Test Automation Engineer

Leidos; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering company is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to join their team in Fareham. This hybrid role includes reviewing requirements, creating automated test cases, and preparing test plans. The ideal candidate will have strong testing experience, familiarity with automation tools, and the ability to work both manually and automatically in testing diverse IT solutions. Offering a competitive salary range and commitment to employee development, this role is critical in ensuring quality and compliance within the organization.

Qualifications

• Strong test experience, especially in integration testing of IT solutions.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools.
• Excellent understanding of the Testing Lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements and design documents to create Automated Test Cases.
• Prepare and execute Automated Test Cases for functional and non-functional requirements.
• Document test results and manage defects.

Skills

ISTQB Foundation Certificate in software testing

Automation tools (Robot Framework, Selenium, JMeter)

Manual and automated testing

Strong oral and written communication

Troubleshooting and debugging

Experience with agile methodologies

Tools

Robot Framework

Selenium

Jenkins

GITLab

SoapUI

Appium

Job description

Description

Test Automation Engineer

Location: This is a Hybrid role. Whiteley, Hampshire

Clearance Required: This role will require attainment and maintenance of SC clearance.

Working within a team of testers, duties will include:

• Reviewing of requirements and design documents to generate Automated Test Cases including identifying test data and defining test environment needs;
• Creating and reviewing test plans and test designs, working with third party suppliers to ensure requirements coverage;
• Preparation and Execution of Automated Test Cases using a range of test techniques and technologies to fully functionally test across the software, network and infrastructure solution stack at all levels;
• Preparation and Execution of Automated Test Cases to test the system and non-functional requirements;
• Producing Test Reports and report on interim progress;
• Documenting of test results and any defects;
• Reporting progress, risks & issues to Team Leads;
• Identifying and managing defects, including classification, reporting and confirmation testing;
• Investigating issues and working with suppliers to identify root cause and resolution;
• Analysing data and test evidence from suppliers to show compliance to requirements;
• Identifying improvements in new and existing processes.

Required Skills:

• Strong test experience (including ISTQB Foundation Certificate in software testing), a period of which in systems and\or integration testing of IT solutions;
• Hands‑on experience of automation tools such as Robot Framework, Selenium, JMeter, Appium, SoapUI, Cucumber, Ranorex, PyCharm, GITLab, Sikuli, Jenkins, Javascript
• Demonstrable Testing experience with IT Systems and Services;
• Excellent understanding of the Testing Lifecycle and the different types of testing such as Functional, Non‑Functional and Integration Testing;
• Demonstrable Systems Integration experience including integrating 3rdparty systems or components;
• Experience of creating Test Cases based on requirements and design documents;
• Experience of both manual and automated testing and how to apply these to IT application and infrastructure solutions;
• Experience of both manual and automated test tools and techniques, and how to use these to verify IT application and infrastructure solutions;
• Familiarity with agile software development processes and products (continuous integration/continuous development pipeline, release and sprint planning, product backlog management/refinement, retrospectives, etc.) and SecDevOps;
• Strong oral and written communication skills – ability to communicate with technical and non‑technical team members;
• Self‑motivated and willing to speak to colleagues to find out missing information;
• Ability to identify, troubleshoot and debug issues across interfaces;
• Ability to analyse and review test evidence from suppliers;
• Enthusiastic, proactive, troubleshooting attitude with a willingness to learn new technologies

Pay Range

£36,900.00-£46,100.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.