At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.
Our Pronto Deployment team provides mission critical software to UK emergency service agencies, with our primary focus being the Pronto Digital Policing app.
Pronto is the most popular mobile policing application in the UK, trusted by over half of the UK’s 45 police forces - and used by around 75,000 police officers on a daily basis. Pronto has been designed with and for front line operational users. As a result, it is an intuitive solution, with positive adoption, excellent user compliance and consistently positive feedback.
Based in the West End of Glasgow, we currently have around 100 employees. Our team started as Kelvin Connect in 2002, a spin-out company from the University of Glasgow. Now, as part of Motorola Solutions, we continue to expand with future opportunities in the UK and beyond.
We are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented and proactive Test Engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out testing to ensure product stability with every release.
Typical activities include:
Testing of software solutions / applications to ensure that the developed products meet the requirements and are free of defects
Writing, maintaining and executing Test cases
Reading and understanding requirements documentation provided by a Technical Project Manager, Customer, or another member of the Motorola Solutions team
Being involved in the process of clarifying and refining requirements
Providing estimated timescales for the testing of requirements
Producing and maintaining appropriate documentation for tracking quality metrics
Completing work to a high standard
Completing work in a timely manner
Attend Customer premises periodically to witness on-site software use
This role offers flexible, hybrid working with an expectancy to attend the Glasgow office several times per month, where applicable.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Accountable for the overall quality of Pronto deliveries to all customers
Produce and maintain documentation relating to quality metrics
Accountable for analysing trends and implementing solutions to improve quality
Responsible for ensuring Pronto delivery teams and following testing best practices
Responsible for helping roll out automated test solutions to Pronto delivery teams
Identifying new tools and technologies and ideas that may improve quality
Academic & Technical Requirements
Must have:
3 years UK residency is required for security check
A formal qualification (Degree) in Computing Science or equivalent experience
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
3+ years experience of commercial software testing
Desirable:
Knowledge of Agile methodologies
ISTQB certification
Knowledge of automation or an interest in learning this
Experience of Java or another OO language
Knowledge of source code management technologies (e.g. GIT, SubVersion etc.)
Knowledge of software development / issue tracking systems (e.g. GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jira, etc.)
Experience with Smartphone testing (Android)
Experience with automated test frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Appium, Cypress etc.)
Experience of XML and XSLT
Soft Skills:
A high level of communication skills and technical understanding
Have an Analytical Mindset, where you look at a manual process and immediately start thinking about how to script it.
Ability to explain technical bugs to non-technical stakeholders clearly.
Taking pride in the quality of releases and not being afraid to block a deployment release if quality standards aren't met.
Can be outspoken when projects are producing sub-standard output
Can communicate with the Core software development team to understand solution behaviour
Can communicate with Pronto delivery teams to understand quality issues and improve where required
Have a critical eye for detail, that challenges the status quo
Capable of delivering critical feedback without damaging relationships
Continually assess workload and prioritise relevant work activities
Why Join Us?
Competitive salary and bonus schemes.
Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).
25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.
Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.
Employee stock purchase plan.
Flexible working options.
Private medical care.
Life assurance.
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities.
Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.
Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.
Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering.
Well-known companies discount scheme.
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EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.
