Test Automation Engineer
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Lely is a Dutch company that develops and builds robots for the dairy industry. Lely's goal is to fully automate daily agricultural processes, so farmers can spend time doing the things they love.
As a Test Automation Engineer, you are part of the scrum teams within Product Development, each working on one of the Lely products using the Scrum/Agile methodology.
Lely focuses on high-quality products, and high-quality software is crucial for this. Therefore, it is important to invest in writing automated tests and making them an integral part of our CI/CD pipeline. As a Test Automation Engineer, you will be involved in the following:
- With the help of colleagues, test cases, and system knowledge, you check the various functionalities of the robot using various testing methodologies: risk-based testing, integration testing, and detail testing.
- For the automated tests, you write test scenarios in Cucumber/Gherkin format and can automate them.
- Building and maintaining the test automation pipeline and infrastructure;
- You analyze the data of the results of the tests and collect feedback from and for engineers.
- You give feedback about the test results to the team and provide them with substantiated advice.
- You are involved in new features of the Lely products and associated software applications.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Test cases?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * You have a bachelor or master level way of thinking.
- You have at least 4 years of relevant work experience as a developer or test (automation) engineer in embedded software.
- You have experience with both the development and the execution of tests, from the realization phase to the chain and acceptance phase.
- You have experience with agile working in scrum teams.
- You have experience with behavior-driven testing and test automation tools (Behave and Gherkin are no strangers to you).
- You have experience with programming languages (Python, C++), with Python being preferred.
- You have relevant experience using Bash, Linux, GIT, and CI/CD pipelines.
- TMAP/ISTQB certification is a plus.
- You can communicate well both orally and in writing in English (and Dutch).
Additional Information
- You have a bachelor or master level way of thinking.
- You have several years of relevant work experience as a developer or test (automation) engineer in embedded software.
- You have experience with both the development and the execution of tests, from the realization phase to the chain and acceptance phase.
- You have experience with agile working in scrum teams.
- You have experience with behavior-driven testing and test automation tools (Behave and Gherkin are no strangers to you).
- You have experience with programming languages (Python, C++), with Python being preferred.
- You have relevant experience using Bash, Linux, GIT, and CI/CD pipelines.
- TMAP/ISTQB certification is a plus.
- You can communicate well both orally and in writing in English (and Dutch).
Benefits & conditions
Working at Lely means contributing to sustainable progress within one of the most innovative organizations in the Netherlands. You contribute to making the agricultural sector future-proof - and we make sure that you get all the space, resources and support you need to do so.
- An international working environment with opportunities for own initiative and entrepreneurship.
- Excellent working conditions, including up to 8 weeks of vacation per year and a good pension scheme.
- A salary within the scale of €4800 - €6800 gross per month, in which we like to see opportunities for growth from your starting salary towards the future
- Good growth opportunities: you are in control of your development and can choose from various training courses through our Lely Academy - from personal development to job-specific training.
- Our modern Lely Campus offers daily access to extensive sports facilities: an indoor gym, outdoor padel courts, an outdoor basketball and volleyball court, table tennis and table soccer. You can join Hyrox workouts or sign up for personal training - and challenge your colleagues during an active break.
- Enjoy fresh coffee and tea from our own barista, with milk straight from our farm, as well as a healthy and affordable company restaurant.
- A healthy work-life balance thanks to our hybrid work policy: you work at least three days a week on Campus, with flexible working hours and plenty of room to spend extra time on site (between 06:00 and 20:00).
- A free shuttle bus will take you to and from the metro in Maassluis, so your workday starts and ends smoothly.
- Successes need to be celebrated: from anniversaries to Christmas parties - at Lely we know how to do it!
We are also proud that our efforts and vision have been rewarded by winning the Rotterdam Entrepreneur Award 2025!
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