Test Automation Engineer

Test Automation Engineer

Our client is a world leader in the development and manufacturing of underwater technology used across various sectors for monitoring, surveying and imaging. They are looking for a Test Automation Engineer to be responsible for developing and maintaining automation test frameworks and associated tools for a variety of web, windows and API applications, whilst providing technical expertise to the engineering team.

The successful candidate will work closely with others across engineering to ensure a collaborative approach to automation, with the shared goal of ensuring quality of products and timely deliverables.

Your responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain automation test frameworks and associated tools, maximising test coverage for the most critical features of products and systems
• Develop, maintain, execute and troubleshoot test scripts
• Document test plans, test designs and test strategies
• Implement test reporting and visualisation to identify issues promptly and enable informed decisions to be made based on recorded metrics and KPIs
• Carry out regular review of changing trends and technologies related to automated testing and to ensure automation testing provides maximum efficiencies
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of testing across Engineering through the identification of potential changes and initiatives aimed at increasing productivity, efficiency and quality of deliverables
• Maintain and update technical and professional job competencies (qualification, knowledge, and personal skills), through continuous personal development including formal training, self-directed learning etc.

The ideal candidate will have the following skills, knowledge and experience:

• Experience in automation testing including Web, Windows and API for engineering applications
• Experience of best practices and variety of automation tools
• Able to code in a variety of programming languages such as JavaScript, Python, Typescript etc
• Comprehensive knowledge of the software development cycle,dev ops and CI
  • Architecting & documenting designs.
  • Following coding guidelines.
  • Developing unit and system tests.
• Can work in a structured software development environment that includes:
• Use source control systems and engage in peer code reviews
• Proven experience collaborating with multiple product and engineering teams
• Educated to degree level in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Science disciplines.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.