Test and Reliability Team Leader

Test & Reliability Team Leader | Royston
Our client is an established and internationally operating engineering and manufacturing organisation with over 30 years of experience delivering high-performance technical products to global markets.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing organisation with a strong reputation for engineering excellence.
The testing team, made up of engineers and technicians, is responsible for verifying and validating both established and newly developed sensor and instrumentation technologies. Their work includes continuous life-cycle testing, data evaluation, fault investigation, and reliability reporting for system and subsystem components to ensure overall design robustness and confidence.
The Role:
* Lead the testing function while working closely with multidisciplinary teams, including research, product development, manufacturing, quality assurance, product management, and external stakeholders.
* Establish, implement, and maintain structured processes for testing and failure investigations, including the preparation of test plans, methodologies, and comprehensive technical reports.
* Apply established verification and validation (V&V) principles to ensure products meet defined requirements and performance standards.
Key Skills and Experience:
* Strong understanding of reliability engineering, environmental qualification, lifetime testing, and root cause failure analysis.
* Experience working within product development and/or manufacturing settings.
* Background in systems reliability engineering across hardware and software/firmware domains.
* Familiarity with statistical techniques and data analysis tools (considered beneficial).
* Experience automating or remotely operating test equipment using scripting languages such as Python, LabVIEW, or similar platforms.
* Proficient in the use of standard laboratory equipment, including power supplies, data acquisition systems, multimeters, gas regulators, and microscopy tools.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in advancing innovative technology within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment. If you’re passionate about engineering excellence and want to make a tangible impact, we’d love to hear from you