Software Automation Test Engineer

1 day ago


Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford Nanopore Technologies Full time

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and commercial presence in many global locations across the US, APAC and Europe.

Oxford Nanopore's sequencing platform is the only technology that offers real-time analysis (for rapid insights), in fully scalable formats from pocket to population scale, that can analyse native DNA or RNA and sequence any length of fragment to achieveshort to ultra-long read lengths.

Our goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere. We offer real-time nanopore-based DNA/RNA sequencing technology: accessible, easy to use and fully scalable for any requirement

We are looking for a highly motivated Software Automation Test Engineer to carry out the quality assurance stage of software development for our primary sequencing software.

The Details...
As part of our team, the Software Automation Test Engineer will conduct and design automated and manual tests, as per the defined standards and procedures, to ensure the software built by our developers is fit for purpose. You'll find yourself working withsoftware developers and project teams to deliver test plans, test cases, automated tests and reports on functional and non-functional requirements in a fast-paced agile environment.

Other responsibilities include:

- Testing software releases by carrying out assigned tests
- Generating and completing test cases based on requirements
- Designing tests to mitigate risk
- Writing bug reports and providing objective feedback to software development teams
- Platform testing to include: desktop, tablet and mobile across Linux, OSX and Windows
- Working towards departmental and project deadlines
- Communicating findings to technical and non-technical colleagues

What We're Looking For...

We'll expect you to have an undergraduate degree or equivalent experience and professional qualifications. You'll also be experienced in automated testing with proven knowledge of testing desktop and/or mobile software.

You will have the following experience:

- Programming language such as Python or JavaScript
- Writing automated tests in a framework such as Pytest, Jest, Robot or Behave
- Writing UI tests in a framework such as WebdriverIO, Cypress or any Selenium based framework
- A solid understanding of the software development life-cycle and testing methodologies

Nice to haves include experience and knowledge of the following:

- Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) approach
- ReST API and/or gRPC
- Virtualisation technology such as Docker
- Linux/Unix
- JIRA and XRay Test Management for JIRA
- Testing for medical device software

As liaising with a variety of different collaborators is a regular part of this role, we're looking for someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills and an approachable manner that encourages interaction with others. You're also someonewith a good eye for detail and excellent organisational abilities that enable you to work towards and achieve tight deadlines.

This role will suit someone who works well under pressure, and who wants the challenge of being part of a fast-paced high-tech organisation. You will be required to work with the team at our Oxford offices when required therefore you must be able to commuteto our HQ based in Oxford.

As well as a competitive salary we also offer company benefits including pension, life assurance and share options

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