L4 Software Tester Apprentice

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a well-established company renowned in the electrical testing and measurement industry. Our client is currently seeking an Apprentice Software Tester based on their customer site in Dover (Kent). This is a full-time, temporary role for 16 months, Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours a week with an early finish on Fridays, to start ASAP. The role is paying £20,000 to £22,000 per annum depending on experience.

Core purpose:

To design, develop and author verification to verify the requirements of the system/product. Support troubleshooting and diagnosis for software and hardware functions. The Apprentice Software Tester will support in improving the quality of capability development as well as speed up the development cycle.

Role summary:

Verification is a very important part of the development lifecycle. This is not an end of development activity but important to be developed inline with the requirement/design development. The Apprentice Software Tester will work closely with systems, hardware, and embedded software to generate the verification of the system being developed. They will learn how to manage verification in an efficient manner, including reading requirements and generating automated verification that gives targeted coverage. They will also learn how to challenge requirements for testability and support in generation of SMART requirements to manage this. To support verification, they will learn how to program in languages like C/C++ and Matlab/Simulink.

Primary objectives:

• Generate the verification of the system function(s).
• Support validation (are they correct and testable) and verification (have they been implemented correctly).
• Contribute to the verification frameworks to enable efficient automated verification.
• Analyse and enhance efficiency, stability, and scalability of system resources.

Main Responsibilities:

• Creation of verification plans.
• Support maximising automated verification.
• Running and recording of tests, proving compliance of system to requirements.
• Maximise verification reuse, both intra-project and where applicable cross-project.
• Supporting verification across the levels of the program: Unit test, SW functional test, Hardware in the Loop, Product Verification, Production Test.
• Support packaging of tests with reuse functions/capabilities.
• Generate verification to support issue finding and resolution.
• Work closely with the development team.
• Work on the development of cutting-edge features and platforms as well as regression work with existing products.
• Assist the development team with requirements validation and design for testability analysis.
• Support generation of estimate time to complete verification activities.

Experience, Skill & Knowledge required:

Technical Skills:

• Suitable GCSE and A levels to support STEM/technical background.
• Interest in programming languages.
• Some understanding of electronics.
• Basic idea of test-driven development.
• Team player.
• Willing to learn.
• Professional approach.

Soft Skills:

• Organised and able to work to tight deadlines - good time management.
• Flexible and proactive in approach to the role - positive attitude essential.
• Ability to work on own initiative and pick things up quickly.
• Great communication skills.
• Team player.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• PC literate - Microsoft and Windows applications.