EA Software Test Engineer

Posting date:	24 April 2026
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	24 May 2026
Location:	Oakdale Business Park, NP12 4AD
Company:	General Dynamics Lands Systems UK
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	571

Summary

Description

General Dynamics Land Systems is on the look-out for a full-time Senior Software Test Engineer to join our Engineering Team, based in Oakdale. The successful and inclusive candidate will earn a favourable salary of £45,600 to £57,000 based on experience and potential. This is an ideal role for someone who has a proactive and positive mindset and a keen desire to grow professionally. Joining an established team, the successful candidate will be a key player within the software development team working closely with systems engineering and development teams to verify new and modified capabilities for the AJAX Electronic Architecture. The role spans the full software test life-cycle encompassing test requirements derivation, test design analysis, implementation and deployment, with a strong emphasis on automation. This hybrid working role also provides flexibility allowing the successful candidate to work up to 2 days a week from home. If you were already working in this position, this is what you would have been working on this week:

• Develop manual and automated test cases to verify the EA software function and performance against its use cases and derived requirements (QA Testing).
• Design and implementation of test scripts, utilities and harnesses that support automation of the test process.
• Support software development team via the undertaking of product level and QV (black box) testing of the developed products.
• Co-operate with the software development teams in the investigation, diagnosis and reporting of software faults.
• Preparation of written test specifications and test reports, including test metrics.
• Contribute to driving best practice and continuous improvement within Software Test discipline.
• Assist in the review and assessment of additions and alterations to functional and non-functional requirements captured in the Software Requirement s Model (SRM), establishing and maintaining their testability.

To apply for this role, you will require the following:

• Honors Degree in EE, CS, Physics or equivalent. Classification 2.1 or higher
• Proven track record in software/system test or development environment
• Engineering experience in a Software Development and/or Continuous Integration and Test environment.
• Defense / automotive / aerospace industry background.
• Familiarity with MilCAN bus technology.
• Understanding Ethernet networks and Internet Protocols
• Data Distribution Service (DDS)
• Rhapsody or equivalent UML modelling tool.
• SVN configuration management tool.
• Experience of Keysight’s, Eggplant Test automation tools
• Detailed understand of version control and associated best practice.
• Proven background in test specification preparation based upon software requirement analysis captured both as use-cases and discrete requirements
• Strong background in CASE tools that support UML model development. With experience of IBM DOORS and Rhapsody an advantage
• Experience of testing distributed real-time systems that utilize Ethernet and IP open standards and protocols.
• Familiar with the software testing of embedded systems utilizing heterogeneous operating systems
• Excellent English writing and speaking skills.

Our Company Benefits: We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering highly competitive benefits:

• A flexible benefits scheme - allowing you to adapt your benefits to suit yours and your family’s needs
• A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company
• Professional training and development courses, both internal and external - allowing you to reach your full potential
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded, which includes compressed hours, reduced hours and job share
• A Company sports and social club, offering events at discounted prices – giving you the opportunity to meet and socialise with your fellow colleagues outside the workplace

About General Dynamics UK General Dynamics Land Systems is a global leader in providing products and support across the full spectrum of combat vehicles. Our global team has more than 6,000 employees working towards creating a diverse product portfolio delivering best-in-class capability to Armed Forces communities worldwide. In the UK, we employee more than 750 people and are leading the way in Armoured Fighting Vehicles and sustainment services. Our vision is documented and embedded into our culture, so all employees understand the Company’s direction and their role in achieving it. We are currently delivering the AJAX programme, providing 589 Armoured Fighting Vehicles in six variants to the British Army and have also developed and delivered 400 Foxhound vehicles - a highly-protected and mobile 4x4 platform with high-deployment availability.We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace – inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high performance teamAs part of our commitment to inclusion and diversity we welcome in particular applications from women, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and ethnic minority groups. We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

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