Team Lead Test Engineering (m/f/d)

Your Responsibilities:

• Analyze product requirements and specifications to define the overall test strategy and test plans, and allocate testing resources effectively.
• Lead the team in conducting functional, performance, compatibility, security, and stress testing, ensuring sufficient coverage and delivery quality.
• Lead the team to identify shortcomings of current products, provide product optimization suggestions, and ensure that products meet the needs of the German market optimally.
• Lead the team to resolve compatibility issues between fixed-network devices and German operators, ensuring smooth deployment in the local market.
• Mentor and develop test team members, enhancing their technical capabilities and execution skills.
• Collaborate closely with development, product, and project management teams, participating in design reviews and solution discussions to identify risks early.
• Continuously optimize testing processes and quality standards, building and improving the test framework and methodology.
• Stay up to date with the latest testing technologies, methodologies, and industry standards, keeping the team competitive in fixed-network and router testing.

Your Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Telecommunications, or a related field.
• Proven experience in fixed-network (DSL/GPON) testing, with hands-on project leadership responsibilities.
• 8+ years of experience in network device testing (especially router testing), with at least 3 years in a team leadership or project management role.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, VoIP, Multicast, and Wi‑Fi protocols, with a solid background in network testing.
• Proficiency with common network testing tools (e.g., network analyzers, traffic generators, protocol analyzers).
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, able to lead effectively in an international environment.
• Demonstrated success in test process optimization and quality improvement.
• Full working proficiency in German and English (spoken and written)

What we offer:

• An independent role with own responsibilities in an innovative, and market-leading international company.
• A friendly and motivated team, great opportunities to develop yourself with the company.
• An unlimited and home‑office based or Düsseldorf based employment contract
• An attractive salary with target‑related OTE bonus.
• 28-31 annual holidays, increasing with tenure
• Company pension scheme (betriebliche Altersvorsorge).
• Good incentive plan including monthly food voucher, voucher for birthday, presents for on‑ and off‑boarding, marriage, childbirth, company anniversary, International Women’s Day, and so on.
• Employee referral award.
• Regular team events (monthly tea time, quarterly team building, Christmas party, etc.).
• Ergonomic office chairs and height‑adjustable workplaces.
• Modern office with free parking places.
• Free drinks and good tea and coffee.
• Employee discounts on our wide range of our products.