Test Automation Engineer – Leeds

BAE Systems (New); Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Test Automation Engineer, where your expertise in automated testing will be pivotal in enhancing product quality. This role involves collaborating within scrum teams to create automated tests, influence design, and ensure seamless integration into continuous delivery pipelines. With a focus on Agile methodologies and a variety of tools at your disposal, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of testing in a supportive and inclusive environment. Embrace the challenge of delivering quality testing while enjoying a range of flexible working arrangements and benefits that prioritize your well-being and professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounted health benefits

Private health plans

Shopping discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in Agile development and automated testing.
• Proficiency in Java, SQL, and using automated test tools.

Responsibilities

• Create automated tests and influence design for testable code.
• Collaborate with developers to integrate tests into CI pipelines.
• Design and execute functional and performance test scripts.

Skills

Agile software development

Automated test tools (Selenium, Cucumber)

REST assured

UI testing

Java

SQL

Tools

Atlassian Suite

GitHub

AWS

Postgres

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

Location(s): UK, Europe & Africa : UK : Leeds

Job Title: Test Automation Engineer

Location: Leeds, hybrid – You will be required to go onto the Leeds office 1-2 days per week, travel to other sites will also be a necessity.

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

What you’ll be doing

The role will be embedded within one of our scrum teams, where you'll be creating Automated Tests to support the ongoing development of products and projects, working alongside developers to influence the design of testable code and platform engineers to integrate your tests into Continuous Delivery pipelines. The choice of tools, technologies and approaches will be wide and varied and you'll have a chance to influence the direction of automated testing.

• Analysing test requirements, designing and producing re-usable test scripts and specifying requirements for environments, data and test tools required.
• Overcoming development obstacles to deliver quality testing on time.
• Reviewing test artefacts produced by peers.
• Reviewing test results and modify the test suite as necessary.
• Defining and creating test cases from the analysis of non-functional specifications.
• Designing and executing functional and performance test scripts, and security tests.
• Analysing requirements for test automation, designing and implementing the technical solution regardless of approach. Reviewing and assuring the scope and execution of Unit Tests and Integration Tests performed by Software Engineers.
• Working closely with other Engineers to describe how their work will be, or has been, tested such that the Software Engineers gain insight into the tester’s interpretation of the requirements.
• Execute Session-based (Exploratory) Testing where scripted testing is inappropriate or requires augmentation.

Your skills and experiences

• Knowledge of Agile software development.
• Knowledge of at least one automated test tool (preferably Selenium and Cucumber).
• REST assured.
• Experience testing both UI and large data sets.
• Java experience.
• SQL.

Other Desirable Skills:

• Use of collaboration tools (Atlassian Suite, GitHub etc).
• Familiarity with BDD and TDD tools.
• Awareness of accessibility standards.
• AWS.
• Postgres.
• Kubernetes.
• Kafka.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.