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Test Automation Engineering Director

Horw, Lucerne, Switzerland

Toradex is a global company strongly focused on engineering & technology. We’re powered by a diverse & uniquely gifted workforce. We pursue the best people to propel our innovative vision of embedded computing and IoT. If you’re interested in being a driving force at an agile technology company, engineering clever computing solutions & helping other companies bring their products to life, we should talk.

Join Toradex to lead the future of intelligent testing systems at the edge.

Toradex is a global leader in embedded computing platforms, enabling innovation across industrial, medical, automotive, and IoT domains. From autonomous surgical robots to ruggedized field controllers, our products power mission-critical applications that demand reliability, scalability, and long-term support. Our Torizon platform is a Linux-based full-stack solution that simplifies the development, deployment, and maintenance of secure edge systems. We are now looking for a Test Automation Engineering Director to drive our next generation of test automation and validation systems.

About the Role:

As the Test Automation Engineering Director, you will lead a high-impact, multidisciplinary team that sits at the core of Toradex' quality and reliability strategy. Reporting into the Product & Technology leadership, you will be responsible for defining the strategic direction and technical execution across several subdomains, including:

  • BSP Integration Testing: Ensuring the seamless integration of Board Support Packages (BSPs) with nightly CI/CD pipelines across diverse hardware platforms.
  • Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Systems: Designing and maintaining test rack infrastructures for validating real-world system behavior.
  • Functional Test Infrastructure: Overseeing the development and lifecycle of custom production testers used in high-volume manufacturing.
  • Test Frameworks & Tooling: Architecting reusable, scalable software frameworks to support development and release testing.
  • Data Aggregation & Reporting: Building systems to consolidate test results into actionable insights for internal engineering teams and customer-facing reporting.

This is a hybrid technical-strategic leadership position that blends hands-on engineering credibility with systems thinking and cross-functional collaboration.

 

Your Key Responsibilities:

  • Team Leadership: Inspire, mentor, and grow a global team of software engineers, hardware testers, and DevOps specialists; structure the team for agility and domain ownership.
  • Technical Direction: Define the architecture and long-term vision for test automation infrastructure across all Toradex products and platforms.
  • Cross-Functional Coordination: Partner closely with engineering, manufacturing, and quality leads to align testing strategies with product roadmaps and production readiness.
  • System Integration: Own the development and integration of HIL and CI pipelines to support BSP validation, kernel-level testing, and Torizon platform updates.
  • Infrastructure & Tools: Lead the design of extensible frameworks and interfaces to support testing as a first-class citizen throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Data & Analytics: Develop a unified approach to test result aggregation, traceability, and visualization for use by developers, QA, and external stakeholders.
  • Process Improvement: Champion best practices in test-driven development, automation-first approaches, and continuous validation.

 

What you bring: 

Must-Have Skills & Experience:

  • Proven experience leading complex test automation or validation programs, ideally in embedded, hardware-integrated environments.
  • Deep understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD architecture, and test frameworks for distributed systems.
  • Strong background in embedded software integration testing.
  • Familiarity with designing and operating Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) systems and lab infrastructure for continuous validation.
  • Excellent communication skills; able to influence cross-functional teams and convey complex technical topics to diverse audiences.
  • Deep understanding of infrastructure-as-code best practice.

Nice to have:

  • Exposure to production test systems and volume hardware quality control processes.
  • Experience with The Yocto Project / OpenEmbedded.
  • Strong programming and scripting experience (e.g. Python, Go, etc.)
  • Background in data-driven decision-making using test analytics and observability tooling.
  • Familiarity with agile leadership frameworks (e.g. Scrum, Kanban) and global team management.

 

What we offer:

  • Impact: Lead a critical function ensuring product quality across the full development and manufacturing lifecycle.
  • Technology: Work on cutting-edge SoCs, edge AI platforms, and connected industrial devices.
  • Culture: A flat, globally distributed team where innovation and ownership are rewarded.
  • Growth: Ample opportunities for professional development, technical training, and global collaboration.
  • Work-Life: Flexible working conditions with modern tools and infrastructure.

Toradex is a leader in embedded computing, serving innovative products to industrial, medical, automotive & IoT companies creating feature-rich & intelligent systems for demanding applications, e.g. supercars, self-driving tractors, patient monitoring systems – to name a few.

We provide effective & robust embedded computing solutions and strive for the best development experience in the industry with a focus on intelligent hardware design, innovative software solutions & free comprehensive support. Our relationship with our customers ensures that we all succeed and it allows us to participate in the realization of incredible new products. Our products are directly sold to more than 3'000 industrial customers in over 70 different countries worldwide.

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