Senior Embedded Software Test Manager - Consumer Electronics client

CYGNIFY PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

CYGNIFY PTE. LTD. is seeking a senior Head of Test & QA to define the quality and verification strategy across embedded software, apps, IoT, and cloud platforms.

You will build high-performing QA teams, coach leaders, and provide technical direction for system, protocol, and CI/CD testing. You will drive automation, data-driven testing, and AI-enabled methods, and report quality status to executives with strong evidence.

Qualifications

• Over 15 years in software/embedded/IoT/app/cloud testing with 10+ years leading Test & QA teams.
• Proven experience managing hardware and software quality for large-scale consumer products.
• Strong automation depth across Python/C/Kotlin/Swift and related test frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, protocol testing, and API testing.
• Data-driven mindset with dashboards, observability, and quality analytics.
• Excellent leadership and ability to mentor teams and uplift engineering standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the quality and verification strategy across embedded software, app, IoT, and cloud platforms.
• Build and develop high-performing Test & QA teams; coach leads and managers.
• Provide technical direction for system and protocol testing, and test architecture.
• Drive automation, data-driven testing, and AI-enabled test methods.
• Represent Test & QA in governance and influence release decisions with quality evidence.
• Oversee quality metrics, dashboards, and analytics for defect trends and reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality governance

Strategic thinking

Education

Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics, Software Engineering, or similar

Tools

Python

C

Kotlin

Swift

CI/CD

BLE testing

WiFi testing

MQTT testing

Job description

About the Role

• 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. And Test architecture, automation test strategy for complex multi-platform systems.
• Drive innovation in HIL automation, simulation, data-driven testing, and AI-enabled test methods.
• 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.
• Report projects test progress & software quality status to senior stakeholders and ensure clear communication across teams.

Key Skills / Experience:

• 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.
• Skilled in using test tools such as protocol analyzers, device sniffers, Simulators, mobile app and cloud test utilities.
• Data-driven mindset with experience in dashboards, observability, and quality analytics. Passionate about quality, continuous improvement, and raising engineering standards.
• Excellent leadership and cross-functional influencing skills. Ability to mentor teams, uplift competencies, and build a high-performance engineering culture.
• Strong systems thinking across embedded, electrical, mechanical, cloud, and app ecosystems. Experience with the full electronic hardware and software development and test lifecycle. And Agile development & test processes.
• Ability to shape long-term testing capability and lead transformation in automation and test methods. Expertise in automated testing, requirements analysis, test framework design, development, and debugging for both embedded software and IoT systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex technical information clearly to executives and non-technical leaders.
• Strong ability to multi-task across multiple product deliverables and manage multiple schedules simultaneously.
• UEN: 202329526G
• EA Licence: 23S2061