Test Automation Engineer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions’ innovations, products, and services play essential roles in people’s lives. Our end-to-end suite of software solutions helps our customers answer thousands of emergency calls and text messages, and process video, disparate evidence, and records. We are also proud to be an industry leader in video security solutions installed in more than 120 countries at thousands of customer sites. Our products leverage cutting-edge voice technology, video analytics, and Machine Learning to enable our customers to focus on what matters while providing faster responses, safer outcomes, and greater transparency.

Job Description

The Avigilon Alta Video team is responsible for the mission-critical infrastructure that powers our VMS. We are currently evolving our platform to support deep-tier interconnection across the Motorola product portfolio. Our team values high-performance engineering, architectural integrity, and a commitment to building the most reliable real-time tools in the industry.

We have a fantastic city centre office in the heart of Edinburgh and fully embrace a hybrid home/office working model, with an aim for 2 days in the office.

We are looking for a skilled Test Automation Engineer to join our team in Uxbridge. The ideal candidate combines strong automation expertise with excellent API & browser automation skills, a solid foundation in coding, and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset. While experience with our specific tech stack is not required, having proficiency in Typescript /Playwright is a significant bonus. Above all, we value enthusiasm, adaptability, and a willingness to learn.

Some responsibilities include:

• Mission-Critical Quality Assurance: Directly contribute to public safety and enterprise security by executing and assuring the quality of cutting-edge solutions.
• Support Quality Benchmarks: Work with senior engineers to support continuous quality benchmarks for real-time systems and new AI features.
• Develop and Maintain Test Suites: Develop, maintain, and execute automated tests within existing frameworks (e.g., TypeScript/Playwright) across UI, API, and backend systems.
• Performance Test Support: Assist with the execution and initial analysis of performance, load, and stress tests on high-performance systems.

Basic Requirements

You’re not expected to have all the following skills, but they will be useful in performing your job. We are looking for someone who can:

• A collaborative team player who aligns with our core values and company culture.
• Develop, execute, and maintain automated test scripts within established frameworks.
• Actively contribute to continuous integration and delivery pipelines to ensure frequent, high-quality releases.
• Demonstrated proficiency in a modern programming language and the ability to apply core engineering principles.
• Experience with testing and automating workflows across different layers of a system, including user interfaces (UI) and APIs.
• Solid troubleshooting and debugging skills to identify and resolve test failures and system issues.
• Familiarity with CI/CD principles and practical experience contributing to or maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

It is also considered a bonus if you are:

• Hands-on experience with TypeScript /Playwright.
• Familiar with methodologies and tools for soak or performance testing.
• Practical experience with Jenkins or similar scheduling and integration tools.
• Exposure to video platforms, streaming technologies, or media solutions.
• Experience in Hardware automation.
• Experience with Mobile and Web automation is a significant plus.

Experience: 2-5 years of software engineering experience with knowledge of HTML, CSS, TypeScript and ideally modern frontend frameworks.

Logic & State: Understanding of application state patterns, data flows (e.g., Pinia, Vuex, or Redux) and reactivity/observables.

API & Infrastructure: hands‑on experience with RESTful API, websockets. Solid understanding of web development principles.

Engineering Mindset: a good foundation in data structures/algorithms and design patterns. Ability to see the long‑term implications of solutions.

Collaboration: Demonstrated team player skills and a willingness to work with others.

Resilient Systems: excited about building, operating, and maintaining resilient, scalable systems. Tests their code.

Analysis: ability to investigate and get to the root cause of issues and find a solution.

Flexibility: happy exploring new areas of the codebase and jumping into new features (with help, of course). Can prioritise effectively.

Willingness to learn: we’re always looking to improve our codebase, whether via patterns or libraries and we review code.

Remote Culture: the team is distributed across geographies, and you’re happy working remotely part of the week. We have offices in central London and Uxbridge.

In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you’ll get:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes
• Two weeks of additional pay per year (holiday bonus)
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays
• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Flexible working options
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Career development support and wide-ranging learning opportunities
• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc
• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals
• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days
• Well-known companies discount scheme

Travel Requirements: Under 10%

Relocation Provided: None

Position Type: Experienced

Referral Payment Plan: Yes

Company: Motorola Solutions UK Limited

EEO Statement: Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.