Software Test Engineer

Motorola Solutions; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Private medical care

Pension scheme

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Motorola Solutions in Glasgow is seeking an experienced Software Test Engineer to join our Pronto Deployment team. You will help ensure product stability across releases, write test cases, and advocate for testing best practices in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with project managers, developers, and deployment teams, automate where possible, and participate in field verification at customer sites to validate software in real-world conditions.

Qualifications

• Formal qualification (Degree) in Computing Science.
• Commercial software testing experience.
• 3 years UK residency required for security check clearance.

Responsibilities

• Test mobile and web software to ensure release quality.
• Write and maintain comprehensive test cases for releases.
• Evaluate requirements and provide testing estimates.
• Advocate for testing best practices and automate where possible.
• Attend customer sites for field verification as needed.

Skills

Software testing

Quality assurance

Automation mindset

Analytical thinking

Technical communication

Education

Degree in Computing Science

Tools

Playwright

Appium

Cypress

Jira

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Job description

## Software Test EngineerApply: Glasgow, UK (ZUK118): Full time: Posted Today: R68498## **Company Overview**At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.## **Department Overview**Our Pronto Deployment team provides mission-critical software to UK emergency service agencies, with our primary focus being the Pronto Digital Policing app. In our continuous effort toward \"Solving for safer\", Pronto has become the most popular mobile policing application in the UK, trusted by over half of the UK’s 45 police forces and used by around 75,000 police officers on a daily basis. Pronto was designed with and for front-line operational users, delivering an intuitive solution with high adoption, strong compliance, and positive feedback. Based in the West End of Glasgow, our team started as Kelvin Connect in 2002 as a University of Glasgow spin-out and has grown to around 100 employees. Now as part of Motorola Solutions, we continue to expand and create new opportunities across the UK and beyond.## Job DescriptionWe are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented, and proactive Test Engineer local to Glasgow (or within a reasonable traveling distance) to join our mission-focused team. In this role, you will play a critical part in helping to ensure product stability across every release, taking genuine pride in release quality, and serving as a key quality advocate who is not afraid to speak up if quality standards are not met. At Motorola Solutions, everything starts with our people. We foster a people-first, inclusive environment where you are empowered to bring your authentic self, pursue your potential, and do work that genuinely matters. You will collaborate closely with technical project managers, front-line stakeholders, core software developers, and deployment teams to refine requirements, analyse quality trends, and advocate for testing best practices. If you bring an analytical mindset that naturally looks at a manual process and thinks about how to script it, you will find ample opportunity here to help roll out and maintain automated test solutions while contributing to software used on the front lines every day. **Key Responsibilities** **Quality Assurance & Test Execution*** Test mobile software solutions and applications to help ensure products meet requirements and are free of defects* Write, maintain, and execute comprehensive test cases for regular software releases* Read and evaluate requirements documentation from Technical Project Managers, customers, or team members to clarify scope and provide accurate testing estimates **Automation & Quality Standards Advocacy*** Advocate for testing best practices across Pronto delivery teams and assist in rolling out automated test solutions* Maintain automated test suites and identify new testing tools, technologies, and ideas to continuously improve software quality* Take personal pride in release quality and actively challenge project outputs or block deployments if established quality standards are not met **Cross-Functional Collaboration & Field Verification*** Analyse quality metrics and defect trends to implement proactive solutions that improve overall product delivery* Communicate complex technical bugs clearly to non-technical stakeholders and partner with core development teams to understand system behavior* Attend customer premises periodically to witness on-site software usage in real-world operational environments## Basic Requirements* Formal qualification (Degree) in Computing Science* Commercial software testing experience* 3 years UK residency required for security check clearance **Job Requirements** **Technical Expertise*** **Commercial Testing Expertise** to perform systematic test execution, test case creation, and quality tracking across mission-critical software solutions* **Analytical Mindset** to review manual processes and evaluate how to script, streamline, or automate workflows* **Requirements Refinement** to evaluate technical documentation, provide accurate time estimates, and collaborate with technical teams* **Technical Communication** to explain technical bugs clearly to non-technical stakeholders and liaise with core software development teams **Professional Experience*** **Quality Advocacy** to maintain strict quality standards during release cycles, provide constructive feedback without damaging relationships, and advocate for quality standards* **Field Verification** to attend customer sites periodically and witness live operational software usage* **Workload Prioritisation** to assess competing tasks continuously and prioritize critical testing activities effectively **Preferred Qualifications (Optional)*** Interest in learning or experience with automated test frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Appium, Cypress)* Knowledge of Agile methodologies* ISTQB certification* Experience with Java or another Object-Oriented programming language* Knowledge of source code management technologies (e.g., Git, SubVersion)* Knowledge of software development and issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub)* Experience with Android smartphone testing* Experience with XML and XSLT **Why Join Us?** * Competitive salary and bonus schemes* Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus)* 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays* Attractive defined contribution pension scheme* Employee stock purchase plan* Flexible working options* Private medical care* Life assurance* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay* Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities* Employee health and wellbeing support (EAP, wellbeing guidance, etc.)* Carbon neutral initiatives/goals* Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering* Well-known companies discount scheme* Team bonding days Join us at Motorola Solutions in Glasgow to build mission-critical technologies for front-line responders and help us in 'Solving for safer' every day.