Test Engineer

Grundfos
Tadworth, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Remote
Tadworth, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
API
Agile Methodologies
Automation of Tests
Data Validation
Design of User Interfaces
Regression Testing
Software Testing Automation Framework
Test Execution Engine
Strategies of Testing
Performance Testing
Test Scripts
Data Layers
Playwright
Data Analytics
Programming Languages

Job description

Are you passionate about building quality into every release through smart test strategies and scalable automation? Then join us in our mission to pioneer smarter solutions for moving and transforming water, reducing energy consumption, and enhancing quality of life for people.

As our new Test Engineer , you will be defining and executing comprehensive test strategies across manual, automation, and performance testing - while building scalable frameworks that elevate quality across the entire development lifecycle.

What you will be doing

As a key part of the Quality Engineering team, you'll create impact by Driving release confidence and engineering excellence by embedding quality at every stage of our Agile delivery pipeline.

Your main responsibilities include:

  • Define and implement end-to-end test strategies spanning manual, automation, and performance testing
  • Build, scale, and continuously improve a robust automation framework covering UI, API, and data validation layers
  • Integrate testing seamlessly into Agile sprint workflows to enable rapid feedback and early defect detection
  • Proactively identify, analyse, and address performance and scalability issues before they reach production
  • Log, prioritise, and drive defect resolution with minimal leakage into later stages
  • Deliver clear, data-driven quality reporting to stakeholders and champion continuous improvement in test efficiency, We care! Day to day, you can look forward to:
  • A working environment built around your needs, with flexible hours, home working opportunities and parental support.
  • Annual bonuses, health insurance and a strong focus on well-being activities.
  • Three days' additional paid leave for volunteering in your community.
  • Access to on-demand training and learning sessions and carefully structured programmes to pursue personal and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

Above all, you are a quality-driven engineer with hands-on expertise in test automation frameworks, strong analytical skills across UI, API, and data layers, and a track record of embedding testing into Agile workflows. We would also imagine that you have:

  • Strong hands-on experience testing web-based user interfaces and end-to-end application workflows.
  • Proven experience creating, maintaining, and evolving test scripts, test cases, and documenting test execution results using a test management tool (Xray or similar).
  • Experience performing both manual functional testing, exploratory testing, and regression testing as part of sprint delivery.
  • Experience setting up automation frameworks, test environments, and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Proven experience defining and implementing test strategies across manual, automation, and performance testing
  • Hands-on experience building and maintaining scalable automation frameworks (UI, API, and data validation) using Playwright, with strong skills in at least one programming language such as Java.
  • Experience driving measurable improvements in test efficiency and automation coverage
  • Familiarity with data-driven quality metrics and stakeholder reporting

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