Lead Test Development Engineer - Near Edinburgh (Hybrid) Hybrid - 3 days in office near Edinburgh very comutable from Lothians, Fife, and surrounding, 2 days working from home Split - 80% Leadership, 20% hands-on Lorien's long-standing, successful and expanding client, with offices very commutable from Central Edinburgh, West Lothian, Fife and the surrounding (hybrid 3 in, 2 remote), is looking to recruit a Lead TDE to join their multidisciplinary tech function. You'll be leading a newly-built Test Development squad; putting your skills to good use as you contribute towards the success of a firm who've improved the lives of millions around the globe already. It's a great time to join, too, as they're in the middle of a wider recruitment drive and significant internal investment in their products and staff. The successful individual will take the reins predominantly across the leadership of the team (80% of your workload), as well as conceptualising and realising tests for key hardware and software (20%), all the while enjoying working for an organisation giving something back to the world in a very positive way. In return, you'll join a supportive organisation well versed in keeping their staff happy, a generous bonus scheme, flexible hybrid working, plenty of opportunities to upskill and progress professionally, annual salary reviews, and a range of other benefits designed with employee happiness in mind. In this role you can expect to: Lead a newly established TDE team from both technical and personal perspectives, including line management, overseeing the squad's day-to-day operations, directly contributing to the overall test strategy and vision, and liaising with senior stakeholders from other departments and disciplines Create test systems from scratch and develop solutions to verify system / sub-system performance, test for weaknesses, and take charge of non-routine fault isolation, diagnosis and resolution wherever required Work with the wider function on design reviews/output demonstrations, making sure requirements and DfX deliverables are met as you go Implement test and team improvement ideas through metrics analysis of trends, failure modes and test yields Come up with new test/deployment strategies and improvements to tooling/solutions, execute project plans, and ensure the team's work aligns nicely with business goals And what we're looking for: Demonstrable, strong leadership skills in a technical function (ideally in an established R&D/Manufacturing context) Good grasp of the building test systems from scratch (not web testing) as well as the Systems Engineering lifecycle in general and relevant test methodologies/toolsets Ideally skills with tooling such as LabView / Python / C++ / other similar/relevant offerings, though the leadership elements are far more important here and they are open to people crossing over and training up on the technical fronts Good understanding of requirements analysis, as well as flow-down of higher-level requirements to lower-level sub-systems/electromechanical systems Ability to liaise with people at all levels, add value to strategy/vision discussions, and improve as you go from the top-down and ground-up This would be a fantastic role for someone who likes the sound of joining an established organisation at a very exciting time and so if this sounds good so far, let us know and apply now with your latest CV for immediate consideration. Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.