Head of Test Engineering

Position: Head of Experience Test Engineering
Location: Greater London

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** Job Description
** Then join the LEGO Group’s Creative Play Lab and contribute to inventing ground-breaking new play opportunities and never-seen-before creative experiences for LEGO fans of today and tomorrow! As Head of Experience Test Engineering, you will own the automated software test strategy to ensure world class quality in the delivery of embedded devices and apps across a rapidly scaling portfolio of SKUs.As

the Head of Experience Test Engineering, you will be a key member of the Play Delivery team, responsible for ensuring world-class manual and automated test engineering methodologies across our complex technology systems.

You will have a critical role working closely with the Operations Quality Team and the Engineering Capabilities inside the Creative Play Lab. Your core mandate is to lead the development and optimization of automated test systems to ensure the rapid, reliable release and scalability of embedded systems, data pipelines, and mobile applications, specifically addressing the high complexity introduced by an increasing number of product variants.
** Core Responsibilities
** Strategic Process & Test Methodology Leadership
* Own and define the automated software test strategy and CI/CD pipeline in collaboration with the Software Engineering Capability for all embedded systems and apps ensuring rapid, high-quality, and scalable releases that support an increasing volume of SKUs and product variants.
* Collaborate closely with Corporate Quality teams to streamline end-to-end system test processes and establish collective KPIs and metrics. Integrating the SW test system with the overall Quality Organization
* Drive the definition of test methodologies to ensure the scalability and reusability of testing efforts across the expanding product portfolio.
* Be a subject matter expert on managing and optimizing the processes for building test methodologies and test-driven development.

Delivery Oversight & Execution
* Work with Engineering colleagues to ensure the rapid release of embedded systems, data pipeline, and mobile applications. Further optimize and evolve the automated software test, component in our pipeline.
* Optimize cycle time for highly coupled hardware and software test cycles.
* Lead high-quality delivery of technology-based systems from concept to the entire lifecycle of the elements.

People Leadership & Capability Scaling
* Line Management:
Lead a team of internal test engineers, fostering a positive culture, effective teamwork, and collaboration.
* External Partner Management:
Establish, manage, and govern relationships with external contracting partners to strategically extend the team's capabilities and capacity.
* Act as a sparring partner for your team, leading high-quality delivery of technology-based systems.
* Fulfill comprehensive people leadership responsibilities, including workforce planning, recruitment, performance & reward management, coaching, mentoring, and conflict resolution.
** What We Are Looking For
*** Must have deep technical expertise in designing, implementing, and leading automated testing frameworks for software in embedded devices (e.g., firmware, real-time systems) and integrating them into continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
* Scaling Expertise:
Proven experience in defining and implementing test strategies and processes that successfully enable the scaling of products and increasing number of SKUs without compromising quality or increasing cycle time.
* Min 10 years of hands-on consumer electronics engineering test and quality management in robotics/mechatronics, mechanical, electronics, systems, or a closely related field.
* 5+ years’ experience in people leadership including hiring, on-boarding, performance & reward management, coaching & mentoring.
* Experience in managing external vendors/partners to effectively leverage their capabilities and integrate them into internal execution teams.
* Solid experience in leading a…