Test Lead Engineer

Appcast Enterprise
Huntingdon, United Kingdom
Last month
Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Lead
Education
Degree
Visa Sponsorship
Available
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
1 May 2026 (Last month)

Benefits

Contributory Pension Scheme Private Medical Insurance 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays) Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays, and a cycle to work scheme) Flexi-Time Working

Description

Lead Test Engineer

Location: Huntingdon, UK

Security Clearance Level: High 'DV- Developed Vetting'

UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL

Because of a key strategic account growth, we have a requirement for a security-cleared Lead Test Engineer to work based out of a customer site near Cambridge, UK site.

Leidos has more than 30 years’ experience of developing and running some of the largest government systems in the world. We are currently hiring to expand our UK based technical team who support our delivery for the UK Govt. Come join our team and further develop your skills as we deliver and support systems key to the defence of the UK and partner nations.

Being part of the Leidos team is a commitment to push yourself and those around you to do better, constantly adapt and learn new technologies. We’re a passionate team and are committed to developing and growing our staff.

Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers.

Are you ready for your next career challenge?

We operate a high paced and exciting collaborative working environment where the work you do is normally customer facing and has demonstrable real world impact. As such we value our staff highly and are committed to training, career development and providing opportunities to progress.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Lead the end-to-end testing process across all project phases—from requirements gathering to final deployment.

  • Develop and maintain detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts tailored the current project or change request.

  • Design and implement test procedures for infrastructure components and services and user applications.

  • Create detailed test reports and defect tracking logs to communicate test results to stakeholders.

  • Organizing and running Test Readiness Reviews with the customer.

  • Organizing and running Factory Acceptance Test and System Acceptance events.

  • Organizing and running Commissioning Events on customer sites.

  • Writing test completion reports and interacting with the customer regarding test completion activities.

  • Manage and mentor the Test Team.

  • Assist infrastructure engineering team with equipment moves as required.

Required Skills

  • Proven experience testing infrastructure environments, especially Windows Server/Domain services in virtualized environments.

  • Proven experience testing user applications, both locally installed and server-hosted.

  • Experience with working within secure environments.

  • Excellent communication, organizational, and documentation skills.

  • Familiarity with or willingness to become familiar with ISR and geoanalytics tools.

  • Willing to travel to alternate customer sites, primary location is a customer site near Cambridge (80%+).

Clearance Requirements:

  • Clearance to Start- DV

  • Clearance for Role- DV

Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your CV with us today!

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.


We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

• Flexi-Time Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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