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# Senior Software Test Engineer

- **Company:** NPL
- **Location:** UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Unix, Continuous Integration, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Strategies of Testing, Software Coding
- **Published:** June 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=bd5f4a2c1235120d

## About the Role

Do you have experience in UNIX?

## Description

* Provide technical leadership within the software team - setting and promoting best practice in software design, coding standards, security and CI/CD pipelines, with special emphasis on reliability and testability.

 * Write software requirements - Design, develop and implement traceable test strategies.

 * Develop and improve software quality standards - ensure software and platform practices conform to engineering standards.


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