Head of Experience Test Engineering

personalise marketing, including social media features. Head of Experience Test Engineering page is loaded## Head of Experience Test Engineeringlocations: Billund Project Houseposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: 0000029191**Job Description**Then join the LEGO Group’s Creative Play Lab and contribute to inventing ground-breaking new play opportunities and never-seen-before creative experiences for LEGO fans of today and tomorrow! As Head of Experience Test Engineering, you will own the automated software test strategy to ensure world class quality in the delivery of embedded devices and apps across a rapidly scaling portfolio of SKUs.As the Head of Experience Test Engineering, you will be a key member of the Play Delivery team, responsible for ensuring world-class manual and automated test engineering methodologies across our complex technology systems.You will have a critical role working closely with the Operations Quality Team and the Engineering Capabilities inside the Creative Play Lab. Your core mandate is to lead the development and optimization of automated test systems to ensure the rapid, reliable release and scalability of embedded systems, data pipelines, and mobile applications, specifically addressing the high complexity introduced by an increasing number of product variants.**Core Responsibilities**Strategic Process & Test Methodology Leadership* Own and define the automated software test strategy and CI/CD pipeline in collaboration with the Software Engineering Capability for all embedded systems and apps ensuring rapid, high-quality, and scalable releases that support an increasing volume of SKUs and product variants.* Collaborate closely with Corporate Quality teams to streamline end-to-end system test processes and establish collective KPIs and metrics. Integrating the SW test system with the overall Quality Organization* Drive the definition of test methodologies to ensure the scalability and reusability of testing efforts across the expanding product portfolio.* Be a subject matter expert on managing and optimizing the processes for building test methodologies and test-driven development.Delivery Oversight & Execution* Work with Engineering colleagues to ensure the rapid release of embedded systems, data pipeline, and mobile applications. Further optimize and evolve the automated software test, component in our pipeline.* Optimize cycle time for highly coupled hardware and software test cycles.* Lead high-quality delivery of technology-based systems from concept to the entire lifecycle of the elements.People Leadership & Capability Scaling* Line Management: Lead a team of internal test engineers, fostering a positive culture, effective teamwork, and collaboration.* External Partner Management: Establish, manage, and govern relationships with external contracting partners to strategically extend the team\’s capabilities and capacity.* Act as a sparring partner for your team, leading high-quality delivery of technology-based systems.* Fulfill comprehensive people leadership responsibilities, including workforce planning, recruitment, performance & reward management, coaching, mentoring, and conflict resolution.**What We Are Looking For*** Must have deep technical expertise in designing, implementing, and leading automated testing frameworks for software in embedded devices (e.g., firmware, real-time systems) and integrating them into continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.* Scaling Expertise: Proven experience in defining and implementing test strategies and processes that successfully enable the scaling of products and increasing number of SKUs without compromising quality or increasing cycle time.* Min 10 years of hands-on consumer electronics engineering test and quality management in robotics/mechatronics, mechanical, electronics, systems, or a closely related field.* 5+ years’ experience in people leadership including hiring, on-boarding, performance & reward management, coaching & mentoring.* Experience in managing external vendors/partners to effectively leverage their capabilities and integrate them into internal execution teams.* Solid experience in leading a team and people in a related field focused on e.g., QA engineers, test engineers, in collaboration with multiple cross-organizational teams such as engineering, quality, procurement, and manufacturing.* Strategic and holistic thinker with attention to detail.* Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.* Ability and willingness to travel as necessary (approx. 20-30 days per year).Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you\’re interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.Here is what you can expect:**Family Care Leave** – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.**Insurances** – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.**Wellbeing** – We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.**Colleague Discount** – We know you\’ll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.**Bonus** – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you\’ll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.**Workplace** – When you join the team you\’ll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.Just imagine building your dream career.Then make it real.**Join the LEGO team today.**[](blob:https://lego.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/d4fe5531-e522-4fec-a8f4-501547b80e6c)0:00 / 1:18Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. Our founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen made his first wooden toy in 1932. He persevered against the odds until his business was a success. Constantly innovating, never compromising. Building, rebuilding, and striving for the best. It is this resilience and permanent sense of renewal that drives us forward. We are never still. We will always be creating, inventing, andhaving fun. Build your career brick by brick and play your part in continuing our mission to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow”. #J-18808-Ljbffr