Test Manager Level 3

NATS is the UK's leading air navigation service provider, handling over 2.4 million flights each year. We provide air traffic control services from two control centres and at airports around the UK. We also provide a wide range of commercial products and solutions internationally. Our people are at the heart of our purpose to advance aviation and keep the skies safe.

Job Purpose/Overview

We are looking for a Test Manager to join our Test and Environments team, providing leadership to a team of Test Engineers. You will manage test activities, providing direction for strategy, planning, improvement and conduct of test team activities. You will join our team at an exciting time as we deliver a wide variety of enhancements to our current operational systems as well as against our future roadmap.

Other Duties Include

• Provide input to the generation of requirement specifications agreeing requirements are verifiable, complete and traceable.
• Define test requirements and design tests to satisfy requirements and safety.
• Write/maintain formal project documentation for changes.
• Investigate and diagnose problems and propose solutions.
• Test changes and integrate with parallel activities.
• Write test plans, test scripts, test reports and other test documentation.
• Perform testing at required levels for one or more systems.
• Proficient in selection and use of test tools, diagnose test failures and provide results and recommendations.
• Maintain test tools and test environments.
• Perform quality and validation audits.
• Act as a focal point to provide technical expertise for one or more systems.
• Liaise with stakeholders to provide support and improve understanding of requirements.
• Provide estimates to achieve a change and contribute to the planning activity.
• Review work items and help coordinate work produced by other team members.
• Contribute to department procedures where appropriate.
• Contribute to Work Package Reports and Metrics.
• Support identification of Exit and Entry Criteria.

Essential Skills and Experience

The job holder is expected to hold, as a minimum, qualification to HNC level in an Engineering related discipline (or an equivalent/higher qualification, preferably a Degree) and have relevant engineering experience. Good background knowledge of the following service threads, e.g. Radar Data Processing, Flight Data Processing, and Voice Communications. Significant experience of Test Management within real time safety critical systems. Experience of software lifecycles and other established software engineering practices. Good understanding of principles of testing and demonstrated skill in judging appropriate level of testing. Good understanding and experience of production of test documentation to a high standard within agreed timescales. Management and influencing skills to support internal and external negotiation.

Additional Vacancy Information

We are proud to offer a fantastic total reward package to help you thrive both personally and professionally. We have adopted agile working to provide greater flexibility and increased choice over working arrangements, with the opportunity for this role to work in our modern office facilities as well as remotely. We also welcome discussions on flexible and part-time working arrangements. If you share our passion to advance aviation and keep the skies safe - we would like to hear from you whatever your age, sex, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, visible or invisible disability. Individuals that bring different perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds help us be at the forefront of our industry.