Summary: Software Development for Test, Wireless Comms, C, Java or Perl, Cambridgeshire, to £45k + benefits.

This leading fabless SoC company has sites around the world. Their Cambridgeshire site has a group which develops technology for automated test of software designed for their Wireless SoC product range. The role will involve the development of new tools, frameworks and scripts for the testing and validation of software and, although primarily based in their Cambridgeshire office, the role will entail international travel to Europe and Asia.

Degree level educated, you must have a strong background in wireless communications, plus experience of test development for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS Protocols, and good commercial development experience in PC based tools.
You must have commercial experience in test scripts and all aspects of the software test lifecycle. You will be fluent in at least one test scripting language such as TCL, and at least one development language such as C, Perl or Java.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in this dynamic environment at the cutting edge of wireless SoC solutions.

Keywords: Test Software Design, C, Perl, Java, Scripts, Cambridge, Wireless.

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Summary: Digital Test Engineer sought to provide physical design diagnostic analysis to quality and product engineering. Keywords: Digital, Test, ATPG, Cambridge, to £53k.

Our client, a market leader in providing wireless solutions to clients worldwide requires a Digital Test Engineer who will collaboratively develop and support new and existing test technology and flow in digital physical design. You will:

· Provide a comprehensive digital failure diagnostic service to Quality and Product Engineering.
· Support all digital test related re-work for yield improvement and test escape issues.
· Monitor and assist with ATPG deliverables to Test Development for the test DR3 requirements and provide as necessary assistance on digital scan and memory test.
· Monitor and review current and new scan and ATPG methodologies across the industry and help integrate into the digital test flow as appropriate.
· Liaise with EDA vendor(s), foundry and internal groups to help ensure best practices and assist in flow and tool usage issues.

With an Electronics (or equivalent) Masters degree, the ideal candidate requires:

· The ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
· Experience in scan design, ATPG, memory BISTs and diagnostic techniques
· Very good understanding on full digital physical design flow
· At least 5 years of relevant experience
· Proficiency in TCL programming

It would be advantageous to have:

· Experience with Synopsys & Cadence tools
· Knowledge of IC packages
· Knowledge in using automated test systems and test equipment

This is an exciting opportunity for a test engineer to work for a market leading company at the forefront of cutting edge technology.

Keywords: Digital, Test, ATPG, Cambridge, to £53k.

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Can you offer a first class or 2:1 degree from well ranked university along with extensive Software Test experience with a silicon or networking company? Do you have a thorough understanding of operating system concepts, system software, silicon/software co-design, Ethernet and TCP/IP?

This leading software company are unusual in the close collaboration between their software test and software development teams, and the genuinely supportive and encouraging atmosphere that they have. They understand that testing is a critical and central part of the development cycle - their remit is to push their software to the limits, across the breadth of different types of networking and server applications.

With continued growth, they now have a role for a Senior Software Test Engineer with possible team lead responsibilities over a 3-4 person test team. The Senior Software Test Engineer will be responsible for the definition of detailed test plans, day to day line management of the team to complete the agreed test cases to schedule, maintaining test metrics and generating reports on test progress.

A detailed knowledge of code coverage analysis, test tracking tools such as Aptest, IXIA hardware and software test tools, Python and PCIe would be an advantage.

In addition to a competitive salary the role offers extensive benefits such as share options, private health / dentistry, critical illness cover and employer pension contribution. This is a superb opportunity to join a very successful, leading-edge company.

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Summary: A key role for a Test Engineer to take a lead in testing software on a range of wireless chips. Alongside testing software and reporting on the delivery of test results you will have skills in at least one scripting language to write software test scripts.

With a degree (or several years equivalent commercial experience) in software/electronics/science you will test software of scale and complexity to agreed timescales under supervision; write software test scripts and maintain software test scripts including defect investigation.

With a background in software test and a keen interest in software development, you will be provided with support and mentoring within the team of this highly respected and established company.

Keywords: Software test, scripting, debug, wireless.

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Thorough testing is embedded in our client's development culture. On every project, test engineers work with developers, usability specialists and technical authors from start to finish - QA is not an afterthought. Top quality testers are vital to their continued growth and they are looking for more.

You should only apply if you share their commitment to relentless testing, and constantly look for ways to break everything put in front of you. This is a technical role, and you will be expected to test both API and GUI layers, and to write automated test code.

