Job Description

Job Specifics

• Location: Pretoria, Gauteng (Hybrid)
• Industry: Digital Health / Medical Technology
• Level: Management / Senior

About the Company
A global digital health technology company developing regulated software and connected platforms that improve access to hearing healthcare through high-quality, data-driven solutions.
The Role
As Manager: Test Engineering, you'll lead and scale a high-performing test engineering function responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and compliance of complex software products across mobile, web, and integrated systems.
This role blends hands-on testing leadership, people management, and quality governance, operating within a regulated medical technology environment. You'll shape test strategy, improve automation maturity, and ensure products meet both user and regulatory requirements.
What You'll Be Doing
Test Engineering Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of test engineers across multiple products
• Drive recruitment, onboarding, training, and ongoing skills development
• Set clear accountability, goals, and performance standards
• Foster a culture of quality, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Provide technical coaching and hands-on guidance where needed
• Build and maintain team morale while delivering at pace and quality

Test Strategy, Planning & Execution

• Define and evolve test strategies, processes, and methodologies across the SDLC
• Design and oversee test plans, test cases, test data, and test environments
• Ensure testability is considered early through active participation in requirements and design reviews
• Plan and manage end-to-end test cycles, including regression, integration, UAT, and release testing
• Drive continuous improvement of test coverage, efficiency, and automation

Automation, Tooling & Technical Oversight

• Oversee and improve automated testing frameworks and tools
• Ensure effective use of tools such as Selenium, Appium, Cypress, Zephyr, BrowserStack, Postman, and JIRA
• Support testing across Android, iOS, web platforms, browsers, devices, and hardware integrations
• Guide teams on test automation strategy, tooling selection, and best practices
• Ensure testing is repeatable, benchmarked, and aligned with functional requirements

Project Planning & Delivery

• Estimate testing effort accurately, including regression cycles and release readiness
• Contribute to project planning, work breakdown structures, and delivery timelines
• Track progress, risks, and dependencies using JIRA
• Proactively identify risks, blockers, and quality concerns and escalate appropriately
• Coordinate release readiness and deployment communication

Reporting, Documentation & Stakeholder Engagement

• Ensure high-quality test documentation, reports, and release notes
• Maintain testing artefacts, templates, and standards
• Provide clear, regular progress updates and status reports to stakeholders
• Lead review sessions of designs, requirements, and test outcomes
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams

Quality Management & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Support CE, ISO, FDA, and related regulatory standards
• Ensure testing aligns with specifications, user needs, and quality objectives
• Drive continuous improvement in quality processes and practices
• Safeguard data, documentation, and system integrity

What We're Looking For
Essential Experience & Skills

• 7+ years' experience in software testing
• 3+ years' experience managing or leading test/QA teams
• Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC
• Hands-on experience testing mobile (Android & iOS), web, and integrated systems
• Strong experience with test planning, execution, reporting, and automation
• Experience working in Agile development environments
• Proficiency with JIRA and Agile QA processes

Technical & Domain Knowledge

• Automated testing tools and platforms
• Test case design based on requirements and user stories
• Smoke, functional, regression, and post-deployment testing
• Basic understanding of databases and SQL
• Familiarity with common software failure patterns
• Coding or scripting experience (HTML, JavaScript, Kotlin, Swift advantageous)

Nice to Have

• Experience in regulated or medical software environments
• Hardware integration testing exposure
• Strong background in test automation strategy and scaling

Why This Role

• Lead quality for products with real-world healthcare impact
• Influence test strategy and quality culture across the organisation
• Work in a mature, regulated engineering environment
• Balance hands-on technical work with leadership and strategy

Skills Required