Test Engineer

Leidos; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Flexible benefits

Flexi-Time Working

Job summary

Leidos UK is seeking a Test Engineer to join a collaborative, agile team delivering large-scale systems integration programmes. You will design, execute and improve testing across software, infrastructure and integrated systems to ensure quality outcomes for customers.

The role is hybrid with one day on site in Whiteley, Hampshire, requiring BPSS security clearance and strong experience in testing lifecycles and automation. ISTQB Foundation preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in software testing, systems integration, or technical delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of the testing lifecycle, including Functional, Integration and Non-Functional Testing.
• Experience creating test cases from requirements and technical designs.
• Experience testing integrated or third-party systems.
• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• ISTQB/ISEB Foundation qualification or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute test plans, test cases and test reports.
• Perform manual and automated testing across integrated systems.
• Investigate defects, identify root causes and support resolution.
• Work closely with engineers, suppliers and stakeholders.
• Report on testing progress, risks and issues.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and quality initiatives.

Skills

Software testing

Systems integration

Test design & execution

Communication

ISTQB Foundation

Education

ISTQB Foundation qualification

Tools

Test management tools

Defect tracking tools

Job description

Description

Test Engineer

Location: Hybrid, 1 day a week onsite moving to a more remote working model - Whiteley, Hampshire

Security Clearance: BPSS

We're looking for a talented Test Engineer to join our team and support the delivery of a large-scale systems integration programme. You'll work as part of a collaborative, agile team, helping to ensure complex software, infrastructure, and integrated systems perform reliably and meet customer expectations.

Join us in delivering critical systems integration solutions that make a real-world impact.

Working as part of a collaborative agile team, you'll help design, execute and improve testing across complex software, infrastructure and integrated systems, ensuring quality outcomes for our customers.

What You'll Be Doing

• Create and execute test plans, test cases and test reports.
• Perform manual and automated testing across integrated systems.
• Investigate defects, identify root causes and support resolution.
• Work closely with engineers, suppliers and stakeholders.
• Report on testing progress, risks and issues.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and quality initiatives.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in software testing, systems integration, or technical delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of the testing lifecycle, including Functional, Integration and Non-Functional Testing.
• Experience creating test cases from requirements and technical designs.
• Experience testing integrated or third-party systems.
• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• ISTQB/ISEB Foundation qualification or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have

• Test automation experience.
• Agile delivery experience.
• Exposure to cloud, infrastructure or enterprise-scale environments.
• Experience within Defence, Aviation, Government or other regulated sectors.
• Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools.

What we do for you:

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme and much more!)
• Flexi-Time Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & Europe – we work to make the worldsafer,healthier, andmore efficient through technology, engineering andscience.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration:

Having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People:

Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Pay Range:

£47,600.00-£61,000.00

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.