/CD pipelines, including component-level testing

Creating test stories based on specifications and technical input

Executing both manual and automated tests for applications and APIs

Validating embedded software functionality and stability

Managing defect life cycles and working with developers to identify root causes

Promoting continuous improvement in testing processes and tooling

Essential Experience

Strong analytical mindset with excellent troubleshooting skills

Proven background building and executing structured test strategies

Experience testing RESTful APIs, web applications, and mobile software

Hands-on experience with test management and defect tracking tools

Familiarity with container-based environments (e.g. Docker)

Experience implementing and improving test frameworks or systems

Clear and confident communication skills, both written and verbal

Advantageous Experience

Automated testing experience (including mobile automation tools such as Appium)

Unit testing knowledge

Experience testing native Android and iOS applications

Exposure to embedded or hardware-integrated software

Producing technical and quality documentation for internal or external audiences

What's On Offer

Competitive salary with performance-related bonus

Hybrid working model with Coventry office base

Generous benefits package including:

Pension scheme

Private healthcare

Employee share scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Onsite parking

Employee discount programme