Job Description
Title: SR. QA Practice Lead
Work Experience: 10+ years
Work Location: London, UK
Job description:
* QA Strategy & Leadership
* Define and implement end-to-end QA strategy across products
* Establish quality benchmarks, KPIs, and reporting dashboards
* Introduce and enforce industry-standard QA processes (ISTQB, TMMi, etc.)
* Drive shift-left testing and early defect detection practices
* Automation & Tools
* Design and implement test automation frameworks (UI, API, performance)
* Evaluate and standardize QA tools and frameworks
* Ensure high automation coverage and CI/CD integration
* Process Improvement
* Introducing best practices in test planning, execution, and reporting
* Improve defect leakage, test coverage, and release quality metrics
* Implement risk-based testing approaches
* Collaboration
* Work closely with Product Owners, Architects, and Development Leads
* Integrate QA into Agile and DevOps workflows
* Drive quality ownership across teams
* Mentorship
* Mentor and guide junior QA engineers
* Establish and promote a QA Center of Excellence (CoE) mindset
Technical Skills
* Must Have
* Strong experience in test strategy, planning, and execution
* Hands-on experience with automation tools (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, etc.)
* Experience with API testing (Postman, RestAssured)
* CI/CD integration experience (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar)
* Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and DevOps practices
* Good to Have (Domain-Specific)
* Experience with CAE/FEA tools (LS-Dyna, Ansys, Nastran)
* Exposure to engineering simulation environments
Education:
* B.Tech/B.E./ME/M.Tech in Mechanical/Automotive Engineering
Must have:
Required Professional degree in Engineering discipline with 10+ years of professional experience in software testing and automation.