Functional Test Engineer

If you're a test engineer skilled in Python and Automation and are based in or around Cambridge, I would love to hear from you!

Location: Cambridge (office-based)

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £50,000 - £70,000

A global tech business is seeking a Functional Test Engineer to join their product development team. This role sits within a software scrum team, focused on delivering high-quality embedded communication systems used in critical environments worldwide.

You’ll play a key role in verifying new features, identifying edge cases, and ensuring reliability across complex devices.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Working within an Agile/Scrum team to verify new features and changes during each sprint.
• Reviewing user stories, acceptance criteria, and requirements to ensure clarity and testability.
• Designing structured, traceable functional test cases across embedded devices, APIs, and software components.
• Performing exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and unexpected behaviours.
• Developing and executing automated test scripts to support sprint efficiency and reduce regression cycles.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Strong hands-on functional testing experience within Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience testing complex or embedded systems (telecoms, networking, radio, IoT, devices, or similar).
• Ability to design structured test cases using techniques such as boundary, equivalence, and risk-based testing.
• Confident debugging issues and analysing logs from embedded systems or Linux-based environments.
• Experience with test automation tools (e.g., Selenium, Robot Framework, Appium) and writing automated test scripts (Python or C#).
• Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools such as Jira, Jama, or Azure DevOps.

Desirable Experience (Not Required):

• Knowledge of telecom protocols, RF testing, or communication interfaces (TCP/IP, UDP, Serial, Bluetooth).
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps).
• Experience with Git or other version control systems.
• ISTQB certification.
• Performance, soak, or reliability testing experience.

Additional Requirements:

• Full, clean UK driving licence and own vehicle.
• Valid passport and willingness to travel internationally when required (expenses paid).
• Ability to obtain Security Clearance in the future if needed.

Who You Are:

• Detail-oriented and methodical in your approach to testing.
• Curious and proactive, always looking to uncover issues before customers do.
• Comfortable collaborating with developers to investigate complex defects.

If this sounds like you, hit apply!