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# Manual Test Engineer

- **Company:** ECM Selection Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £50,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Automation of Tests
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.ecmselection.co.uk/register/25584

## About the Role

* A solid track record of software testing with experience in both manual and automated test approaches. This is a permanent role and we are seeking someone who will bring substantial experience to the team on a long-term basis.
 * A good degree in a relevant STEM subject and good written communication skills demonstrated by your CV.
 * Full unrestricted right to work in the UK without time limit or sponsorship.

## Description

Are you good at breaking things? As an Experienced Manual Test Engineer, you will have the insight and initiative to provoke and characterise flaws in complex software products. Your analytical and descriptive powers will help you distil the crucial details that will facilitate rapid defect fixing and a top-quality end product.

As a vital member of this innovative Cambridge-based technical team, you would be helping develop tools for identifying and thwarting a host of online threats. As an expert in software test, you would be joining a young and vibrant company that believes in empowering smart, creative people to get on with the job.


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