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# Software Test Engineer

- **Company:** ECM Selection Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £40,000.0 - £55,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Computer-Aided Design, Automation of Tests, Continuous Integration, Linux, Embedded C, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Hardware Testing, Linux Development, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.ecmselection.co.uk/register/25501

## About the Role

An opportunity to develop software tests for a physical product with moving parts. Therefore, having prior experience designing software to test hardware will be a major advantage in this role., * Significant commercial knowledge developing automated test scripts in Python

 * Knowledge and experience of testing embedded C systems
 * A good academic background required to work within a talented multi-disciplinary team
 * Hands-on hardware experience, particularly identifying faults
 * Exposure to Linux development
 * Active in exploring new test approaches
 * A keenness to work in a continuous integration environment

You will join a team of friendly, dedicated developers working in Cambridge with free parking. This is an excellent opportunity to join a global company where this particular product is designed solely in Cambridge.

Keywords: Software test, Automated test, Python, Embedded C, TDD, Linux, Software version control, Network testing techniques, Cambridge



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