Nicholas Associates
Lead Software Test Engineer
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Job Title: Lead Software Test Engineer
Salary: £55,000 – £65,000 per annum
Contract: Full-Time
Location: Warwick, UK, hybrid 2-3 days in the office
About the Role:
Nicholas Associates have an excellent opportunity for a talented Lead Software Test Engineer, to join an award-winning & innovative tech client in Warwick. You will be responsible for testing mobile apps and embedded software, for our client’s unique range of products.
You will take a lead in our software test team, guiding staff, setting standards in process & defining the scope of testing. You will work closely with the development team and be part of our strong development department which includes electronics hardware, embedded software and mobile & web apps.
In addition to manual product testing, you will be involved in other elements of testing such as backend services which support the application, unit testing and cloud applications.
The work you do will be crucial to the success of our products from an application, product and services perspective.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and execute software testing and create test plan documentation for mobile app, web app & REST API’s
- Champion and improve best practices to enhance testing strategies and product quality
- Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to ensure requirements are understood and are testable
- Contribute to the Continuous Integration pipeline by running component builds
- Create test stories with input from the specification and input from developers
- Perform manual testing on our mobile apps such as feature, regression and stress testing
- Creating and performing automated unit tests on code and API’s
- Perform testing and checking on embedded code
- Documenting results and working with the developers to resolve issues to root cause.
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Essential Skills & Experience:
- Strong problem-solving, analytical and technical troubleshooting skills
- Solid knowledge and experience developing test plans and regression test suites
- Experience of running tests for functionality, usability, performance & REST API’s
- Implementation of test systems and tools
- Experience with containerised solutions such as Docker
- Experience with test case management systems such as TestRail etc.
- Experience with defect management
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and be self-directed
- Hold ISTQB or equivalent certifications
- Hold a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline
- Experience of mentoring and guiding a small team.
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Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Experience of unit testing
- Experience of testing both iOS and Android mobile applications
- Testing of embedded software in products
- Generating documentation for both internal and external use
- Automation Testing (e.g. Appium).
Why Join?
- The opportunity to work in a dynamic, innovative environment.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- A benefits package including: Pension; Comprehensive healthcare through AXA; 24/7 On-line GP support
- A share scheme
- 25 Days Annual Holiday, plus 8 Public Bank Holidays
- A supportive team culture with regular team events and professional development opportunities
- Discount schemes including software services discounts
- Free car parking on-site
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