Systems Team Lead

Location: Cove

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Job Description:

DXC Technology is seeking a highly skilled Master Scheduler to support delivery across a secure, high-profile client environment.

This is a critical role responsible for developing, maintaining, and assuring integrated project and programme schedules, ensuring alignment across multiple work streams, dependencies, and stakeholders.

At DXC Technology, we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We actively encourage applications from neurodiverse individuals, women, and other underrepresented groups in technology.

Role Summary

The Systems Team Lead is responsible for owning and governing the end-to-end verification and validation (V&V) strategy for the systems engineering function. The role ensures that all system-level requirements, interfaces, behaviours, and performance characteristics are validated through robust testing and evidence-based assurance activities.

Acting as the authority for test readiness, coverage, traceability, and system maturity, the Systems Team Lead works across engineering disciplines to ensure programmes deliver compliant, reliable, and fully validated systems. The role provides leadership, governance, and oversight of testing activities from planning through to final acceptance and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

Verification & Validation Strategy

Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the system-level verification and validation strategy.

Define verification methods, acceptance criteria, compliance requirements, and evidence collection processes.

Ensure verification and validation activities align with programme objectives, customer requirements, and regulatory standards.

Establish governance for test planning, execution, reporting, and approval activities.

Test Planning & Management

Lead the development of comprehensive test plans, test specifications, and test cases.

Define integration, functional, performance, environmental, safety, and acceptance testing approaches.

Coordinate testing activities across multiple engineering teams and programme work streams.

Ensure test schedules align with programme milestones and delivery commitments.

Integration & Test Execution

Oversee the execution of system integration and validation activities.

Coordinate engineering, software, hardware, and integration teams to support successful test delivery.

Ensure testing is conducted in controlled environments using approved processes and methodologies.

Manage test readiness reviews and provide approval for progression through key programme gates.

Defect & Issue Management

Lead defect identification, investigation, prioritisation, and resolution activities.

Facilitate collaboration between engineering teams to resolve technical issues efficiently.

Monitor defect trends and drive corrective actions to improve overall product quality.

Ensure critical defects are managed appropriately and closed within agreed timescales.

Requirements Traceability & Compliance

Maintain complete traceability between requirements, test cases, test results, and supporting evidence.

Ensure compliance with engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and contractual obligations.

Support audits, reviews, and quality assurance assessments.

Maintain accurate verification compliance matrices and evidence repositories.

Reporting & Stakeholder Management

Provide clear and accurate reporting on test progress, defect status, risks, coverage, and system readiness.

Present programme readiness assessments to senior leadership and governance boards.

Communicate technical risks, testing constraints, and mitigation plans to key stakeholders.

Act as the primary point of contact for system test and validation matters.

Test Environment & Capability Management

Ensure test environments, integration rigs, laboratories, tools, and instrumentation are available and fit for purpose.

Manage the planning and utilisation of testing resources and facilities.

Support investment planning for future testing capabilities and infrastructure.

Champion best practices in test automation, test data management, and validation methodologies.

Continuous Improvement

Drive continuous improvement initiatives across testing, validation, and assurance activities.

Promote the adoption of automation, standardisation, and efficiency improvements.

Capture lessons learned from programmes and implement improvements across future projects.

Support the development of testing competencies and capability within the engineering organisation.

Key Stakeholders

Systems Engineering Teams

Software Engineering Teams

Hardware Engineering Teams

Integration & Validation Teams

Quality Assurance Teams

Programme Managers

Project Managers

Chief Engineers

Technical Authorities

Customers and Regulatory Bodies

Required Skills & Experience

Essential

Proven experience…