Full Description

A fantastic opportunity for a Senior Test Engineer to join a well established and highly respected technology company. This organisation designs and develops complex electronic products combining software, firmware and hardware, and has built a strong reputation for engineering excellence and long term staff retention. Their Cambridge based team is collaborative, technically strong and focused on delivering high quality, reliable products to a global customer base. This role will play a key part in ensuring new and existing product releases meet rigorous quality and performance standards.

Location: Cambridge, UK – minimum three days per week onsite

Salary: £43,000 – £58,000 per annum + excellent benefits including enhanced pension, healthcare, dental, etc.

Requirements for Senior Test Engineer

• Strong commercial experience within a testing or integration test engineering role
• At least two years of hands on commercial testing experience

Solid experience in at least one of the following: IP network testing, embedded systems testing or audio testing Experience working within an agile development environment Ability to design, execute and document detailed test cases across software, firmware and hardware Experience performing black box testing and unit testing Comfortable managing and tracking defects through the full development lifecycle Strong analytical and problem solving skills with excellent attention to detail Confident communicator, able to work closely with development, engineering and customer facing teams Degree or HND in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Audio Engineering or a closely related subject Python programming skills and knowledge of Linux OS are highly advantageous

Responsibilities for Senior Test Engineer

• Design, develop, maintain and execute test cases for new product releases
• Carry out black box testing to identify defects and design issues across products in development
• Define and perform unit tests on firmware and software components
• Assess audio quality and data integrity using specialist test tools
• Manage and track defects throughout iterative software and hardware release cycles
• Investigate and reproduce customer reported issues on released products
• Maintain deep technical knowledge across multiple product lines
• Produce customer facing acceptance and regression test documentation where required
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes and best practice
• Support and mentor colleagues in developing system knowledge and testing capability

What the role offers