Validation and Verification Lead

Overview

As Validation and Verification Lead, you will own V&V activities for a high-technology defence system, guiding a small team through test scenario definition, verification planning, and evidence generation. You collaborate across engineering and projects to verify requirements and demonstrate system performance. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on verification across the development lifecycle, contributing to critical operational capability.

Pay / Benefits

• salary up to 55,000
• company performance-related bonus
• pension contribution up to 14%
• paid overtime opportunities
• up to 15 additional days of flexi leave
• flexible working arrangements

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team to plan, coordinate and deliver V&V activities
• Define test scenarios and descriptions for software and system testing
• Develop verification plans and select verification methods
• Populate requirements compliance matrices and generate evidence
• Analyse test results and support issue resolution
• Contribute to technical, safety and security reports with evidence
• Produce progress metrics and status updates for stakeholders
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams throughout development
• Support change management and implement requirements changes
• Identify and implement process improvements
• Monitor progress against schedules and forecast completion dates

Key requirements

• Detailed knowledge of Validation and Verification processes
• Experience developing baselines from requirements to tested products
• Experience leading small engineering teams and delivering outcomes
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical skills to assess requirements, test evidence and reports
• Experience using DOORS, Rhapsody or similar tools
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent engineering experience in STEM

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Analytical thinking
• Leadership and mentoring
• Validation and Verification processes
• Systems engineering basics
• Test planning and execution

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