Software Test Engineer - 12-month contract - £42 per hour - Leicester - Factory Acceptance Test (FAT)
Leading engineering company is actively recruiting for an experienced Software Test Engineer with Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) experience to work across multiple projects ensuring that all output meets defined functional and non-functional requirements and that all defects are effectively managed and resolved.
Key skills associated with the position of Test Engineer / Tester / Test Analyst / Factory Acceptance Test (FAT):
SQL to query database table content (preferably Oracle) / process control, warehouse automation, industrial control logistics or a similar business area. / Factory and User Acceptance Testing role. / critical high availability systems. / test scenarios
- Ensure that all functional and non-functional design requirements are correctly translated into test cases / scenarios
- To ensure the configuration control of the hardware and software test environment is managed.
- To perform the required testing and accurately record/report test results.
- Perform testing activities within the project cost and time constraints.
- Ensure that identified defects are properly identified and reviewed.
- To read the requisite design documentation and gain a full understanding of the functional and non-functional project requirements.
- To create the test strategies, plans and specifications and include detailed test cases to validate positive / negative scenarios for each logical unit.
- execute the detailed test cases and maintain the test records with associated results / configurations.
- Monitor and update defect reports including defect closeout.
- Deliver released software from development / test to customer sites and complete final User Acceptance Testing at the client’s facility.
Essential experience for the position of Software Test Engineer / Tester / Test Analyst:
- A working knowledge of software release, configuration management systems.
- A working knowledge of installing / configuring applications on Windows/Unix/Linux server environments
- Experience of using SQL to query database table content (preferably Oracle)
- Working in process control, warehouse automation, industrial control logistics or a similar business area.
- At least 3 years’ experience in performing Factory and User Acceptance Testing role.
- Testing of mission critical high availability systems.
- Experience of generating test scenarios from client’s brief and decomposing into functional tests.