Senior DevTest Engineer Biometrics in Cardiff

As Senior Engineer Biometrics DevTest in Cardiff, you will help drive the implementation and maintenance of robust Test automation within the CI/CD pipeline in HID PACS. This is a wide-ranging role, bridging the functions of the DevOps and QA Validation teams.

The qualified candidate will lead the implementation of a fully automated firmware and software testing strategy, establishing a scalable CI/CD-enabled test environment that improves release quality, predictability, and early defect detection.

Who are we?

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees.

Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS):

HID Physical Access Control Solutions (PACS) is at the forefront of securing spaces with advanced, reliable access control solutions. From cutting-edge readers, credentials and controllers, to mobile and biometric technologies, HID PACS empowers organizations worldwide to protect their people, property and assets with scalable, high-quality solutions.

This is more than just a job – it’s your chance to join an industry leader to drive innovation in access control and make a real impact on global security solutions.

As our Senior DevTest Engineer Biometrics you’ll support HID’s success by:

• Expecting high capability growth focused on becoming great engineers, learning how to set high quality bars for their work without sacrificing productivity.
• Completing well-defined tasks in a way that is considered high-quality with supervision from more senior team members.
• Progressing through this level focused on taking tasks of increasing complexity, scope and importance and completing them with very high quality with a lesser need for oversight.
• Focusing on some technology as their expertise and becoming capable of mentoring interns and new engineers in these areas.
• Increased participation in technical design processes, often with guidance from senior engineers.
• Demonstrating steady progress on assigned tasks and knowing when to ask for help when blocked.
• Owning independent small-to-medium features all the way through from technical design to launch.
• Prioritizing work and making forward progress, avoiding the temptation to focus on unimportant details.
• Working with limited supervision, conferring with the wider team and supervision as required.
• Implementing a wide range of testing techniques to support a scalable and automated CI/CD environment.
• Monitoring, triaging and resolving CI/CD pipeline test failures.
• Building and documenting updated CI/CD infrastructure for new features.
• Compiling a Test Plan from a product specification.
• Defining Test Cases which will test specific features/performance requirements.
• Designing and implementing Test solutions within well-defined parameters.
• Working with stakeholders to identify objectives and viable solutions.
• Analysing customer issues and assisting in Defect Triage.
• Presenting test reports to stakeholders.
• Having an appreciation of how the product under test integrates with the overall solution.
• Defining Test Entry Requirements.
• Coming up with different use case scenarios for a feature.
• Designing and executing non-functional test cases.
• Using a range of technologies for testing.
• Identifying simple patterns and trends.
• Investigating problems and opportunities in existing processes and contributing to solutions.
• Understanding the TDD methodology and working with stakeholders to validate the final test plan.
• Having a good understanding of System/Solution testing, interoperability and longer-term stress/reliability testing.
• Considering E-2-E and UX of the System/Solution when test planning.

Your Experience and Background include:

• Engineering degree or equivalent or suitable experience.
• Minimum of +4 years of related industry experience.
• Prior experience of device testing, embedded firmware, software testing, or other related testing experience.
• Cloud & IAC: AWS and/or Azure; Terraform; Docker; version-controlled, repeatable environments and CI/CD integration.
• Test-as-code: Test cases and automation authored as code; pipeline execution, reporting, and release gating.
• NUnit test framework.
• Specific experience with Biometric devices.
• Test orchestration tools such as AWS CodePipeline, Codeship, Travis CI, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, etc.
• Scripting languages e.g. Python, Bash, Groovy, etc.
• API integrations: REST and NATs.
• Mercurial and/or Bitbucket/Git version control.
• Bluetooth Low Energy Protocol.
• I2C and SPI protocols.
• Windows/Mobile GUI/Application development.
• Demonstrable knowledge of API structures XML, JSON, or similar.
• Experience with Secure Elements, RFID, NFC, HCE or Bluetooth technologies is a plus.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and rewards package.
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance.
• A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture.
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential.
• To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds.

Why apply?

• Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise.
• Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change.
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward.

HID is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce that reflects the global communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.