Senior QA & Test Strategy Consultant

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior QA & Test Strategy Consultant to join our technology consultancy practice. In this role, you will lead the definition and execution of a modern, practical test strategy for a large-scale, cloud-native connected automotive platform.

Working on behalf of our firm, you will partner directly with client architects, DevOps teams, enterprise customer test units, and external suppliers to establish robust quality engineering practices. You will serve as the core test authority—translating high-level architectural requirements into automated pipelines, clear governance frameworks, and hands-on guidance for distributed engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Architecture: Define a comprehensive test strategy covering all test levels (unit, component, API, integration, system, non-functional, and end-to-end) aligned with cloud-native delivery models and modern DevOps workflows.

• NFR & Testability Engineering: Establish clear Non-Functional Requirement (NFR) testability guidelines to ensure core products and custom service deliveries are testable, observable, diagnosable, and optimized for automated execution.

• Hands-on Automation & CI/CD Integration: Work directly with DevOps and platform teams to build a working reference test suite, embed quality gates, and implement automated execution and aggregated traceability reporting within CI/CD pipelines.

• Ownership & Responsibility Matrix: Define the formal responsibility split between core product-level testing and customer-specific delivery testing.

• End-to-End & Integration Testing: Design and validate E2E customer delivery flows, encompassing custom configurations, third-party integrations, external systems, and critical business journeys.

• Test Infrastructure & Enablement: Set requirements for test environments, test data management, anonymization, test isolation, disposable infrastructure, service virtualization (mocks/stubs), and automated observability.

• Assessment & Risk Management: Audit existing product suites to identify testability gaps, systemic risks, and dependencies, formulating actionable improvement roadmaps.

• Ecosystem Onboarding & Coaching: Author accessible onboarding guides and provide hands-on coaching for internal developers, customer test teams, and third-party suppliers regarding interface expectations, required test evidence, and quality standards.

• Platform & Test Architecture: Proven track record defining and implementing modern test strategies for complex, cloud-native, distributed, or event-driven service platform transformations.

• Comprehensive Test Execution: Hands-on mastery across unit, component, API, contract, integration, system, BDD/Gherkin, and end-to-end testing methodologies (e.g., test pyramid, test quadrants, risk-based testing).

• Non-Functional Testing (NFR): Expertise in designing and executing performance, resilience, security, compliance, and negative testing protocols.

• DevOps & Pipeline Automation: Deep experience integrating test automation suites into CI/CD pipelines, establishing quality gates, and configuring automated test reporting tools.

• Observability & Diagnostics: Experience leveraging metrics, structured logging, distributed tracing, and correlation IDs to support test diagnostics and root-cause analysis.

• Environment & Data Management: Strong knowledge of test data anonymization, test isolation, disposable environment management, and service virtualization (stubs/mocks).

• Technical Stack Familiarity: Experience working with cloud platforms, Kubernetes, REST APIs, databases, and asynchronous messaging architectures.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to align architects, engineering teams, customer test departments, and external vendors around unified quality standards.

Beneficial Skills

• Prior experience in the connected automotive, IoT, or telematics domain.

• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and production-safe live testing methodologies.

• Working knowledge of regulatory and compliance standards such as ASPICE, GDPR, and automotive cybersecurity mandates.

Diversity & Anti-Discrimination Policy

We strive for an inclusive workplace where all decisions are based on competence, experience, and practical skills. In accordance with the Swedish Discrimination Act (2008:567) and EU directives, we enforce a strict non-discrimination policy.

Application

Recruitment and interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis, so please submit your application and CV as soon as possible!