At a Glance
- Tasks: Define and execute test strategies to ensure quality in software releases.
- Company: Join Grundfos, a leader in water technology with a mission to improve lives.
- Benefits: Flexible hours, remote work, health insurance, and annual bonuses.
- Other info: Enjoy additional paid leave for volunteering and access to continuous learning opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on water solutions while developing your skills in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in test automation, strong analytical skills, and familiarity with Agile workflows.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
Are you passionate about building quality into every release through smart test strategies and scalable automation? Then join us in our mission to pioneer smarter solutions for moving and transforming water, reducing energy consumption, and enhancing quality of life for people. As our new Test Engineer, you will be defining and executing comprehensive test strategies across manual, automation, and performance testing — while building scalable frameworks that elevate quality across the entire development lifecycle. This role is located in Cambridge.
What you will be doing
- As a key part of the Quality Engineering team, you'll create impact by driving release confidence and engineering excellence by embedding quality at every stage of our Agile delivery pipeline.
- Your main responsibilities include:
- Define and implement end-to-end test strategies spanning manual, automation, and performance testing.
- Build, scale, and continuously improve a robust automation framework covering UI, API, and data validation layers.
- Integrate testing seamlessly into Agile sprint workflows to enable rapid feedback and early defect detection.
- Proactively identify, analyse, and address performance and scalability issues before they reach production.
- Log, prioritise, and drive defect resolution with minimal leakage into later stages.
- Deliver clear, data-driven quality reporting to stakeholders and champion continuous improvement in test efficiency.
What makes you a great fit
- Above all, you are a quality-driven engineer with hands-on expertise in test automation frameworks, strong analytical skills across UI, API, and data layers, and a track record of embedding testing into Agile workflows.
- We would also imagine that you have:
- Strong hands-on experience testing web-based user interfaces and end-to-end application workflows.
- Proven experience creating, maintaining, and evolving test scripts, test cases, and documenting test execution results using a test management tool (Xray or similar).
- Experience performing both manual functional testing, exploratory testing, and regression testing as part of sprint delivery.
- Experience setting up automation frameworks, test environments, and integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
- Proven experience defining and implementing test strategies across manual, automation, and performance testing.
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining scalable automation frameworks (UI, API, and data validation) using Playwright, with strong skills in at least one programming language such as Java.
- Experience driving measurable improvements in test efficiency and automation coverage.
- Familiarity with data-driven quality metrics and stakeholder reporting.
Why you will love working here
- A working environment built around your needs, with flexible hours, home working opportunities and parental support.
- Annual bonuses, health insurance and a strong focus on well-being activities.
- Three days' additional paid leave for volunteering in your community.
- Access to on-demand training and learning sessions and carefully structured programmes to pursue personal and professional development opportunities.
Are you ready to unlock possibilities at Grundfos? Apply today!
Workplace: Hybrid (office and home-working)
Job Location: Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Grundfos is one of the world’s leading water technology companies with more than 19,000 employees in 60+ countries all over the world. Our skills commit us to pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve the quality of life for people. We dare to do things that others cannot or dare not do, as we believe innovation is not only a business opportunity, but an obligation. And what really matters to us is not short term profit, but the impact we make.
By becoming part of our united powerful team, you too can drive this change no matter your role.
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Test Engineer employer: Grundfos GmbH
At Grundfos, we are committed to fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment that prioritises employee well-being and professional growth. As a Test Engineer in our Cambridge location, you will benefit from flexible working arrangements, generous annual bonuses, and opportunities for continuous learning, all while contributing to innovative solutions that address global water and climate challenges. Join us to make a meaningful impact in a company that values quality, collaboration, and community engagement.
