Senior Software Test Engineer

Materials Analysis is an Oxford Instruments Business Unit that manages our Electron Microscopy and Mechanical Microscopy products, Atomic Force Microscopes, Raman Microscopes and Benchtop NMR Products. We are part of the wider Oxford Instruments Group that also includes Andor Technology, NanoScience, Plasma Technology and X-Ray Technology. With a sixty-year history, and fourteen Queen's Awards for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

We are looking for aSoftware Development Engineer in Testto join our Software Team.This is for a 12 month FTC.

This role is ideal if...

• You are experienced in creating PC based software developments using C#
• Are an experienced Azure DevOps tool user (or similar) to manage test cases and test plans
• Have an interest in designing and delivering automated tests that ensure the high quality of our products is being maintained

The Software Development Engineer in Test is responsible for creating software test plans and performing manual testing to ensure adequate coverage and turning those tests into automated tests and maintaining them

Working at Oxford Instruments Materials Analysis - What's in it for you?

Wellbeing-

• Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays and the option to purchase up to 12 weeks more

• Employee Assistance Programme; including 24/7 telephone support, access to counselling, financial and debt management and access to trained legal advisors
• Private health insurance, dental insurance and life assurance

Money & lifestyle -

• MyDiscounts; save money with a number of leading retailers

• Car salary exchange scheme: sacrifice part of your salary in exchange for a fully serviced, comprehensive insured electric or hybrid vehicle
• TechScheme and CycleScheme: Purchase a bike and/or Tech or home goods from Currys/IKEA and spread the cost over 12 months.
• Pension; all employees are eligible to join the Group Pension Plan administered by AVIVA.
• Share incentive plan: Invest in your future and share in the success of the company by joining the share incentive plan.

Development -

• Access to over 15,000 training courses
• Encouragement and support to achieve professional and or academic qualifications to support your development and growth
• Defined career paths and regular reviews

Role and responsibilities:

• The role holder contributes explanatory, advisory or supporting input for use by others. The work is generally supervised and approved by others.
• Work within a software development team to understand the software being written and to create test plans and test cases for maximum coverage.
• Perform manual testing during the development phase and manage bugs through to their conclusion.
• Automate finalised test cases using the same coding language (C#.) as the developers.
• Implement automated regression testing to ensure new code does not break completed functionality.
• Ensure the test coverage and execution of Unit, Integration, Acceptance, System, Regression, UAT, Security, and Performance are met
• Using Azure Devops Test Plans to maintain test plans and test cases and ensure automated test cases are associated appropriately.

Location and working hours:

This is a remote role, with some occasional travel to our offices in High Wycombe. We are a business with flexible working opportunities.

Equal opportunities and reasonable adjustments:

Oxford Instruments is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Oxford Instruments is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. Please get in touch if you require any reasonable adjustments within the interview process.

If you would like to learn more about the role, or have any questions before applying please contactabby.gelder@oxinst.com