Hardware Test Engineer

Test Engineer - Hardware & Software - £55-60,000 & Generous Benefits - Glasgow/Hybrid

Healthcare (NHS) sector OR regulated experience needed - Hardware Device Testing

Android, Golang, Selenium, TDD, Python, 'IoT Sensor', MQTT

We're no start-up. We are an established, profitable, market-leader, supplying into 70% of NHS Trusts with the business growing quickly in the UK, USA and Australia.

We envisage, design and deliver innovative products, which dramatically improve peoples' lives in challenging environments such as schools, hospitals and mental health facilities. Our designs make a positive difference.

We've got a track record of success designing and delivering best in class products that improve lives. We have grown significantly in the last three years and our aim is to reach £30m of global revenue in the next three years and increase our impact; through profitable growth we can help more people through vulnerable times.

We are a fast growing company who continually set the bar high for ourselves. We're committed to continuously raising the standard of the sectors in which we operate. Importantly we do this together, as a team.

Role Summary:

We're at an exciting stage in our growth journey and looking to make the most of our market presence. We are looking for a versatile Test Engineer to join our team in Glasgow to help accelerate us along this journey.

You will be a key member of a multidisciplinary team and you will be responsible for the test and verification of all software assets. You will be capable of developing quality test cases and test strategies for embedded firmware, mobile applications (Android, IOS), and supporting services for both web-based and on-premises components. Ideally with capability to provide both automated and manual testing to provide as large test coverage as possible. The product portfolio is critical to life and to improve the quality of care in the mental health sector; therefore, an understanding of testing following risk based processes is ideal.

Due to the very specific IoT environment there will be a requirement to perform real time, live testing against hardware (sensors) within our test site. Experience in this form of testing would be very advantageous.

Key responsibilities:

• Working closely with a cross functional team of engineers, to develop industry leading products. This includes making sure acceptance criteria within high level product design inputs are testable.
• Lead the testing strategy related to software components within the product portfolio.
• Creating and executing test protocols from software requirements.
• Develop regression test suites to ensure consistent functionality across software releases, enabling early detection of defects and supporting continuous integration and delivery.
• Design and execute test suites specifically for medical device software, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and validating safety-critical functionality."
• Evaluation and recommendation of test tools.
• Provide automation through CI/CD.
• Collaborate with the wider team to produce internal and external documentation such as bug reports, release notes and test summary reports .
• Support improved test coverage through collaboration with customers and third-party testing teams, where appropriate.
• Support engineering teams during the deployment and commissioning of IoT systems, ensuring smooth integration and configuration."
• Diagnose and resolve issues encountered in real-world environments, providing hands-on troubleshooting and technical guidance.
• Provide support to the wider engineering teams for deployments and commissioning of IoT systems. Troubleshoot issues in the real world
• Take ownership of verification and validation processes to allow for a lean efficient process that provides a high level of quality within a regulated industry.
• Preferred experience in validating IoT sensor performance, including performing Repeatability and Reproducibility (R & R) testing to ensure data consistency and measurement reliability.
• Understanding of IoT network architecture and preferably experience with basic network diagnostics (e.g., monitoring connectivity, latency, bandwidth, or MQTT communication issues.

What you'll bring:

We look for people who will add to our organisation and align with our Purpose and Values. Your experience, skills and competences will include:

• Versatility - a passion for working across boundaries to deliver award-winning products that make a meaningful difference in the world
• A degree in an engineering, mechatronics or data science discipline is preferred (or equivalent experience)
• A minimum of 5 years industry experience is preferred, including practical experience of testing and troubleshooting
• Knowledge of Test-Driven Development and Behaviour Driven development
• Knowledge of programming/scripting experience, primarily for testing, with a language such as GoLang, C++, Java or Python.
• Knowledge of testing tools such as Appium, Selenium or Playwright
• Can develop BDD using cucumber/gherkin
• Knowledge of IoT protocols (MQTT).
• Have the ability to mock hardware devices.

What we'll offer:

• Competitive salary
• Discretionary profit share
• Annual leave increases with length of service
• Cycle to Work
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Peer recognition programme
• Discounted gift cards
• The opportunity to develop and grow your career within a fast-growing SME

This is a full-time role and travelling to customer sites may be required. Please note that we've detailed the key responsibilities and output required from the role. As we're a dynamic and fast-moving organisation, this is not a definitive summary and responsibilities may well change and evolve over time.