Head of Quality & Test Strategy - Embedded, IoT & Cloud

Cygnify; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Cygnify is seeking a seasoned QA leadership professional to own the quality and verification strategy across embedded software, app, IoT, and cloud platforms. You will build high-performing Test & QA teams and provide technical direction for system, integration, protocol, connectivity, security, and compliance testing across complex multi-platform systems.

Represent Test & QA in governance, drive release decisions with strong quality evidence, oversee metrics and dashboards for defect trends,

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics, Software Engineering, or similar.
• 15+ years in software/embedded/IoT/app/cloud testing, including 10+ years Test & QA teams Manager.
• Proven experience managing electronic hardware and software quality for large-scale, multi-platform consumer products.
• Strong technical depth in automation (Python/C/Kotlin/Swift), CI/CD pipelines, protocol testing (BLE/Wi‑Fi/MQTT), embedded testing, API testing, and mobile test frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own and define the quality and verification strategy across embedded software, app, IoT, and cloud platforms.
• Build and develop high-performing Test & QA teams, coach Test & QA Leads and Managers.
• Provide technical direction for system, integration, protocol, connectivity, security, and compliance testing; test architecture and automation strategy for complex multi-platform systems.
• Represent Test & QA in program governance, influencing release decisions with strong quality evidence.
• Oversee quality metrics, dashboards, and analytics for defect trends, maturity, and reliability insights.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards: security, RF, Matter, safety, Market regulations.
• Stay updated on the latest automation testing strategies, techniques, tools, and frameworks.
• Collaborate with project managers, design managers and architects to test plan & strategy and budget.

Skills

Automation testing

CI/CD pipelines

Protocol testing

Embedded testing

API testing

Mobile testing

Quality analytics

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

Protocol analyzers

Device sniffers

Simulators

Mobile test utilities

Job description

Cygnify is seeking a seasoned QA leadership professional to own the quality and verification strategy across embedded software, app, IoT, and cloud platforms. You will build high-performing Test & QA teams and provide technical direction for system, integration, protocol, connectivity, security, and compliance testing across complex multi-platform systems.

Represent Test & QA in governance, drive release decisions with strong quality evidence, oversee metrics and dashboards for defect trends,