1 to 25 of 54 Permanent Test Planning Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test Manager

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
NATS, a renowned organisation in the Defence & Security sector, is currently seeking a skilled Test Manager for a contract opportunity in Aberdeen. This role involves supporting the delivery of complex technical systems within a safety-critical environment, focusing on test planning, execution, defect management, quality assurance … test assurance governance. Key Responsibilities: Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of testing activities across new and existing technical systems. Oversee the full end-to-end test lifecycle, ensuring activities are planned, controlled, executed, and evidenced to the required standard. Provide expert direction for the test ...

Systems Team Lead

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Farnborough, England, United Kingdom
system-level requirements, interfaces, behaviours, and performance characteristics are validated through robust testing and evidence-based assurance activities. Acting as the authority for test readiness, coverage, traceability, and system maturity, the Systems Team Lead works across engineering disciplines to ensure programmes deliver compliant, reliable, and fully validated systems. … role provides leadership, governance, and oversight of testing activities from planning through to final acceptance and operational readiness. Key Responsibilities Verification & Validation Strategy Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the system-level verification and validation strategy. Define verification methods, acceptance criteria, compliance requirements, and evidence collection processes. Ensure verification ...

Test Manager

Hiring Organisation
The Curve Group
Location
Solihull, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
That's why we live by our values of we're positive, we're brave and we own it. About the Role As a Test Manager, you will be responsible for defining, leading and governing testing activity across projects, releases and change initiatives, ensuring high-quality IT solutions … delivered in line with business expectations, regulatory obligations and agreed delivery timelines. You will own the end-to-end test approach, manage test planning and execution, oversee defect and risk management, and lead the adoption of test automation and quality engineering practices to improve coverage, efficiency ...

Systems Team Lead

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
system-level requirements, interfaces, behaviours, and performance characteristics are validated through robust testing and evidence-based assurance activities. Acting as the authority for test readiness, coverage, traceability, and system maturity, the Systems Team Lead works across engineering disciplines to ensure programmes deliver compliant, reliable, and fully validated systems. … role provides leadership, governance, and oversight of testing activities from planning through to final acceptance and operational readiness. Key Responsibilities Verification & Validation Strategy Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the system-level verification and validation strategy. Define verification methods, acceptance criteria, compliance requirements, and evidence collection processes. Ensure verification ...

Senior Test Engineers

Hiring Organisation
Sepura
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 70 K
27th July, 2026You will play a key role in designing, executing, and maintaining test across both manual and automated test frameworks on new and legacy Platforms. You will also work closely with Development, Conformance, and Business Support teams to enhance product quality and efficiency. Come and join Sepura … products meet the requirements and are free of defects.Reading and understanding requirements documentation provided by a Product Definition Team, Product Strategy Team or External test houseInvolved in test planning, test execution, defect tracking, and reporting to stakeholders.Producing and maintaining appropriate documentation for tracking quality metricsDevelop ...

Senior QA Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Arcadis
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 60 K
join our UK QA team. The ideal candidate will be capable of working autonomously across the full testing lifecycle, from requirements analysis and test planning through to execution, reporting, and automation.The role requires an individual who can collaborate effectively with project teams and stakeholders, understand business and technical … requirements, identify risks, define appropriate test approaches, and deliver high-quality testing outcomes with minimal supervision.The successful candidate will contribute to the continuous improvement of quality engineering practices, test automation capabilities, and the adoption of innovative technologies, including AI-assisted testing approaches.Role accountabilities:· Collaborate with project teams ...

Automation Test Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Coforge U.K. Ltd
Location
Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
Role: Automation Test Engineer Work Location: Telford, UK (2 Days Onsite Weekly) Job Type: Full time Role Overview: We are seeking an experienced Automation Test Engineer with approximately 10 years of QA and Testing experience to join our team. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Automation … Core Testing Expertise Functional Testing System Testing System Integration Testing (SIT) User Acceptance Testing (UAT) GUI Testing Exploratory Testing Compatibility Testing Strong Experience In Test Design and Test Execution Defect Management Requirements Analysis Stakeholder Collaboration Defect Triage and Reporting Automation & Technical Skills Automation Tools Selenium Playwright Cucumber ...

Flight Test Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Saab UK
Location
Bedford, Bedfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
technology to create a safer and more sustainable world, designing and manufacturing advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, and underwater systems. The Role The Flight Test Engineer will manage the preparation and comprehensive support of flight operations for unmanned aerial vehicles. Bridging the gap between engineering and field testing, this … role drives the rigorous evaluation of systems through test planning, flight execution, and deep-dive analysis. Ideally serving as a UAV pilot, the successful candidate will ensure safety and compliance throughout the testing lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Test Planning: Design and author comprehensive flight test plans ...

