Senior Software Test Engineer

Our world\-leading Time \& Frequency department is seeking a Software Test Engineer with expertise in Unix/Linux software testing and quality assurance.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join the global authority in precision timing at a defining moment for UK digital infrastructure.

Backed by a government investment of £180 million in the National Timing Centre (NTC) programme, we are developing a world\-first resilient time distribution capability that will provide industry with a robust complement to satellite systems (such as GPS) – which are increasingly vulnerable to disruption from solar storms, jamming and spoofing. This will underpin essential services, including

• Telecommunications,


• Online banking,


• Emergency response,


• Transport networks, and


• Wider digital and data\-driven operations.

Together, these services form the backbone of modern society \- and your leadership will help ensure they remain secure, reliable and robust even if global navigation satellite systems fail.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership within the software team \- setting and promoting best practice in software design, coding standards, security and CI/CD pipelines, with special emphasis on reliability and testability.


• Write software requirements \- Design, develop and implement traceable test strategies.


• Develop and improve software quality standards \- ensure software and platform practices conform to engineering standards.


• Build software test frameworks \- write automated tests, contribute to application codebase.

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