Overview
The Lead Test Engineer role sits within DVSA's Strategy, Policy, Digital & Technology Directorate, which is responsible for delivering high-quality, user-focused digital services that support road safety and compliance across the UK. The directorate brings together multi-disciplinary teams of developers, testers, analysts, product owners, architects, and operations specialists to design, build and run modern digital solutions. Test Engineering is a core capability within these delivery teams, ensuring that DVSA's systems are robust, secure, and resilient. The community of Test Engineers is focused on embedding automation-first quality practices, promoting collaboration across teams, and driving continuous improvement. As part of a wider cross-government Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) function, the team works closely with partners inside and outside DVSA, sharing knowledge and aligning with industry best practices.
Benefits
* Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
* 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King's birthday.
* Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
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Responsibilities
* Leading multiple test engineering teams to embed quality across DVSA digital services.
* Designing and scaling automation-first testing frameworks, tools, and pipelines.
* Defining and implementing risk-based test strategies across projects and platforms.
* Establishing and maintaining test engineering standards, practices, and metrics.
* Coaching and mentoring test engineers to build capability and modern testing skills.
* Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure quality is built in from the outset.
* Driving continuous improvement in test practices, defect management, and quality reporting.
* Representing DVSA in the wider testing community, sharing innovation and best practice.
Disability Confident
Disability Confident: An employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that, in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .
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