Technical Lead – Verification & Validation (High Voltage)

Insignis Talent; Royal Borough of Greenwich; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Insignis Talent. STR Ltd is seeking a Technical Lead for Verification & Validation (High Voltage) in London.

You will own VVQ strategy, lead qualification programmes, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safety, reliability, and performance of high-voltage products. The role requires hands-on leadership and experience in HV testing, test automation, and coordination with external certification bodies.

Qualifications

• Lead VVQ activities for complex electronic or electrical products.
• Develop VVQ plans, test procedures and qualification reports.
• Experience with HV systems and external certification processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and execution of VVQ activities.
• Develop VVQ plans and qualification methodologies for hardware and embedded systems.
• Design and review verification testing and document results.
• Coordinate EMC, environmental and safety testing with internal teams.
• Mentor engineers in VVQ best practices and work with external test houses.

Skills

VVQ leadership

High voltage testing

Test planning

EMC standards

Education

Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analysers

HIL/SIL

Test automation scripting

Job description

Technical Lead - Verification & Validation (High Voltage) - London - £75,000 + Car Allow. + Bonus + Ex Bens - Permanent

Are you an experienced Verification, Validation & Qualification (VVQ) Engineer looking to take technical ownership of complex high-voltage products?

We're looking for a Technical Lead Engineer to drive the verification, validation and qualification strategy for advanced high-voltage power systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll define test strategies, lead qualification programmes and work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure products meet the highest standards of safety, reliability and performance.

• Lead the technical direction of VVQ for innovative high-voltage products.
• Work on technically challenging projects with genuine engineering complexity.
• Collaborate with highly skilled multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Excellent salary, bonus and comprehensive benefits package.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the technical design and execution of verification, validation and qualification (VVQ) activities.
• Develop VVQ plans, test strategies and qualification methodologies for complex hardware and embedded systems.
• Design, execute and review verification and qualification testing, producing high-quality technical documentation.
• Lead internal and external qualification programmes, including EMC, environmental and safety testing.
• Debug complex hardware and embedded software issues using oscilloscopes, logic analysers and HIL/SIL test systems.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, mechanical and manufacturing teams to improve product quality and testability.
• Work with external test houses and certification bodies to achieve product compliance.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers in VVQ best practice.

What we're looking for

• Strong experience leading Verification, Validation & Qualification (VVQ) activities for complex electronic or electrical products.
• Hands-on experience testing high-voltage or power electronic systems.
• Experience developing verification plans, test procedures and qualification reports.
• Knowledge of EMC, environmental and safety qualification standards, including IEC 62368, EN61000 and related standards.
• Experience using oscilloscopes, logic analysers and HIL/SIL test environments - nice to have.
• Familiarity with test automation and validation scripting.
• Experience working with external test houses and certification programmes.
• Degree qualified in Electrical, Electronic or High Voltage Engineering (or a related discipline).