Test Engineer

Job Title: Test Engineer

Location: Gloucester 

Summary

Test Engineering is the gatekeeper to the quality of our deliveries to our customers around the world. Our systems support Governments and Customers around the World in helping them defend against cyber threats and so they must be able to rely on the quality of our products.

The Test Engineer has the opportunity to work across the system lifecycle from test definition to customer acceptance and can directly influence the outcome of our projects.   The role interfaces both with our development teams (at sprint level to influence design discussions around testable and reusable code), project teams (at Factory Acceptance) and delivery functions (at Site Acceptance).

Essential skills and knowledge

• Experience of system testing,with some exposure to low level (i.e. non GUI) testing
• Experience of investigating root causes of discovered issues and providing corrective actions - either individually or in conjunction with the development team
• Ability to evaluate test results against customer requirements
• Test case design and execution to meet functional / use case requirements
• Knowledge of Testing Methodologies (TDD / BDD etc.)
• Some basic coding skills 

Desirable competencies and experience

• ISTQB Foundation Qualification
• Test Automation experience (both UI and low level)
• Some coding experience including design of Testable code
• Defect Tracking software (JIRA preferred)
• Convert Customer/Product Requirements to effective test/use cases
• Experience planning, estimating and designing system testing
• Experience with automated testing within an agile team using Continuous Integration

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.