About The RoleSoftware Test EngineerUp to £45k Depending on experience + BenefitsBarnstaple (with a mix of office and home-based working)We are SEA.Engineered to protect. We protect what matters - our nations, our waters, our land, our cities, our people, our environment, our world.Join us.We have a requirement for a Software Test Engineer, providing support to engineering teams on a variety of engineering equipment and products throughout their lifecycle.What we offerYour work, your contribution, deserves to be recognised and rewarded. Have a look at the benefits we offer:Work life balance:
* Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
* 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
* Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
* Half day Fridays
* Reservist in the armed forces receive special paid leave
Family & wellbeing:
* Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
* All Staff Bonus
* Group Pension Plan of up to 7% employer contribution
* Cycle to work scheme
* Wellbeing centre
* Sports & Social activities
* Employee Discounts portal - online and instore discounts, travel savings etc
* Canada Life GP and financial advice
* Life assurance policy
* Publication and recruitment bonus rewards
* Development opportunities, including LinkedIn learning
Facilities & resources:
* Electric vehicle charging points at all sites
* Private seated lunch areas
* Onsite bistro (Barnstaple office) and free hot and cold beverages
* Onsite showers and toiletries provision
* Free onsite parking
What you’ll be doingSupporting with proposals, design and design proving, test, commissioning, in-service support and training, you will work individually and within a team environment of multi-disciplined specialists and engineering disciplines to achieve programme results and customer deliverables in a timely and accurate manner.
* Define and agree testing strategies
* Define and manage project test environments, both physical and virtual
* Requirements analysis
* Planning, developing and documentation of test cases
* Executing test cases
* Producing formal test documentation
* Managing formal acceptance events
* Reporting test progress to project teams
* Manage reporting and clearing of defects
* Maintain configuration control of test environments
* Manual and automation test experience required
* Provide input into defining further automation test tools
* A hands on approach to testing
The skills you needEssential Experience:
* Experience of testing desktop and web applications, integrated services, multi component systems, and hardware/software integration.
* Integration testing.
* Interrogating databases, log files and other repositories of data to confirm the original state and output of software operations.
* Requirements verification and validation.Desirable Experience
* Experience of using Gherkin, Cucumber, and Visual Studio.
* Other desktop and web application automation tools experience.
* Experience with GitLab is also beneficial.
* Formal Acceptance test activities.
* Load and stress testing.
* Testing software on hardware devices.
Join us and be part of something smaller - with 300 people in the UK and Canada - doing something bigger: protecting what matters. If you would like to know more, please give our Talent Acquisition Advisor Ethan a call on .SEA0480N