Software Automation Test Engineer

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere.

The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis.

The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins.

The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments.

With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries!

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 in cross-functional teams with software 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 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 softwar

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 someone with 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 sometimes need to work with the team at our Oxford offices therefore you must be able to commute to our HQ based in Oxford.

We offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus, generous pension contributions, private healthcare and an excellent starting salary.

If you are looking to utilise your skills to really make a difference to humankind, then consider joining our team and apply today!

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.