Software Test Automation Engineer

Job Description

A bit about us

Amiosec is an exciting and growing UK technology company with innovation, agility, and state of the art technology at its core. We work in partnerships with UK government customers and commercial providers to deliver research, technology, products, and services in the communications security sector.

NOTE: Due to the nature of our work, all candidates will be required to obtain and maintain an appropriate UK security clearance.

About the role

We are currently seeking a Software Test Automation Engineer to join our team. Candidates should possess expertise in documenting detailed test scripts and developing automation solutions aimed at enhancing product quality.

Duties Include:

1. Development and maintenance of high-quality test cases to be executed against software and hardware products
2. Design and implementation of test automation solutions to bring speed and repeatability to test cases
3. Involvement in formation of test strategy for projects/products
4. Authorship of formal test documentation
5. Review and scrutinise other technical documentation (e.g., requirements documentation, design, and architecture documents)
6. Active participation in team planning and progress activities such as daily stand-ups, planning and design meetings
7. Review and recommend enhancements for test processes and workflows across the organisation

What you'll need:

1. Ability to design and document high quality test scenarios for use in manual and automated testing
2. Experience using Linux as a development operating system
3. Experience with Source Code Management tools (e.g. Git, SVN, Mercurial)
4. Experience with continuous integration platforms (e.g., Gitlab CI)
5. Understanding of IP/networking concepts (e.g., IP addressing, subnetting, routing, switches)
6. Understanding of cryptographic concepts (public/private keys, certificates)
7. Experience of COTS and bespoke hardware platforms
8. Programming / Scripting ; Python, Bash
9. Test frameworks such as Robot & PyTest

Desirables:

1. Experience testing hardware using multimeters, oscilloscopes
2. Understanding of virtualisation technologies such as Docker or Firecracker
3. Understanding of software development such as C/C++, Rust, Javascript
4. Packet processing software such as DPDK

Why Work at Amiosec?

At Amiosec, we value our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

1. Life Insurance - X4 Salary
2. Private Health Care scheme
3. Salary Sacrifice Company Pension, matched up to 10%
4. Option to work a 9-day fortnight, with every other Friday off
5. 2:30pm finish on Fridays
6. Flexible home working policy
7. 25 Days Holiday + Bank/Public Holidays
8. Option to buy an additional 37.5 holiday hours
9. Cycle to Work scheme
10. Coffee & Cake mornings every fortnight
11. EV Salary Sacrifice scheme
12. Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
13. Team Away Days

Additional perks:

1. Free on-site parking
2. Free Flu Vaccination
3. Casual dress code
4. Free fruit in the office
5. Health & Wellbeing program

Amiosec is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that our current and future colleagues, are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. Please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make.