QA Engineering Specialist

Why this job matters

We are looking for people who enjoy exploring new technologies, developing new skills, using industry leading development techniques and have an inquisitive nature in interpreting data presented to them. We need you if you like a wide variety of work, enjoy a challenge and are passionate about delivering high quality hardware and software engineering in the Wi-Fi space.

You’ll be a Senior Engineer in an Agile squad that develops, maintains and executes the testing of new hardware and firmware. In the squad, you will contribute to the full agile lifecycle, putting the Wi-Fi product features through their paces to validate for our customers. You’ll write automated tests, configure our test tools, analyse results, prepare and share our result data to the decision making process for releases and review in-life data for our customer base.
You will be creating automated tests that interface with the test tools and capturing the results to Grafana. Checking the test results results daily from nightly test runs and investigating the outcome.   
Key to the role is an excellent understanding of how Wireless technologies are used by our customer and how they can be diagnosed in the home.

We use our automation tools, expertise and analysis skills to ensure the test coverage of the Wi-Fi testing within the CPE proves that the CPE ‘provides the best in class’ Wi-Fi experience for our Broadband and TV customers – come and join us to see your skills make a real difference to the people you see every day.

What you’ll be doing

Take ownership and work with projects in the development and testing of new and existing Wi-Fi devices
Constantly developing new automation and manual testing methods to get the most rewards out of the Wi-Fi testing.
Prioritising issues and driving bug reviews with the internal development team 
Working with the Design Specialist on new and upcoming Hardware and Software features
Responsible for the Wireless testing against current and future devices within the Broadband portfolio
Working with the Key Stakeholders to identify new requirements and test methods
Adheres to engineering best practices
Applies agile principles to the way features are tested and validated
Engages in agile lifecycle ceremonies
Analyses and resolves issues
Innovates with the available test tools and seeks to improve the level of automation
Mentoring of junior members of the team

Skills

Knowledge of Wi-Fi standards and implementation
Wi-Fi CPE Testing experience
Test Automation experience, creating automated test scripts and integrating into Robot Framework (python and gitlab) 
A high level of Experience with Jira / Gitlab / Robot Framework
Agile processes within a CI/CD framework
In depth knowledge of the Software Delivery Life Cycle
Have a proven ability to learn new technologies and put these into practice
Spirent ‘Test Centre’ experience
CWNP or equivalent experience of working with Wi-Fi standards and testing techniques 
Experience with various CPE network solutions

Our leadership standards

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

Benefits

Annual On target bonus 10% (personal and company multipliers)
BT Pension scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
Life Assurance
Direct share scheme
Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
My Discounts gives colleagues access to unbeatable savings on everyday purchases at hundreds of retailers
Discounted EE TV including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership
Great support for working parents including pay whilst on maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave
Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service with buy holiday option
Volunteering days so you can give back to your local community
Brand new electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement, known as ‘My EV’