QA Automation Engineer

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Staff QA Automation Engineer!

Location: Cardiff, UK

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As a
Staff QA Automation Engineer in Cardiff, you will provide deep technical expertise within the Test Automation Team and work closely with the Test Automation Manager to shape the team’s test strategy, technical roadmap and automation capability. You will engage with product and engineering teams to understand upcoming features, identify quality and integration risks, and translate these into practical test plans, technical solutions and future capability requirements.

This is a hands-on role with ownership of complex test initiatives across software, devices and integrated systems. You will create and continuously improve scalable automation frameworks, continuous-testing environments and comprehensive end-to-end test solutions. A key focus will be extending existing software-based tests to include representative interactions with real readers, credentials, controllers and supporting infrastructure, using physical automation, hardware integration or simulation where appropriate.

You will provide technical guidance, share expertise and support the development of engineering capability while promoting quality and testability throughout the development lifecycle. You will also identify the specialist skills, equipment, environments and external support required for future testing, providing evidence-based recommendations to support technical and resource planning.

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• Create, own and continuously improve scalable automation test frameworks, including their accuracy, reliability, maintainability and coverage.
• Design, implement and manage automated test suites and supporting infrastructure within a scalable continuous-testing and CI/CD environment.
• Monitor, triage and resolve pipeline test failures, and document changes needed to support new features.

• Understand how the product under test operates as part of a wider system.
• Plan, scope and manage solution-level testing, including systems integration, interoperability, user-experience considerations and end-to-end testing within continuous-integration environments.
• Plan and execute exploratory testing for new features and defect fixes using an appropriate combination of manual and automated techniques.
• Make informed decisions about test environments and the design of physical test systems, recommending specialist technical support where appropriate.
• Raise defects with the business and help prioritise them according to severity.

• Own technical designs for complex projects and balance the trade-offs between robust engineering and timely product delivery.
• Provide technical direction, coordinate technical activities and contribute to project and product planning to support team outcomes.
• Communicate test results and technical…