.Validation & Integration Manager/Lead (Hybrid) Location: Madrid, Spain Thales Digital Identity & Security is a global leader in digital security, bringing trust to an increasingly connected world. We design and deliver a wide range of products, software and services based on two core technologies: digital identification and data protection. As a Validation & Integration Manager/Lead , you will be contributing to the quality of HW & SW solutions based on Thales components using state of the art Biometric products and algorithms. If you're looking for new opportunities, ready to join a high-skilled multicultural team, willing to travel (up to 15% of your time on certain peaks ), we are now hiring in Madrid. A week in the life of a Validation & Integration Manager: You define the validation and integration strategy with the schedule. You will coordinate and test E2E a full solution by integrating SW/HW components from other teams towards a successful deployment on production environment. You will cooperate with developers in order to reproduce, identify and isolate the issues. You will write all the documentation and procedures required. You participate in customer acceptances, deployments, trainings and demos. Knowledge, Skills and Experience: To succeed at this job, you must have > 5 years of proven experience with: Create validation and integration strategy, test plans and schedules. Coordinate integration of SW components from different teams. Build and test End-to-End your integrated solution. Reporting and KPI follow up including optimization of planning to meet deadlines. Participation in meetings/demos/acceptances/deployments/trainings with customers. QA Testing including 2 years in test & integration management. Extremely valuable: Experience with API testing and Web Services SOAP/REST. Non-functional testing (performance, load, etc.) using JMeter, Postman or SOAP UI. HW & SW components integration (cameras, readers, etc). Any of the following is a plus: Scripting language for automatic tests (e.G., Python). Testing with Docker and Jenkins environments. ELK stack (Kibana, Elasticsearch y Logstash). Experience on IT HW/SW, networking or biometric HW integration. Knowledge of SQL and Database (at least one among Oracle, SQL Server or Maria DB). Corporate or standard methodologies (ISTQB, Agile, etc). We would like someone to join our team who is creative, passionate about technical work, well organized, committed and detail oriented. We need a team player that is also autonomous when required. And of course customer oriented. You must have fluent English level (B2+). What do we offer? Flexible working hours. Intensive working days on Fridays and during August. Remote-friendly - 2/3 days a week working from home. Restaurant allowance and social benefits (health insurance, kindergarten)