Testing Manager (Precision Agriculture)

Location: Rubiera, Italy. Full-time onsite role with occasional travel to other ARAG/Nordson locations, external testing laboratories, and customer sites.

Company

ARAG S.r.l., part of hirify.global, designs, manufactures, and supplies components and systems for crop spraying, weed control, and crop protection in the precision farming sector.

What you will do

• Lead and coordinate software, hardware, system, field, and certification testing and validation activities.
• Manage and develop testing teams while coordinating collaboration across testing disciplines.
• Define, improve, and standardise testing methodologies, processes, and validation frameworks throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Ensure effective product validation and release within agreed project timelines.
• Evaluate and improve testing facilities, equipment, tools, and overall testing capabilities.
• Drive the integration of separate testing functions, manage external laboratories, and assess long-term team and resource needs.

Requirements

• Previous experience leading a testing, validation, or quality-related organisation or department.
• People leadership experience with the ability to lead and develop technical teams.
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, validation processes, and continuous improvement practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience driving process improvements and implementing structured ways of working.
• English language skills at B2 level or higher.

Nice to have

• Experience in automotive, industrial manufacturing, hydraulics, electromechanical products, or similar technical environments.
• Experience with both software and hardware validation activities.
• Experience managing organisational change, transformation, or departmental redesign initiatives.
• Experience in international or global organisations and environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build and shape a newly created testing and validation organisation.
• International product development and collaboration across global teams.
• Career growth with potential future expansion into a broader international testing leadership role.
• Professional development in a growing, innovative, and technology-driven organisation.
• Inclusive workplace focused on research, technological innovation, sustainability, quality, and collaboration.