Test Engineer

Government Recruitment Service; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution (28.97%)

25 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service in Birmingham is recruiting a Test Engineer to deliver effective testing across DVSA digital services within an Agile delivery team. The role focuses on test design, execution and quality assurance to support major initiatives and drive confidence in delivery decisions.

You will apply testing methodologies, design and execute test plans, and work with development teams to ensure systems meet business needs and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience applying testing methodologies to ensure business needs and quality standards.
• Ability to design and execute test plans.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in Agile environments.
• Focus on test design, execution and quality assurance rather than development.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, integration, system and revalidation testing activities, ensuring testing remains relevant to business needs and product risk.
• Work effectively within fast-paced digital delivery environments, maintaining focus on quality, risk and user outcomes.
• Support testing by leveraging testing tools to execute test scenarios, review results, and gain insights, collaborating with colleagues responsible for building the frameworks.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement within team-level testing practices and contribute to corporate testing standards and best practice guidance.
• Review test results and adapt testing activities where necessary to maintain quality and coverage.

Skills

Testing methodologies

Test design

Test execution

Quality assurance

Collaboration

Job description

The central responsibility of this role is to deliver effective and reliable testing across DVSA digital services, supporting the delivery of high-quality, user-focused outcomes within Agile teams.

Working within a delivery-focused Agile environment, and in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to the design and implementation of testing processes for a range of DVSA digital services. You will be responsible for delivering structured, cost-effective test activities to support the successful delivery of major initiatives.

You will apply established testing methodologies, primarily testing techniques, to ensure services meet defined business needs and operate in accordance with government and industry quality standards. You will work closely with development teams to identify and capture test cases, support test environment readiness, and design and execute test plans across DVSA digital projects and products.

You will share knowledge with colleagues and support continuous improvement of testing practices within your team. While collaborating with others who may develop automated solutions, this role focuses on test design, execution and quality assurance rather than software development or coding.

You will help ensure that DVSA-developed digital services function as intended, meet user and business requirements, and provide confidence in delivery decisions through clear reporting of test outcomes and risks.

Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:

• Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
• 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King's birthday
• Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

• Execute functional, integration, system and revalidation testing activities, ensuring testing remains relevant to business needs and product risk.
• Work effectively within fast-paced digital delivery environments, maintaining focus on quality, risk and user outcomes.
• Support testing by leveraging testing tools to execute test scenarios, review results, and gain insights, collaborating with colleagues responsible for building the frameworks.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement within team-level testing practices and contribute to corporate testing standards and best practice guidance.
• Review test results and adapt testing activities where necessary to maintain quality and coverage.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.

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Test Engineer

Company: Government Recruitment Service

Salary: £37,090 to £37,090 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Birmingham

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 19 Oct 2026

Closing date: 2 Nov 2026

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