Test Engineer, Software
- Cambridge
- Posted 26th Jan 2012
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Posted by:
Polytec Personnel
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Salary:
£15k-£40k
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Job Type:
Permanent
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Address:
Orwell House
Cowley Road
Cambridge
CB4 0PP
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Reference:
24817
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Job Description
Our client, based in Cambridge is looking to recruit a Software Test Engineer with proven experience of at least one scripting/programming language and a degree (or equivalent) in maths, science, software or electronics.
Job Purpose
The role of the Test Engineer, Software is to test software for our client's range of wireless chips. This may be either embedded software running on the on-chip processors or associated software running on a host processor.
An engineer will take ownership of the testing of certain aspects of a project and will be responsible for delivering the software test results on a timescale agreed with the group leader. Mentoring will be provided from more experienced engineers. Tasks will be well defined and the engineer is expected to work with moderate supervision
Key Responsibilities
* System Tests software of moderate scale and complexity to agreed timescales under moderate supervision
* Writes software test scripts
* Development and maintenance of software test scripts and test system automation including defect investigation
* Delivery of high quality software test results in line with the department's processes
* Contributes to the creation of relevant documentation following the department's processes
Person Specification - Required
* Degree (or equivalent qualification) in maths/science/software/electronics
* Proven experience of at least one scripting/programming language preferably Perl
* Good understanding of software test methodologies
* Understanding of software test debug techniques
* Keen interest in software development and testing
* Effective team player
* Good communicator
* Good problem solving ability
Person Specification - Desired
* Some experience of software development
* Experience of wireless communication protocols such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or UWB
* Some experience of Networking
* Used Unix/Linux build environments
* Exposure to embedded operating system, such as Android or Nucleus
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