Software Test Automation Engineer

A bit about us

Amiosec is an exciting and growing UK technology company with innovation, agility, and state of the art technology at its core. We work in partnerships with UK government customers and commercial providers to deliver research, technology, products, and services in the communications security sector.

NOTE: Due to the nature of our work, all candidates will be required to obtain and maintain an appropriate UK security clearance.

About the role

We are currently seeking a Software Test Automation Engineer to join our team. Candidates should possess expertise in documenting detailed test scripts and developing automation solutions aimed at enhancing product quality.

Duties Include:

Development and maintenance of high-quality test cases to be executed against software and hardware products

Design and implementation of test automation solutions to bring speed and repeatability to test cases

Involvement in formation of test strategy for projects/products

Authorship of formal test documentation

Review and scrutinise other technical documentation (e.g., requirements documentation, design, and architecture documents)

Active participation in team planning and progress activities such as daily stand-ups, planning and design meetings

Review and recommend enhancements for test processes and workflows across the organisation

What you'll need:

Ability to design and document high quality test scenarios for use in manual and automated testing

Experience using Linux as a development operating system

Experience with Source Code Management tools (e.g. Git, SVN, Mercurial)

Experience with continuous integration platforms (e.g., Gitlab CI)

Understanding of IP/networking concepts (e.g., IP addressing, subnetting, routing, switches)

Understanding of cryptographic concepts (public/private keys, certificates)

Experience of COTS and bespoke hardware platforms

Programming / Scripting Languages; Python, Bash

Test frameworks such as Robot & PyTest

Desirables:

Experience testing hardware using multimeters, oscilloscopes

Understanding of virtualisation technologies such as Docker or Firecracker

Understanding of software development languages such as C/C++, Rust, Javascript

Packet processing software such as DPDK

Why Work at Amiosec?

At Amiosec, we value our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

Life Insurance - X4 Salary

Private Health Care scheme

Salary Sacrifice Company Pension, matched up to 10%

Option to work a 9-day fortnight, with every other Friday off

2:30pm finish on Fridays

Flexible home working policy

25 Days Holiday + Bank/Public Holidays

Option to buy an additional 37.5 holiday hours

Cycle to Work scheme

Coffee & Cake mornings every fortnight

EV Salary Sacrifice scheme

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave

Team Away Days

Additional perks:

Free on-site parking

Free Flu Vaccination

Casual dress code

Free fruit in the office

Health & Wellbeing program

Amiosec is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that our current and future colleagues, are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. Please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make.