McLaren Group

QA Lead

McLaren Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Woking • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudLinux

About the role

  • Define and implement the QA team structure to support Continuous Integration (CI) and delivery goals.
  • Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and reporting lines for onshore and offshore QA teams.
  • Recruit, onboard, and develop QA talent, ensuring skill alignment with automation, performance, and functional testing needs.
  • Foster a culture of quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement across distributed teams.
  • Set measurable objectives for team performance and provide regular feedback and coaching.
  • Own the test strategy for complex systems integrating hardware, software, and cloud platforms.
  • Align QA processes with organisational objectives, CI/CD pipelines, and release schedules.
  • Define governance for test planning, execution, and reporting to ensure traceability and compliance.
  • Drive risk-based prioritisation and ensure robust coverage across functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Plan and manage offshore QA resources to optimise cost, quality, and delivery timelines.
  • Coordinate work allocation, communication, and progress tracking between onshore and offshore teams.
  • Implement tools and processes for seamless collaboration across time zones.
  • Ensure offshore teams have access to environments, data, and documentation for effective execution.
  • When required, contribute hands-on to test design, automation scripting, and execution.
  • Validate embedded software and real-time systems for high-performance applications.
  • Support troubleshooting and root cause analysis for critical defects or environment issues.
  • Represent QA in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release readiness meetings.
  • Collaborate with Engineering Manager, Release Manager, Product Owners, Developers, and DevOps to clarify requirements and resolve blockers.
  • Communicate progress, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders at all levels.

Requirements

  • Team Management and Experience mentoring QA Engineers.
  • Experience in a commercial software testing environment.
  • Experience creating and implementing test strategies tailored to project goals, timelines, and risk profiles.
  • Strong understanding of test levels/types and risk mitigation strategies.
  • Experience reviewing project requirements for scope, coverage, and testability.
  • Experience with backend testing.
  • Experience using test management tools (e.g. qTest).
  • Strong Windows and Linux (SSH) skills.
  • Familiarity with networking concepts (Wi-Fi, POE, Ethernet).
  • Familiarity with mobile communication technologies (3G, 4G, 5G, LTE).
  • Experience with cloud platforms and containerisation technologies.
  • Experience with Jira, AWS, and configuration management tools (e.g. Git).
  • Practical experience creating automated tests and understanding their pros/cons.
  • Experience working in Agile teams.
  • Experience with performance and load testing tools.
  • Knowledge of database testing and API testing methodologies.
  • Familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing concepts.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Strong attention to detail and a systematic approach to testing.
  • Effective communication skills for documentation and cross-team collaboration.
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
  • Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with industry trends.
  • ISTQB Foundation or higher certification.
Benefits
  • Annual leave (25 days + bank holidays, pro-rated for part time colleagues).
  • Enhanced Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave and pay.
  • Flexible working policies, including Hybrid Working.
  • Life assurance to the value of 4 times base salary.
  • Opportunity to join the Motion Applied Pension Plan.
  • Company funded individual private healthcare with the opportunity to extend to partner or spouse and/or dependents at a discounted rate.
  • Electric car scheme – opportunity to drive a brand-new car in a more affordable way through this salary sacrifice scheme. Employees are eligible to join the scheme after successful competition of their probationary period.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
test strategyautomation testingperformance testingfunctional testingbackend testingdatabase testingAPI testingload testingcloud platformscontainerisation
Soft skills
team managementmentoringanalytical abilitiesproblem-solvingattention to detaileffective communicationcollaborationcontinuous improvementrisk mitigationadaptability
Certifications
ISTQB Foundation