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)

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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