Test Driven Development Lead - Bristol - £70 per hour Umbrella

We are recruiting for a Test Driven Development Lead to be based in Bristol on contract to work for a leading Defence organisation.

The role will be condensed to 4 days per week and due to the type of project UK born candidates only.

You will act as a technical leader, coach, and change agent, embedding Test Driven Development (TDD) practices into a team of highly capable engineers who have not previously worked in a TDD environment.

You will shape engineering culture and introduce TDD principles while maintaining clear organisational separation between development and testing.

You will not only coach the team, you will act as a hands-on test practitioner where you will personally design, implement, and execute most project tests to provide objective evidence of software quality in line with quality assurance requirements.

Skillset/experience required:

Essential

Strong background in Test-Driven Development practices

Experience with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD

Extensive hands-on experience designing and executing automated tests

Experience establishing test strategies from scratch

Demonstrated ability to coach experienced engineers

Strong requirements elicitation and analysis skills

Strong communication and facilitation skills

Advantageous:

C/C++/MatLab/Similink

Jetson Orin NX/Linux

Hardware-software integration

Simulation or Real Time Embedded systems

Safety-critical or high-reliability systems experience