Functional Test Engineers

Hiring Organisation
Sepura
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 70 K
devices), ensuring features meet expected behaviour, reliability, and customer expectations. This role requires a strong technical tester who can analyse requirements, design effective test cases, uncover edge cases, perform detailed investigations, and contribute to maintaining product quality throughout the sprint. You will also contribute to automation of high-value … understanding requirements documentation provided by a Product Definition Team, Product Strategy Team.Review user stories, acceptance criteria, and specifications to ensure clarity and testability.Involvement in test planning, test execution, defect tracking, and reporting to stakeholders.Design clear, thorough, and traceable functional test cases, and execute them across embedded ...

Test Lead

Hiring Organisation
Version 1
Location
Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 70 K
within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!Job DescriptionWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Automation and Performance Test Engineer to lead strategic testing initiatives across complex systems. This role demands a blend of technical expertise, leadership capability, and problem-solving acumen … Build, maintain, and evolve automation frameworks using open-source technologies. - Process Improvement: Lead investigative work into existing processes to identify gaps and implement improvements. - Test Design & Execution: Design and execute a wide range of testing techniques including functional, performance, and automated testing. - Stakeholder Communication: Communicate test results ...

Test Lead

Hiring Organisation
Version 1
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 70 K
within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!Job DescriptionWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Automation and Performance Test Engineer to lead strategic testing initiatives across complex systems. This role demands a blend of technical expertise, leadership capability, and problem-solving acumen … Build, maintain, and evolve automation frameworks using open-source technologies. - Process Improvement: Lead investigative work into existing processes to identify gaps and implement improvements. - Test Design & Execution: Design and execute a wide range of testing techniques including functional, performance, and automated testing. - Stakeholder Communication: Communicate test results ...

Test Lead

Hiring Organisation
Version 1
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 60 K
within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!Job DescriptionWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Automation and Performance Test Engineer to lead strategic testing initiatives across complex systems. This role demands a blend of technical expertise, leadership capability, and problem-solving acumen … Build, maintain, and evolve automation frameworks using open-source technologies. - Process Improvement: Lead investigative work into existing processes to identify gaps and implement improvements. - Test Design & Execution: Design and execute a wide range of testing techniques including functional, performance, and automated testing. - Stakeholder Communication: Communicate test results ...

Test Lead

Hiring Organisation
Version 1
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands (County), United Kingdom
Salary
£ 70 K
within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!Job DescriptionWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Automation and Performance Test Engineer to lead strategic testing initiatives across complex systems. This role demands a blend of technical expertise, leadership capability, and problem-solving acumen … Build, maintain, and evolve automation frameworks using open-source technologies. - Process Improvement: Lead investigative work into existing processes to identify gaps and implement improvements. - Test Design & Execution: Design and execute a wide range of testing techniques including functional, performance, and automated testing. - Stakeholder Communication: Communicate test results ...

Software Tester

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£350,000 - £370,000 per annum, Inc benefits
quality, reliability, and usability of digital products that support their colleagues, customers, and communities across the UK. Day-to-day of the role: Test Planning & Execution: Develop test plans and test cases from requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Execute functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and usability … evidence and documentation to support issue resolution. Collaboration & Delivery: Work alongside Product Owners, Developers, UX designers, and Business Analysts throughout delivery. Participate in sprint planning, refinement, reviews, and retrospectives. Help ensure requirements are testable, complete, and clearly understood. Support successful releases through thorough validation and quality assurance. Continuous Improvement ...

Software QA Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Zenovo
Location
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£60000 - £70000/annum Up to £70,000 + Bonus & Benefits (De
standards, including ISO13485 and IEC62304 Manager to ensure software quality and regulatory requirements are embedded throughout development. Oversee software verification and validation activities, including planning, execution, and documentation of unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing. Develop and maintain test plans, protocols, verification records, and traceability documentation to support … Software Quality or Quality Engineering role. Experience defining, implementing, and documenting software quality strategies and release processes. Knowledge of software verification and validation, including test planning, test case design, defect management, and traceability. Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and tools such as Jira, Git, and GitLab. Excellent ...

Systems Test Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Intellectual Capital Resources
Location
Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 70 K
This Hardware System Test Engineer role focuses on end‐to‐end testing of complex hardware systems used in AI acceleration. The Hardware System Test Engineer will work across factory test and field‐deployed system environments. The Hardware System Test Engineer will support reliable product performance through … hands‐on hardware and software‐driven testing. Responsibilities Test complete hardware systems from initial power‐on through full operational behaviour Diagnose hardware faults related to manufacturing defects, assembly issues and system‐level reliability Support both factory‐based PCB/system test and field‐level system deployment checks Architect ...

Principal Product Security Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Expleo Group
Location
Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
across platform, IT, OT, and supporting environments. Define security requirements for factory acceptance testing, integration testing, harbour trials and sea trial cyber validation. Support test planning, test readiness, defect management and security acceptance activity. Design and support onboard cyber incident response capabilities, including monitoring, logging, forensic readiness … with MOD security policy, defence standards, JSPs, Secure by Design, NCSC guidance or equivalent assurance frameworks. Experience supporting accreditation, security case development, security assurance planning, or certification activities for defence- or safety-related systems. Experience with OT security architecture, industrial control systems, safety-related control environments and operational resilience. ...

