Senior QA Engineer (Automation)

Matthey; Milton; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Well-being

Life, accidents & critical diseases

25 days of paid vacation leave

Pension fund contributions

Volunteer opportunities

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Johnson Matthey is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to drive testing strategies across a portfolio of enterprise applications and systems. You will lead manual, exploratory, and automated testing while embedding quality throughout the SDLC and collaborating with developers, architects, and stakeholders.

The role emphasizes automation, continuous testing, and mentoring other QA engineers. We offer a hybrid and flexible working environment with competitive benefits, including health and life

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in senior quality assurance or QA engineering roles in complex delivery environments.
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools or frameworks and understanding of automation principles.
• Strong knowledge of testing techniques: functional, regression, integration, API, performance.
• Experience collaborating with developers, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to own issues and drive quality.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver testing strategies to ensure high-quality enterprise applications and systems.
• Lead testing activities across multiple projects, combining manual, exploratory, and automated testing.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, delivery teams and stakeholders to embed quality in lifecycle.
• Drive automation and continuous testing to improve coverage and confidence in releases.
• Coach and support other QA engineers and promote best practices and standards.

Skills

Automation testing

Testing strategies

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality ownership

Analytical problem-solving

Job description

Pay Range: €51,000 - €63,750

At Johnson Matthey, your work will matter. As a Senior QA Engineer, you’ll join a world leader in platinum group metals with over 200 years of history and innovation. You’ll help tackle the world’s biggest challenges - cutting emissions, powering modern society and enhancing lives - as we continue to apply, refine and recycle metals that matter, for a healthier and more resilient future.

The role:

As a Senior QA Engineer, you will help drive our goals by:

• Defining and delivering effective testing strategies to ensure high-quality solutions across a diverse portfolio of enterprise applications, platforms, and systems.
• Leading testing activities across multiple projects, combining manual, exploratory, and automated testing to identify risks and provide reliable feedback.
• Working closely with developers, architects, delivery teams, and business stakeholders to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Driving automation and continuous testing practices, helping teams improve test coverage, reduce risk, and increase confidence in releases.
• Coaching and supporting other quality engineers while promoting quality engineering best practices across teams.
• Helping shape and improve quality engineering standards, testing practices, automation frameworks, and tooling.

Key skills that will help you succeed in this role:

• 5+ years' experience in senior quality assurance, testing, or quality engineering roles within complex delivery environments.
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools or frameworks and a good understanding of automation principles and best practices.
• Strong knowledge of software testing techniques, including functional, regression, integration, API, and performance testing.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders across multiple projects and business areas.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks, investigate issues, and improve quality outcomes.
• Proven ability to take ownership, work independently, and deliver high-quality results across multiple projects.

Even if you only match some of the skills, we’d love to hear from you to discuss further!

What we offer:

We make sure salaries are fair, competitive and aligned to individual roles, experience and responsibilities. We are also supportive of hybrid and flexible working and where applicable, offer life, medical and other benefits that support our employees’ financial and physical wellbeing, such as:

• Health & Well-being: a diverse, inclusive, work & life balance work environment; hybrid way of working; health insurance from the first day of employment; employee assistance program
• Life, accidents & critical diseases insurance
• 25 days of paid vacation leave
• IIIrd Pillar Pension Fund contributions
• Paid volunteering opportunities (2 days per year)
• Great career growth and development opportunities in a global organization

Ready to make a meaningful impact on your career and the environment? Join us and help shape a sustainable future while advancing your career!

At JM, inclusivity is central to our values. We create an environment where everyone can thrive, embracing diverse perspectives to tackle challenges and ensure all colleagues feel valued and connected.

For any queries or accessibility requirements, please contact [e-mail]. We will work with you to make suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are confidential, and your feedback is welcome to help us provide an accessible and positive recruitment experience.

Closing date for applications: This job advertisement will be posted for a minimum of 2 weeks, early application is advised.

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Johnson Matthey Plc is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.