Your skills and experience should include:
- Degree-level education or equivalent
- Automated testing, or equivalent programming experience
- Experience of testing in a structured development environment
- Exposure to programming
- Good understanding of software test tools and techniques

Exposure to the following technologies is a bonus: SQL databases, IDEs, SQL, C#, Test Case Management systems, Automated Test Tools

Contact us now and you could be joining an exceptional company who are a real success story - both for the quality of their products and for being a superb place to work.

Keywords: software test, software QA, test engineer, SQL, databases, IDEs, automated testing, programming, C#, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

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This role is to ensure that the embedded software developed by their wireless team continues to meet the relevant high standards and requirements.

It will typically involve working with software and hardware engineers as part of a multidisciplinary project team and will suit someone who is interested in new technology. The test role will cover all aspects of the test cycle from early definition phases through to field use.

You will be creating test scripts and helping build up test systems for several projects and you will therefore be providing the vital links between the Requirements Specification, the Test Specification and the finished product. You will be responsible for designing and running tests and reporting the results to the Test Lead and Project Managers.

Test technicians work on projects in multidisciplinary teams, sometimes on more than one concurrently. High quality work is essential from every team member.
Minimum requirements
· Good degree in a technical discipline
· Self starter
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· Ability to multitask
· Excellent attention to detail
· Proficient in the use of MS Office (Excel / Word / PowerPoint etc)
Desirable
· Experience of scripting or writing code
· Experience of testing software
· Experience of generating tests plans from requirement specifications or use cases
· Experience of SVN or other source control systems
· Experience of using a bug tracking database
· Familiarity with various platforms (Windows / DOS)

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Through its innovative technology, our client is a leading authority on high performance digital media delivery.

With continued growth they are currently seeking an experienced software test developer to manage, maintain and develop their automated test framework.

They are expressly looking for candidates:

· With an excellent understanding of the part that testing and QA and in general plays in complex software development projects.
· Who can be proactive in ensuring their released products are of suitable quality.
· Who can specify and take the lead in rolling out an automated test environment for their software products. The environment will comprise of both Linux based server hardware and an appropriate software test framework.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate experience in the following:

· Linux, especially scripting to support and build automated tests
· Python
· SQL
· HTML/XML

Experience of virtualisation and its use as a deployment and test vehicle would also be beneficial.

Key skills: Python, Linux, SQL, QA / Test, HTML/XML, Automated Tests.

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A lead role for a dynamic individual who will take responsibility within the software development team to test and debug software of major scale and complexity which are integral major project components.

To be successful in this role you will be able to demonstrate an excellent proven understanding of software test methodologies; proven experience of testing commercial software; and a good understanding of software test debug techniques.

Preferably with a degree in a relevant discipline, you will work alongside members of this talented team to deliver software test results to timescales agreed. With excellent communication skills, you will take a senior role in lending team members to provide continuous development and project delivery.

This opportunity offers excellent career progression in addition to a competitive salary, and a wide-ranging benefits package.

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Summary: A key role for a Senior Engineer to deliver and maintain an infrastructure for running test scripts.

Are you a Software Developer with previous experience in the development and modification of test scripts. Our client requires a Senior Engineer who is keen to develop for:
· Text handling applications (parsers, regexps, etc)
· Python, Perl, TCL, NI Labview

With previous experience interacting with embedded systems and knowledge of telecoms and RF protocol stacks, you will have the ability to drive and test protocol stacks on embedded systems

It may also be desirable but not essential to have an understanding of key technologies in applications, including:
· Perforce/Source Code Management systems
· Message handling / Expect / message-based programming
· C++ / C
· C#

Keywords: Software, Python, Perl, TCL, LabView.

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Summary: Senior Scientist with experience in optical / light measurement or device analysis sought by innovative company who leads the development in new generation display technology.

This outstanding opportunity requires a candidate with a physics, electronics or optoelectronics background to develop and manage device testing processes to achieve maximum efficiency from existing resources and equipment.

Preferably with a PhD, or at least a 2.1 from a good university in a relevant discipline with significant industrial experience, the Senior Scientist will:

· Manage routine testing of devices to achieve maximum efficiency from existing resources and equipment.
· Manage calibration and traceability of equipment.
· Drive the enhancement of test capability through improvement of test reliability and accuracy and the development and implementation of new test methods.
· Effectively troubleshoot issues / liaise with internal customers.
· Analyse and interpret device results and present outcome to customers as required.

With a good working knowledge of optical / light measurement or device analysis, it would also be advantageous to have:

· Experience in OLED/display characterisation.
· Experience in line management.
· Experience in statistical analysis and programming.

An exciting opportunity to join an innovative company and significantly contribute to a leading developer of display technology.

Keywords: Scientist, Optics, Device Testing.

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