Software QA Engineer

An experienced Senior QA Engineer is sought to join a growing QA function, reporting to the Head of QA and working across two software engineering teams: Surface and Subsurface. The Surface team builds desktop and data visualisation applications, whilst the Subsurface team works on embedded firmware and real-time software running inside the tools themselves. Whilst the role encompasses manual testing, the primary focus will be on test automation, designing, building and maintaining robust automated frameworks that improve coverage, repeatability and release confidence across both teams., * Design, develop and maintain automated test frameworks across Surface (C#/.NET) and Subsurface (C, Embedded C, C++) codebases

• Execute manual and exploratory testing for complex or novel functionality
• Collaborate with engineers to identify testability considerations early in the development cycle
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and contribute to continuous improvement of the release process
• Perform regression, integration, system and performance testing across both teams
• Develop and maintain test plans, test cases and defect reports to a high standard

• Proven experience in test automation, with hands-on expertise designing frameworks from the ground up
• Solid understanding of at least one of C#/.NET, C, C++ or Embedded C
• Experience with frameworks such as NUnit, xUnit, Selenium, Pytest, Google Test or similar
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git
• Strong analytical skills with a methodical approach to defect identification and root cause analysis

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Private healthcare and life insurance
• Company pension scheme
• Hybrid working, 3 days per week in a modern facility in Dyce, Aberdeen
• On-site parking and gym facilities