Lead Test Engineer; QA
Job in
Greater London, London, Greater London, W1B, England, UK
Listed on 2026-06-12
Listing for:
BT Group
Part Time
position Listed on 2026-06-12
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Technical Support -
IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Technical Support, IT Consultant, Data Analyst
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Greater London
Job Description
Job Title:
Lead Test Engineer (QA)
Req Function:
Engineering Posting
Start Date:
03/06/2026
Posting End Date: 17/06/2026
Division:
Networks
Job Location:
G Bristol - Assembly, G
-London-BTHQ One Braham Advertised Salary:
Competitive with great benefits
Recruiter:
Mark Thomas Hiring Manager:
Katy Parsons Career Grade: DInternal Closing Date: 17/06/2026
About the role
Our purpose is to use the power of communication to make a better world. For each other, for our customers, for society and our communities.
This role supports the successful Test and integration of new systems, products, services, and validation campaigns to assure the quality of the deliveries on behalf of EE and its customers, through technical and commercial launch.
This is a great opportunity to gain exposure to a variety of networks and the innovation in what we do including access to new technologies. You will be part of a friendly and supportive team who deliver projects and services for our customers through the comprehensive testing of our mobile network technologies and innovations.
This role will be based in London or Bristol and our hybrid working model means you are expected to be in the office 3 days per week. This role will require occasional travel to Borehamwood.
What you’ll be doing
Plan and oversees full lifecycle of Platform and integration testing to support complex product and solution deliveries. Identifying what testing tools and technologies can be implemented, aligning with those already used across the broader design and development functions and those being developed by our strategic technology partners.
Taking accountability for the verification of new or modified Core Platforms or services being introduced in the Lab & live environments as part of the handover to operations.
Responsible for day to day management of test execution, Test case prioritisation where required, defect management and troubleshooting. Feeding into Test reports and daily progress statistics.
Responsible for analysing and assessing technical and business requirements, supplier release notes etc to create a testing scope for Lab and llive testing. Writing detailed Test cases in Jira for execution.
Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders, in a technical and non-technical way, as appropriate to the audience, focussing on key information that will allow informed decisions and action to be taken.
Work closely with Test Automation teams to assess opportunities for new automation development, assist in the design and development of test automation scripts, and drive automation tool to achieve increase in automation
Work with the Environment delivery, data and support teams to ensure test and delivery requirements are met, ensuring suitable environments and data is available to effectively support test campaigns in a timely manner.
Provide technical expertise, documentation and training to test and other business functions, including coaching and development of junior members of the test team.
Stay up to speed on process, practice and technology developments to ensure they are adopted to enhance the solutions applied to technical and business requirements.
Ability to work with internal and external design and development teams/suppliers to assess and implement new technologies/delivery methodologies to drive continuous improvement and efficiency e.g., CICD, Dev Ops, Agile, Waterfall.
Essential Skills / Experience Good working knowledge within mobile communications industry with knowledge of 2G/4G/5G & 5
GSA technologies, their end to end flows and Interfaces.
Experience of integration & acceptance testing of Mobile Core platforms.
Hands on experience of integrating and end2end testing of Mobile network services (e.g. Voice, SMS, MMS & Data), with good knowledge of Core network elements.
Knowledge of Core Network – PGW, SGW, MME, SGSN, ePDG etc and associated signalling protocols (mainly SIP, DIAMETER, ISUP, MAP 3
GPP standards etc.)Desirable Skills / Experience Knowledge &
Experience of working with Jira, Confluence & Git Lab.
Experience of working & delivering within Waterfall and Agile methodology.
Strong technical…
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