SPX Radiodetection is seeking an experienced and proactive Quality and Testing Manager to join our R&D Leadership team in Bristol. As an innovative industry leader, Radiodetection has the ambition to grow substantially over the next five years, offering a unique opportunity for career growth within a dynamic organisation. This role requires a seasoned leader responsible for product development quality throughout the entire development phase, emphasising early-stage quality integration.
You will lead quality efforts across our product ecosystem, ensuring that Radiodetection products and cloud solutions meet top-tier standards internally and with third-party partners. This position involves hands-on work and team management across global locations, including teams in Bristol and Mississauga, Canada, with approximately 10% travel required. This is a hybrid role based in Bristol, with Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday the minimum requirement to be on-site.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the quality and testing strategy across hardware, software, and system levels from the start of each project, shifting from end-phase testing to comprehensive, early-stage quality integration.
- Define and execute the overall system quality strategy, considering third-party cloud systems and the broader ecosystem.
- Oversee system testing, with direct responsibility for the quality across internal components and partner integrations.
- Manage and guide a global team of test engineers, including teams in Bristol and Mississauga, ensuring coordinated efforts to meet product quality objectives.
- Design and implement test plans that focus on overall system quality, ensuring best-in-class quality and transparency in product maturity.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and lead issue resolution through frameworks like 8D.
- Work with Customer Service to improve test coverage and reduce field return rates.
Requirements:
- Experience in development quality and people management, with the ability to lead both hands-on testing and team oversight.
- Proficiency in end-to-end test plan creation, system-level testing, and QA methodologies, including DOE, FMEA, DFSS, and 8D.
- Experience with automated testing, HALT, electro-mechanical testing, and failure analysis.
- Strong technical background, with a focus on continuous improvement, quality standards, and early-phase quality processes.
- Degree (BEng/MEng/BSc/MSc) or HND/HNC in Electronics or Software.
Why Join Us?
At SPX Radiodetection, we are dedicated to innovation and quality. This role provides an exciting opportunity to influence product quality from the ground up, shaping testing processes that impact our product ecosystem and our global partnerships and offering a unique opportunity for career growth within a dynamic organisation
If you’re ready to drive quality across systems, lead a global team, and shape product excellence, apply now to join SPX Radiodetection