Senior Mobile Automation Engineer

Company Overview: Motorola Solutions is a global, close‑knit community focused on building and connecting technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster collaboration that is critical for safer communities, schools, hospitals, businesses and nations.

Department Overview: The Avigilon Alta Video team manages the mission‑critical infrastructure that powers our Video Management System (VMS). We are evolving our platform to support deep‑tier interconnection across the Motorola product portfolio, with an emphasis on high‑performance engineering, architectural integrity and resilient real‑time tools.

We are looking for a Senior Mobile Automation Engineer with strong automation, API and performance skills, solid coding foundations and a collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities:

• Directly contribute to public safety and enterprise security by ensuring the quality of cutting‑edge solutions.
• Support the shift from traditional QA to continuous quality benchmarks for AI and real‑time systems.
• Design and scale sophisticated automated testing frameworks using tools like TypeScript/Playwright across UI, API and backend systems.
• Architect and scale robust mobile test automation frameworks from scratch, optimizing them for high‑speed parallel execution across varied OS versions and device types.

Basic Requirements:

• Champion a culture of quality and act as a collaborative mentor across the engineering team.
• Expert‑level proficiency in modern programming languages with the architectural insight to design and uphold rigorous engineering standards.
• Deep mastery of Appium, XCUITest or Espresso and experience managing emulators/simulators, debugging mobile‑specific issues (e.g., Charles Proxy, Android Studio, Xcode logs) and basic integration with mobile device farms.
• Proven ability to architect, develop and scale sophisticated automated testing frameworks for cross‑stack (UI, API, backend, mobile) validation and maintainability.
• Expertise in building, securing and refining CI/CD infrastructure to fully automate the software lifecycle and drive high‑velocity release cycles.
• Advanced diagnostic capabilities for deconstructing complex system failures and implementing systemic preventative measures.

Bonus Skills:

• Hands‑on experience with TypeScript/Playwright.
• Senior‑level experience managing Jenkins, GitHub Actions or complex orchestration and scheduling ecosystems.
• Specialized knowledge of video engineering, low‑latency streaming or digital media delivery pipelines.
• Background in hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) automation or firmware testing.

Benefits:

• 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 including EAP and wellbeing guidance.
• 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 Information: 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.