OAT Tester (SC Cleared/Eligible)

Hiring Organisation
scrumconnect ltd
Location
Surrey, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 40,000 Annual
execution of Operational Acceptance Testing activities to ensure systems are operationally ready before production deployment. Working under the guidance of senior testers and test leads, you will execute operational test scenarios, document results, identify defects, and help ensure successful production readiness. Key Responsibilities Operational Testing Execute Operational Acceptance … Testing according to approved test plans. Perform operational readiness validation before production releases. Execute operational test cases and document results accurately. Support production readiness assessments. Operational Test Activities Assist in testing activities including: Monitoring and alert validation Backup and restore testing Batch processing validation Basic failover testing ...

AIT Lead Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Surrey Satellite Technology
Location
Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 70 K
Responsible ForAll phases of planning, control and execution of Payload or Spacecraft level AIT & EVT activities during the mission ground test phase.Key Purpose of JobWorking as part of the spacecraft mission team to progress the Spacecraft or Payload through the in house Assembly, Integration & Test process … external Environmental Test Phase.Key TasksWork as a key member of the Core Project team, with the Project manager, AIT Manager and Systems Engineer to deliver fully tested payload and spacecraft.Manage test operators and responsible engineers activities on the payload or spacecraft in line with system level schedules ...

Vibration & Acoustics Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Vertical Aerospace
Location
Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 60 K
vibration and acoustic environments. You’ll define and support DO-160-like operational vibration qualification, manage vibroacoustic models, and work closely with Flight Physics, test, certification, systems, and supplier teams to turn complex data into practical engineering decisions. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys structural … systems and equipment.Manage, maintain, and develop vibroacoustic models to help assess aircraft vibration and internal noise behaviour.Analyse vibration data from ground testing and flight test activity.Support suppliers, test houses, and internal teams with vibration test planning, troubleshooting, and evidence review.Use structural dynamics knowledge to optimise Valo ...

Senior DevTest Engineer Biometrics

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Biometrics !!****Location:**Cardiff UK**Job ID: 49481**As Senior Engineer Biometrics DevTest in Cardiff, you will help drive the implementation and maintenance of robust Test automation within the CI/CD pipeline in HID PACS. This is a wide-ranging role, bridging the functions of the DevOps … Validation teams.The qualified candidate will lead the implementation of a fully automated firmware and software testing strategy, establishing a scalable CI/CD-enabled test environment that improves release quality, predictability, and early defect detection.**Who are we?**HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places ...

Senior DevTest Engineer Biometrics

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Responsibilities Lead the implementation of a fully automated firmware and software testing strategy, establishing a scalable CI/CD‐enabled test environment that improves release quality, predictability, and early defect detection. Implement a wide range of testing techniques to support a scalable and automated CI/CD environment. Monitor … triage and resolve CI/CD pipeline test failures. Build and document updated CI/CD infrastructure for new features. Compile a Test Plan from a product specification and define Test Cases that cover specific features and performance requirements. Design and implement Test solutions within well ...

Senior QAT Analyst (SC Cleared)

Hiring Organisation
scrumconnect ltd
Location
City, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 50,000 - 65,000 Annual
programme level. Key Responsibilities Define and implement end-to-end testing strategies and quality frameworks. Design, develop, and maintain complex automated testing solutions. Lead test planning, execution, and reporting activities across multiple teams. Manage test environments and support release assurance processes. Drive continuous improvement initiatives across testing … Node.js. Experience designing and implementing automated testing frameworks. Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. Experience developing and executing enterprise-scale test strategies. Ability to lead technical discussions and influence quality standards. Experience mentoring and supporting engineering teams. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. Additional Information ...

QA Automation Lead

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Chester, Cheshire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
whilst providing technical leadership across quality, stability, performance, and release assurance. The successful candidate will be expected to lead by example, actively contributing to test automation, performance testing, environment management, and defect investigation. About mthree: Since 2010, mthree has been helping clients solve their business and technological challenges. … organizations. Key Responsibilities Lead the QA and Stability workstream whilst remaining actively involved in day-to-day testing activities. Design, build and maintain automated test frameworks and regression suites using modern automation tooling. Develop and execute automated functional, integration, API, end-to-end and regression tests. Own performance, load ...

Test Manager: Lead Safety-Critical System Testing

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
NATS, a renowned organisation in the Defence & Security sector, is seeking a skilled Test Manager for a contract opportunity in Aberdeen. This role involves supporting the delivery of complex technical systems within a safety-critical environment, focusing on test planning, execution, defect management, quality assurance, and test assurance governance. You will lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of testing activities across new and existing technical systems, overseeing the full #J-18808-Ljbffr ...