Quality Engineer

Location: Cambridge, UK

Job Purpose:
The primary purpose of the role is to provide a Quality Engineering service to the development of nCipher's product range and supporting the Quality Engineering Manager in defining, implementing and enhancing nCipher's test, quality and release procedures.

Main Accountabilities:
� Product testing to ensure functionality, integrity, performance and robustness of all released deliverables.
� Enhance test and Quality Engineering procedures, processes and standards to ensure ongoing quality improvements across all released deliverables
� Assist with the maintenance and ongoing development of the QA test platform(s) and environment
� Contribute to the review of integration guides, installation instructions and product literature
� Liaise with Development, Support, Production and Product Management Departments
� Interoperability testing with third party software

Qualifications:
Educated to degree level or equivalent, in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant discipline.

Knowledge:
� Ability to produce project deliverables to a high standard and on time.
� Test code development in Python, Java or C
� Test frameworks such as pyunit and junit

Experience:
� Working within a Quality Engineering department, ideally within a dedicated test team for a minimum of 1 year.
� Working within a software development environment, ideally with an understanding of embedded software development for multiple platforms and environments including Windows and UNIX based operating systems.
� The use of formal testing procedures and systems.

Skills:
� The ability to analyse complex technical problems and offer innovative, reasoned and practical solutions.
� Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
� The ability to prioritise, manage own workload, be flexible, work under pressure and to demanding deadlines.
� The ability to integrate quickly and make a significant contribution.

Desirable:
� An appreciation of the use of cryptography and cryptographic standards
� An awareness of Internet technologies, protocols and standards
� API testing
� Experience in using VM technologies

Benefits:
nCipher offer a generous package which includes share options for all employees, a non-contributory pension scheme; private healthcare; 25 days annual paid holidays plus national public holidays; life insurance equal to two times annual salary; a 4 week paid sabbatical after 4 years service.

How To Apply:
E-mail your C.V. and cover letter to quality-jobs at ncipher dot com
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