Test Engineer
| Posting date: | 20 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | £35,663 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Candidates based in Yeading will receive the London Weighting allowance of £4,000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2026 |
| Location: | Nottingham |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 457872/6 |
Summary
Working within a delivery-focused Agile environment, and in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to the design and implementation of testing processes for a range of DVSA digital services. You will be responsible for delivering structured, cost-effective test activities to support the successful delivery of major initiatives.
You will apply established testing methodologies, primarily testing techniques, to ensure services meet defined business needs and operate in accordance with government and industry quality standards. You will work closely with development teams to identify and capture test cases, support test environment readiness, and design and execute test plans across DVSA digital projects and products.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
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Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Contribute to test planning, estimation and traceability activities within Agile sprint teams, using appropriate tools to ensure effective and efficient test execution.
- Collaborate with developers, product owners and wider scrum teams to develop a strong understanding of requirements, risks and testing objectives.
- Design and implement structured test processes, including the creation and execution of test plans, test conditions and test scenarios that meet business requirements, user needs and quality standards.
- Support testing by leveraging testing tools to execute test scenarios, review results, and gain insights, collaborating with colleagues responsible for building the frameworks
- Execute functional, integration, system and revalidation testing activities, ensuring testing remains relevant to business needs and product risk.
- Proactively prevent defects by working closely with development teams to build a shared understanding of requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Troubleshoot issues to support root cause identification and resolution, documenting, tracking and escalating defects as appropriate.
- Work effectively within fast-paced digital delivery environments, maintaining focus on quality, risk and user outcomes.
For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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