Test Automation Lead for Robotics - London, United Kingdom - Engineered Arts Ltd

Engineered Arts Ltd

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you want to help build the future of humanoid robots?

Our internal motto is "Be Wow", our robots are wow and we need our software to be wow too, we bake wow into everything we do, so you can help make sure the quality of our software is wow too

The role can be based either at our HQ in Cornwall or at our office in London.

Hybrid work possible, 2-3 days a week remote.

Main Responsibilities
Establish, maintain, and improve workflows to automate the testing of all the software we produce, across our stack:

Operating System
Frontend / UICloud backend and services
Highlevel robot behaviours

Define, improve and automate procedures for testing and commissioning of robots before and after they are delivered to customers

Be an advocate for best practices and work closely with the Software team to suggest, rapidly test, and implement any helpful process changes or new tools.

Testing needs include functional, stress, and soak testing of both software and robots

Desired Skills

Traits we are looking for

You can get to solutions fast yet leave wellstructured and documented code behind
You are intellectually curious and able to get through new territory quickly
You are passionate about making amazing robots even more amazing
You are open to ideas and have a positive attitude, a desire to help others, and a tendency to resolve issues without drama.

Experience Requirements
Essential

Past experience as a developer, working with complex codebases in Python, C++ and working with databases.
Similar lead role in Test Automation or QA.
Strong understanding of test automation tools and methodologies
Strong understanding of software testing methodologies
Experience in testing the performance limit of web services under load
Deep knowledge and familiarity with automated testing frameworks like Pytest, Selenium or Jmeter in build/deploy pipelines running a CI system like Gitlab or Jenkins.
Deep knowledge and familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Git, shell scripting, CI/CD
Experience with cloud platforms like GCP and AWS

Desirable knowledge

Experience in testing web UIs using automated simulated browsers

Useful prior experience

Robotics / ROS
Agile methodologies and frameworks such as Scrum
CMake, BitBake, Kas
Testing of video games or other complex realtime software
Experience programming in TypeScript
Automated visual testing of 3D renders

How to Apply

A short paragraph about something that you would like to see our Ameca robots being capable of doing in the nearish future
Your visa status (UK citizen; EU settled status; Currently on XYZ visa; etc)
Your target salary expectations
Your notice period, or when you would be able to start with us
Your current location, and whether you would want to commute or relocate

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£50,000.00-£70,000.00 per year

Schedule: