Software Test Engineer

Company Overview At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Department Overview Our Pronto Deployment team provides mission critical software to UK emergency service agencies, with our primary focus being the Pronto Digital Policing app. Pronto is the most popular mobile policing application in the UK, trusted by over half of the UK’s 45 police forces - and used by around 75,000 police officers on a daily basis. Pronto has been designed with and for front line operational users. As a result, it is an intuitive solution, with positive adoption, excellent user compliance and consistently positive feedback. Based in the West End of Glasgow, we currently have around 100 employees. Our team started as Kelvin Connect in 2002, a spin-out company from the University of Glasgow. Now, as part of Motorola Solutions, we continue to expand with future opportunities in the UK and beyond.

We are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented and proactive Test Engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out testing to ensure product stability with every release.   Typical activities include: Testing of software solutions / applications to ensure that the developed products meet the requirements and are free of defects Writing, maintaining and executing Test cases Reading and understanding requirements documentation provided by a Technical Project Manager, Customer, or another member of the Motorola Solutions team Being involved in the process of clarifying and refining requirements Providing estimated timescales for the testing of requirements Producing and maintaining appropriate documentation for tracking quality metrics Completing work to a high standard Completing work in a timely manner Attend Customer premises periodically to witness on-site software use This role offers flexible, hybrid working with an expectancy to attend the Glasgow office several times per month, where applicable.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:   Accountable for the overall quality of Pronto deliveries to all customers Produce and maintain documentation relating to quality metrics Accountable for analysing trends and implementing solutions to improve quality Responsible for ensuring Pronto delivery teams and following testing best practices Responsible for helping roll out automated test solutions to Pronto delivery teams Identifying new tools and technologies and ideas that may improve quality Academic & Technical Requirements   Must have: 3 years UK residency is required for security check A formal qualification (Degree) in Computing Science or equivalent experience Excellent communication skills both written and verbal 3+ years experience of commercial software testing Desirable: Knowledge of Agile methodologies ISTQB certification Knowledge of automation or an interest in learning this Experience of Java or another OO language Knowledge of source code management technologies (e.g. GIT, SubVersion etc.) Knowledge of software development / issue tracking systems (e.g. GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jira, etc.) Experience with Smartphone testing (Android) Experience with automated test frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Appium, Cypress etc.) Experience of XML and XSLT Soft Skills: A high level of communication skills and technical understanding Have an Analytical Mindset, where you look at a manual process and immediately start thinking about how to script it. Ability to explain technical bugs to non-technical stakeholders clearly. Taking pride in the quality of