Software Test Engineer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 24 April 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£60,000 / year
CATEGORY
Technology
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SKILLS

Test Automation Selenium Gherkin Cucumber Agile DevOps Test Strategies AWS

FULL DESCRIPTION

Software Test Engineer

London/hybrid - to £60k + benefits

Software Test Engineer - Test Automation - Space Sector

This is a fantastic new opportunity with a regular client of ours who has a range of exciting projects in the Space sector. We're looking for two experienced Software Test Engineers - one junior, one senior, for assurance and test programmes in SatComs. These are customer-facing roles and at the senior end, will involve development of verification/test strategies including sub-systems acceptance, integration and end to end systems and acceptance test campaigns. The roles are focused on software that supports leading-edge Satellite Communications networks, and we need people experience in test automation.

Software Test Engineer - responsibilities

  • Design and develop VV&T strategies and plans, environments and equipment
  • Creating test procedures and cases including satellite optical & communications payload, ground systems, radio networks, IP networks
  • Creation and development of automated test suites
  • Creating test reports and working with development team on investigating & resolving issues
  • Reviewing and providing comment on testability issues
  • Conducting post-test data analysis and reporting
  • Participating in meetings with customers and partners

Software Test Engineer - requirements

  • Proven experience in software testing. Experience in Space / SatComs would be ideal, but other suitably structured engineering environments is fine
  • Good knowledge of test automation software - e.g. Selenium, Gherkin, Cucumber
  • Understanding of the software development lifecycle and methods - Agile, DevOps
  • Strong experience in test strategies, planning & procedures, documentation and execution
  • A good understanding of systems engineering practices i.e. requirements engineering, design/development and VV&T
  • Experience of Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure or GCP) would be beneficial
  • Familiarity with OSS/BSS would be useful

This will be a hybrid role, with time split between client site (London) and home.

Feel free to drop us a line for more info, or if you're ready to apply, please contact [contact hidden]

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