IT & Software

Lead Software Test Engineer

Chroma Recruitment

Warwickshire · Warwickshire · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will lead and expand testing across mobile apps, embedded software, web applications and backend services within a collaborative R&D context. You will drive testing strategy, ensure quality of embedded code, and mentor the test team as part of a cross-disciplinary engineering group. The position offers impact by shaping testing practices across platforms and accelerating product readiness. This role suits a technically curious leader who can bridge hardware and software teams to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

Responsibilities
  • Define and drive end-to-end testing strategy across mobile apps, embedded software, web apps and backend services
  • Lead testing efforts for embedded code and cross-platform components
  • Mentor and guide the testing team, fostering technical growth
  • Collaborate with R&D and cross-functional engineers to ensure quality gates
  • Manage test case design and execution, including TestRail usage and reporting
Key requirements
  • IQSTB Foundation Level qualification or above
  • Experience with manual and automated testing
  • Experience testing mobile applications (iOS and Android)
  • Experience testing web applications and REST APIs
  • Experience with TestRail
  • Technical leadership/mentoring (desirable)
  • Embedded background beneficial (not mandatory)
  • leadership
  • mentoring
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • manual testing
  • automated testing
  • mobile testing (iOS/Android)

Reference: WJ-747_30186226

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