Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

at  Oxford Instruments plc

Materials Analysis is an Oxford Instruments Business Unit that manages our Electron Microscopy and Mechanical Microscopy products, Atomic Force Microscopes, Raman Microscopes and Benchtop NMR Products. We are part of the wider Oxford Instruments Group that also includes Andor Technology, NanoScience, Plasma Technology and X-Ray Technology. With a sixty-year history, and fourteen Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
We are looking for a Software Development Engineer in Test to join our Software Team.
This role is ideal if… You are experienced in creating PC based software developments using C# Are an experienced Azure DevOps tool user (or similar) to manage test cases and test plans Have an interest in designing and delivering automated tests that ensure the high quality of our products is being maintained
The Software Development Engineer in Test is responsible for creating software test plans and performing manual testing to ensure adequate coverage and turning those tests into automated tests and maintaining them
Working at Oxford Instruments Materials Analysis - What’s in it for you?
Wellbeing –
Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays and the option to purchase up to 12 weeks more
Employee Assistance Programme; including 24/7 telephone support, access to counselling, financial and debt management and access to trained legal advisors
Private health insurance, dental insurance and life assurance
Money & lifestyle –
MyDiscounts; save money with a number of leading retailers
Car salary exchange scheme: sacrifice part of your salary in exchange for a fully serviced, comprehensive insured electric or hybrid vehicle
TechScheme and CycleScheme: Purchase a bike and/or Tech or home goods from Currys/IKEA and spread the cost over 12 months.
Pension; all employees are eligible to join the Group Pension Plan administered by AVIVA.
Share incentive plan: Invest in your future and share in the success of the company by joining the share incentive plan.
Development –
Access to over 15,000 training courses
Encouragement and support to achieve professional and or academic qualifications to support your development and growth
Defined career paths and regular reviews

The role holder contributes explanatory, advisory or supporting input for use by others. The work is generally supervised and approved by others.
Work within a software development team to understand the software being written and to create test plans and test cases for maximum coverage.
Perform manual testing during the development phase and manage bugs through to their conclusion.
Automate finalised test cases using the same coding language (C#.) as the developers.
Implement automated regression testing to ensure new code does not break completed functionality.
Ensure the test coverage and execution of Unit, Integration, Acceptance, System, Regression, UAT, Security, and Performance are met
Using Azure Devops Test Plans to maintain test plans and test cases and ensure automated test cases are associated appropriately.