Job description
Job title: Software Test Engineer
Location: Cambridge (hybrid style working)
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £30,000 - £45,000
Start Date: ASAP
Description:
Job Responsibilities:
- Testing of broadcast video, graphics and automation applications in Windows and Linux environments.
- Creation of test plans for existing and new software and features
- Writing and running manual test-cases
- Scripting and analysing results of automated test-cases in Python and proprietary XML-based language
- Investigating and reporting defects
- Reporting on software quality
- Liaising with stakeholders around the business including development and support teams
Required Skills and Experience:
- 2+ years of experience in Software Testing Windows applications
- 1+ years’ experience writing automated test scripts in an object-oriented language (e.g. Python, C#)
- Excellent software testing skills
- Critical thinking, problem-solving and risk management
- Team player
Ideally have:
- ISEB\ISTQB Foundation Certificate
- Experience working in an Agile development environment
- Experience scripting in Python
- Knowledge of audio/video encodings
- Experience using the following application types:
- Defect Management (e.g. Jira, BugZilla)
- Office documentation (e.g. Microsoft Office)
- Test-case Management (e.g. Zephyr, TestRail)
- Integrated development environments (e.g. Visual Studio)
- Robot Framework
- Graphics editors