QA Engineer

Overview

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality digital solutions that make a real difference? At Jacobs, we’re looking for QA Engineers to join our growing UK Digital & Data team. This is your chance to work at the intersection of engineering expertise and cutting-edge technology, contributing to projects that span Rail, Aviation, Highways, Water, Energy, Power, Government, Security and Defence sectors.

As a QA Engineer, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of innovative digital solutions. Collaborating within multidisciplinary agile teams, you’ll help shape testing strategies, drive automation, and champion quality throughout the software development lifecycle. This is an opportunity to grow your expertise in modern automation frameworks, cloud technologies, and continuous delivery practices while working in a collaborative, people-focused environment.

• Design, develop, and maintain automated and manual test solutions to ensure high-quality software delivery.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to define testing requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Conduct functional, regression, integration, and non-functional testing activities across digital platforms.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated testing into deployment workflows.

• Experience with automation frameworks like Cypress, Selenium, or Cucumber.
• Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and functional testing techniques.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

This role is subject to UK Security Vetting at SC (security check) level. Applicants must be willing to undergo the appropriate security clearance process if not already cleared. If you’re successful in your application, we’ll ask you to undergo the relevant vetting process to achieve SC/DV clearance. You can find out more about vetting here.

Any offer of employment will be conditional upon satisfactory completion of the relevant clearance process.

This is a full time, permanent, hybrid (2-3 days/week) role, with occasional business travel across the UK. Full‑time employment at Jacobs is based on a 40‑hour working week. We place a strong emphasis on work‑life balance and flexibility, and flexi-time is available.

We offer an excellent and wide range of employee benefits including comprehensive Health Cover, Life Assurance, Income Protection, holiday buy/sell scheme, and a variety of wellbeing, family, parental and fertility support offerings, along with an enhanced contribution pension scheme.

Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences…