Test Engineer – End-to-End & Automation Specialist

Leidos; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave (including public

Dynamic Working

Job summary

Leidos UK & Europe is seeking talented Test Engineers to support growing UK programmes throughout 2026. You will contribute to end-to-end testing across multiple technologies, designing verification strategies and automating where possible.

The role offers opportunities at Bristol, Farnborough or Whiteley with a focus on agile delivery and robust test practices. Clearance to start SC UK national security cleared or eligible for clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Graduate with degree in a relevant subject (e.g. Systems Engineering, Electronics, Communications).
• Understanding of testing methodologies and tooling frameworks; able to apply them to complex projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; capable of working in agile, waterfall and hybrid delivery cycles.
• Experience in Integration and Systems Test on projects with complex requirements.
• Familiarity with acceptance, verification and validation principles; non-functional testing knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to Test Strategy & planning within the company and its partners.
• Provide test support to development teams.
• Produce Test Scripts and User Scenarios.
• Design and implement modern, scalable test plans including automation.
• Prepare test specifications (manual and automated) and conduct test execution.
• Execute integration tests and system tests for all phases & regression.
• Design and establish test tools, test systems and test data sets.

Skills

Test planning

Test automation

End-to-end testing

Integration testing

System testing

Robot Framework

Selenium

Requirements verification

Model Based Systems Engineering

Education

Degree in Systems Engineering

Electronics

Communications

Tools

Robot Framework

Selenium

Job description

Leidos UK & Europe is seeking talented Test Engineers to support growing UK programmes throughout 2026. You will contribute to end-to-end testing across multiple technologies, designing verification strategies and automating where possible.

The role offers opportunities at Bristol, Farnborough or Whiteley with a focus on agile delivery and robust test practices. Clearance to start SC UK national security cleared or eligible for clearance is required.