Software Testing Engineer

Software Testing Engineer 12 month contract Based in Stevenage Offering up to £65ph Inside IR35 Do you have experience with CI/CD software pipelines? Do you have an understanding of software logs/data analysis? Do you…

Pay rate £65/hour
Contract type Contract
Posted 2 September 2026

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Software Testing Engineer

12 month contract

Based in Stevenage

Offering up to £65ph Inside IR35

Do you have experience with CI/CD software pipelines?

Do you have an understanding of software logs/data analysis?

Do you want to work with an industry-leading company?

If your answer to these is yes, then this could be the role for you!

As the Software Testing Engineer, you will be working alongside a market-leading Defence and Aerospace company who are constantly growing and developing. They are always looking to bring on new talents such as yourself and further develop your skills to enable you to grow within the company and industry.

Due to the nature of the work you will be involved in, SC clearance is required.

You will be involved in:

Test/Proving Planning:
Understanding Customer needs and requirements from a proving perspective
Understanding design and architecture including defining software test bed requirements
Developing comprehensive software test plans, writing, and running test sets, designs, and specifications
Test/Proving Conduct:
Regular progressive software testing assurance during software development cycles
Leading testing of software defects
Liaising with our Support team in order to provide logs/data analysis when issues are identified
Demonstrate compliance to requirements
Executing formal software qualification testing
Test/Proving Reporting:
Providing regular updates to project leads and stakeholders on software functionality
Writing detailed software test and analysis reports for certification purposes
Supporting the software delivery and release process, including final certification activities

Your skillset and experience:

Software Test automation
Understanding software Logs/Data analysis
CI/CD software pipelines
GitLab, JIRA, scripting, IBM PLM/ ALM/ EWM /Doors
Knowledge of Agile Scrum
Ability to understand compliance and regulatory requirements
AI test automation tooling
Software Simulation/Emulator knowledge
Linux Network Configuration and analysis tools

If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further!

Software Testing Engineer

12 month contract

Based in Stevenage

Offering up to £65ph Inside IR35

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change

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