Test Engineer — Automation & Security QA

Hdcorp; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Buy or sell up to 5 days leave peryear

8% employer pension contribution

BUPA health cover

Life cover 4× salary

EV car scheme

EMI share scheme

Flexible working

Training allowance

Job summary

Hamiltonian Dynamics is hiring Test Engineers to ensure quality, reliability, and security across defence and cyber platforms. You will work with software and platform engineers to shape testing approaches and embed quality throughout delivery.

We welcome candidates with varied backgrounds; strong fundamentals and a pragmatic mindset matter more than tool familiarity. Roles involve on-site work in Manchester with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong testing fundamentals and curiosity are valued.
• Willingness to learn across tools and stacks.
• Experience in designing and executing tests across complex systems.
• Experience creating or extending test frameworks is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute manual and automated tests across complex systems.
• Build and maintain test frameworks and automation suites.
• Carry out exploratory testing to identify risk and edge cases.
• Work closely with engineers to improve testability and quality.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing practices and tooling.

Skills

Testing fundamentals

Programming or scripting

Web app testing (Angular/React/Vue)

Exploratory testing

Risk-based testing

Test frameworks

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

Hamiltonian Dynamics is hiring Test Engineers to ensure quality, reliability, and security across defence and cyber platforms. You will work with software and platform engineers to shape testing approaches and embed quality throughout delivery.

We welcome candidates with varied backgrounds; strong fundamentals and a pragmatic mindset matter more than tool familiarity. Roles involve on-site work in Manchester with competitive benefits.