Hybrid Test Engineer

at RTX

• Job title: Test Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Linux
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Gloucester, United Kingdom

About the role

• Test Engineer ensuring software quality in defence and aerospace technology at Raytheon UK. Open to all levels of experience within a team for software assurance in various business areas.

Responsibilities

• Work as a Test Engineer at any level within a team, ensuring the quality of software in our many business areas.
• This opportunity will be an office-based role at one of our sites in the Gloucester or Manchester area, with potential opportunity for an element of hybrid working.
• Apply test skills and experience within the context of an Agile software delivery team.
• Responsible for the creation and maintenance of automated test frameworks.
• Define and manage test environments; create and manage test data; define and manage test tools.
• Support estimation of test activities.
• Support test team interactions with the wider development team and assist in the resolution of issues.
• Contribute to the production of test documents using appropriate tools as required.
• Raise defects and support the wider development team in their resolution.
• Manage creation of automated and manual test scripts.
• Produce test and deployment strategies and plans in compliance with customer project guidelines.
• Support test team interactions with the wider development team and assist in the resolution of issues.

Requirements

• Experience of working in an Agile/Scrum/DevOps delivery model
• Experience of deploying and configuring complex software under Linux/Windows
• Understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle and demonstrable evidence of relevant test methodologies and toolsets
• Experience producing test plans and reports using applicable tools
• Experience of test automation frameworks and tools (desirable)
• Experience of scripting languages and scripting for automation (desirable)
• AWS and/or Azure (desirable)
• Continuous Integration (desirable)
• Linux system administration (desirable)
• Ability to review and apply different tools and techniques e.g. monitoring, logging, performance testing (desirable)

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary)
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.
• Car / Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
• Private Medical Insurance (dependant on grade)