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.

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.
• Prioritising 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 maximise 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.