Lely, established in 1948, is dedicated to fostering a sustainable, profitable, and enjoyable future in agriculture. We develop advanced robots and data systems that enhance animal welfare, flexibility, and productivity on dairy farms. Our mission is to support sustainable food production.

For over 30 years, we have been a global leader in automated systems for dairy farmers. We inspire our colleagues to provide innovative solutions and reliable long-term support to our customers. With our cutting-edge Lely Campus in Maassluis and a global network of dedicated Lely Centers, we operate in more than fifty countries.

At Lely, software is vital for the performance, reliability, and safety of our robotic and farm management solutions. Our products help dairy farmers worldwide work more efficiently while improving animal welfare and supporting sustainable food production.

As a Senior Test Automation Engineer, you will influence the quality engineering and test automation strategy for Horizon, Lely's farm management platform. You will provide technical direction, drive improvements across multiple teams, and enhance our testing practices. Your role extends beyond building and maintaining automated tests; you will create conditions that enable teams to deliver high-quality software confidently.

You will take ownership of strategic quality initiatives, identify opportunities for improvement, and help teams make informed decisions based on objective quality data. You will lead the advancement of our automation approach across various testing levels, including component, API, and end-to-end testing. This involves developing our component testing capabilities, designing and maintaining test infrastructure, such as CI/CD test pipelines and execution environments. You will drive continuous improvements to the test platform, ensuring fast and reliable feedback throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

As a senior member of the Test Automation Chapter, you will define standards, share best practices, coach fellow engineers, and contribute to the long-term direction of test automation within Digital Farming. Many improvements will require you to align and collaborate effectively with stakeholders and engineering teams in the Netherlands, Turkey, and Portugal.

In addition to these chapter-wide responsibilities, you will be part of a Scrum team, contributing hands-on to the design, implementation, and maintenance of automated tests and quality practices within Horizon.

The work will primarily take place at our campus in Maassluis, with occasional travel to Turkey expected to support collaboration and implementation of improvements across teams.

Your main responsibilities include:

• Defining and evolving the test automation strategy across component, API, and end-to-end testing.
• Leading quality improvement initiatives and driving adoption across multiple teams.
• Providing technical direction and coaching to fellow test automation engineers within the Test Automation Chapter.
• Taking ownership of the component testing domain, including defining the approach, expanding component test coverage, and integrating it into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Driving collaboration between testing, software development, architecture, and other technical disciplines across the Netherlands and Turkey.
• Providing objective insights on product quality, risk, and release readiness.

Hands-on Responsibilities:

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining automated E2E and API tests using TypeScript and Playwright.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining component tests using C# and Testcontainers.
• Supporting the migration from Cucumber to Playwright.
• Managing and improving CI/CD test pipelines in GitLab.
• Owning the automated quality gates that determine merge readiness.
• Managing the Windows VM test lab and associated infrastructure.
• Maintaining dashboards, reporting pipelines, and quality metrics.
• Maintaining the supporting tooling and scripts for test execution and infrastructure automation in PowerShell, Python, Azure, Windows, and Kubernetes environments.

Qualifications: You are a people-oriented senior engineer with a strong technical foundation and a passion for product quality. You enjoy helping engineers grow, fostering team collaboration, and creating clarity in complex development environments.

Additionally, you bring:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in Software Engineering or a relevant technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in test automation, verification, or quality engineering within a technical product development environment.
• Experience guiding, coaching, or mentoring engineers in technical initiatives.
• A broad technical interest and affinity with multidisciplinary systems, software, and robotics.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build alignment across different teams and disciplines.
• Fluency in English.

Additional Information: Working at Lely means contributing to sustainable progress within one of the most innovative organizations in the Netherlands. You help make the agricultural sector more future-proof, and we ensure you have the space, resources, and support to do so.

• An international work environment that values collaboration, initiative, and diverse perspectives.
• A culture that encourages learning, experimentation, and ownership of ideas.
• Excellent employment conditions, including up to 8 weeks of vacation per year and a strong pension scheme.
• A salary range of €6,000 – €8,000 gross per month, with clear opportunities for growth within the scale.
• Full ownership of your own development, with access to a wide range of courses through the Lely Academy.
• Daily access to outstanding sports facilities at the Lely Campus: an indoor gym, outdoor padel courts, basketball and volleyball courts, table tennis, and table football. You can join Hyrox workouts or sign up for personal training and challenge your colleagues during an active break.
• Fresh coffee and tea from our own barista (with milk from our own farm) and a healthy, affordable company restaurant.

Work-life balance: A healthy work-life balance thanks to our hybrid working policy: you work at least three days a week on Campus, with flexible hours and plenty of opportunity to spend additional time onsite (between 06:00 and 20:00). A free shuttle bus that takes you to and from the metro station in Maassluis, ensuring your workday starts and ends smoothly. And of course: we love to celebrate! Whether it’s an anniversary or the annual Christmas party. At Lely, we know how to do it. For an impression of our events, take a look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WA3e0WHbxE

We are also proud that our vision and efforts have been recognized with the Rotterdam Entrepreneurs Award 2025.

Recruitment & selection agency, consultancy, and/or staffing agency? We appreciate the interest, but we recruit all our candidates directly. We understand that as intermediaries, you want to present candidates for our great positions and contribute to our ambitions, but this is not how we have set up our recruitment process. This means that all unsolicited profiles offered on Lely vacancies will be treated as direct applications.