Senior Automation Test Engineer

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history.

Your Opportunity to Define Possible. Our Opportunity to Deliver the Nation’s Security. Together.

Salary: £39,000 - £55,000

Role clearance type: Post-holder must hold and maintain UK Government clearances where required. Clearance required to start.

About Your Opportunity:

• Work on large and complex programmes with wide-ranging technologies that tackle some of the biggest national security challenges.
• Our involvement with all engineering disciplines throughout the SDLC places us in a unique position to support the continued sustainment and development of our sovereign defence capability.
• We are looking to recruit candidates with a passion for quality, mentoring and community building.
• You will be joining highly Agile, multi-disciplinary teams working in DevOps practices and tools to deliver high-quality software.
• You’ll be hands-on in aiding and implementing test strategies with a strong understanding of the Modern Testing Principles.

Your Responsibilities:

• You will work in multiple environments as part of a collaborative and multi-functional team.
• Deliver Test capability, automated solutions, to support mission-critical solutions.
• Define and execute test activities either independently or within a team.
• Identify Testing solutions, specifically automated solutions, to reduce software time-to-market.
• Translate business and technical requirements into comprehensive testable scenarios.

Your Experience:

• Solid experience of the SDLC, agile methodologies/principles and dev-ops tools/techniques.
• Track record for delivering quality Automated Test solutions in a fast-paced dynamic Engineering environment.
• Excellent problem-solving, interpersonal, analytical, planning and written/verbal communication skills and an aptitude to learn new technologies quickly.
• Self-motivated and able to inspire others in test best practice, focused on Quality outcomes.
• Experience of working with Test Automation tools/frameworks for varying application layers, utilising techniques such as TDD, BDD, CI/CD.

Your Future Team:

“My purpose; to lead, coach and mentor the application of Test & Acceptance as a function, to champion best practice and strategise how to best employ Test & Acceptance to ensure we build the right product and we built it correctly.” Chris Dicks, Head of V&V @ Northrop Grumman UK

We are a forward-thinking, innovative and growing test community, adding value and quality to software. Our organisation supports new experiences and access to opportunities within NG as a global security provider. We are proud of our quality of work.

We believe that creating a team that values diversity and fosters inclusion is essential to great performance. We know the best ideas come from diversity of thought, background, perspective, culture, gender, race, age and many other elements. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from communities currently under-represented within our industry. We treat everyone with respect and foster safe and inclusive environments.

How to Apply:

Interested in our opportunity? Yes – then simply submit your application online. Your application will be reviewed by one of our expert recruiters who’ll then respond advising you of the outcome and next steps for successful candidates.

Possibly, I’d like to find out more – then connect direct with our recruitment business partner who will be happy to support you with any enquiries.

Background checks and potentially security clearance form part of the recruitment process, our team will inform you of the procedures when required.

Northrop Grumman UK: Work with a global brand that makes a real contribution to our nation’s security and future. At Northrop Grumman UK, the brightest minds come together to push the boundaries and Define Possible.

UK Cyber & Intelligence Business: Our UK Cyber & Intelligence business combines modern software development approaches with a rich heritage and experience in the defence and security sectors. Our customers have complex and sensitive data and information requirements requiring a mission partner who quickly understands the context, delivering and sustaining a portfolio of challenging technology projects at scale and pace, supporting them through an ambitious digital transformation programme.