Quality Assurance Engineer

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We are now recruiting for a Quality Assurance Engineer for our software feature team in UK R&D.

About Us

Helvar is an international lighting technologies company, specialising in energy efficient and intelligent lighting solutions. Founded in Helsinki in 1921, we are a privately owned Nordic-Scandinavia with a 90 year legacy in innovation and product development. Our Helvar spirit encourages everyone to participate, contribute and learn across our UK, Finish and Swedish offices.

About the role

As pioneers in AI within the lighting industry, Helvar is investing to stay ahead of the technology curve and reap the benefits of future business opportunities, in particular the continuous improvement of the wellbeing of end-users.

Embracing Agile methodology, our R&D team of 70 technology experts (Finland + UK offices), are developing new IoT solutions with products ranging from our own hardware and embedded software products and sensors, to mobile applications, developer APIs and cloud services.

Your will develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality.

As QA engineer you will design and implement tests, debug and define corrective actions. You will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts.)

The QA role will play an important part in our company’s product development process. Our ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting both manual and automated tests during the development cycle and before product launches to ensure software runs smoothly and meets client needs. If you have an engineering background and enjoy providing end-to-end solutions to software quality problems, we’d like to meet you.

Main Responsibilities

You will be working on manual testing, develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality

You’ll be confident and experienced in monitoring all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards

As a growing team and you will have lots of room for influencing and choosing technologies, helping us implement our vision of a Cloud First company.

           Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback

           Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases

           Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities

           Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools

           Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs

           Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved

           Perform manual testing for non-automated test scenarios

           Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs

           Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts

           Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies

Requirements:

           Experience working in software development

           Experience working in software quality assurance

           Knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes

           Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases

           Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing

           Hands-on experience with automated testing tools

           Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process

Location

Our newly refurbished office is based on the South East London/Kent boarder in wooded greenery with easy access from central London. 35 minutes by train from London Bridge or via car on the A2 at the Dartford Heath Interchange/M25 Junction 2. Free staff shuttle bus from the station, free car park and a subsidised canteen onsite.

Helvar Behaviours

           Courage to prioritize and take bold actions

           Create customer value in everything you do

           Take the initiative to collaborate for maximum value

           Prototype to be fast

           Always-On feedback

Benefits

Interest Free Season Ticket Loan

20 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Christmas office closure

Pension scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Free tea and coffee

Flexible working

How to apply

Please submit apply via our dedicated recruitment partner Gavin Roush with a CV and cover letter by midnight on Sunday 30th October 2017 by clicking APPLY now.

Shortlisting and interviews

Helvar is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to ensuring all applications are treated fairly. All applications are subject to our shortlisting process; so if you’re shortlisted we will contact you and invite you to attend an interview. We’ll also tell you if there will be any skills tasks to complete as part of the recruitment process. If you don’t hear from us 2 weeks after the closing date, your application has not been successful.

For further information about us see our website www.helvar.com

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