Software Quality Assurance Lead

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Software Quality Assurance Lead responsible for defining and maintaining the organisation’s approach to software testing as we move into our next exciting period of growth.

As a key member of our Quality Assurance team, you would be responsible for ensuring that appropriate testing practices, tools, and processes are in place to support the reliability and robustness requirements of our satellite software technologies. This role will provide technical leadership for all testing activities, working closely with Product Engineering and Solutions Engineering to integrate quality considerations throughout the software lifecycle.

In addition to hands‑on testing leadership, the role is accountable for establishing and developing a small team of testers as the function grows, and for ensuring consistent quality standards are applied across all software outputs.

We see this role as being full time, although this is negotiable. Ideally, we would like this role to be based in Edinburgh on a hybrid basis, to allow for regular interaction with the teams responsible for Product Management, Customer delivery and operations, Finance, Business Development and Sales and Marketing.

As a member of the Quality Assurance team, reporting to the COO, your key responsibilities would be:

• Define and maintain the organisation’s software testing strategy, frameworks, and quality standards
• Establish KPIs and quality metrics to support release readiness and ongoing product performance
• Drive continuous improvement in test processes, defect prevention practices, and overall quality maturity
• Ensure adherence to relevant regulatory, industry, and internal quality requirements

• Develop and maintain test plans for SDKs, APIs, UI applications, and mission critical components
• Lead the execution of functional, regression, integration, system, and performance testing activities
• Ensure consistent application of testing methods across product and solution delivery work streams
• Contribute to test records, quality documentation, and compliance artefacts

• Design and evolve test automation frameworks and supporting infrastructure
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with engineering teams
• Identify and introduce tools or technologies that improve test coverage, reliability, and efficiency

• Work closely with Product Engineering and Solutions Engineering to align testing activities with development cycles
• Engage with internal teams and customers to clarify requirements and establish shared quality expectations
• Provide input to design, architectural, and planning discussions from a quality perspective

• Provide technical leadership for all testing activities across the organisation
• Establish, mentor, and develop a small team of testers as the function expands
• Guide team members in best practices, tooling, and testing methodologies

We see experience with the following as essential to the job:

• Proven experience in software testing or software quality assurance, ideally in mission critical, aerospace, satellite, or embedded systems domains
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies including functional, regression, integration, system, security, and performance testing
• Practical experience with test automation frameworks and scripting languages
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and processes (e.g. Git Lab CI, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops)
• Experience with API testing, SDK testing, and UI testing
• Strong understanding of software development practices, version control, and modern Dev Ops workflows
• Ability to design test frameworks and introduce scalable testing practices

We’re especially looking for someone who has:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision‑making abilities
• Proactive approach to quality, with a focus on continuous improvement
• Ability to prioritise effectively and manage…