Development Test Engineer – Outside IR35

Development Test Engineer – Outside IR35

We are looking for an experienced Development Test Engineer for an initial 12-month contract to support the planning, execution and reporting of Verification & Validation (V&V) activities within our clients engineering team.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and plan V&V activities.

• Create Test Plans, Test Protocols, Test Cases and Test Methods.

• Support test execution, anomaly management and reporting.

• Create and maintain test documentation and reporting templates.

• Review Test Plans, Test Results and technical documentation.

• Support continuous improvement of test processes and methodologies.

Skills & Experience

• Good understanding of software behaviour and development.

• Understanding of control/command systems and physical/mechanical processes.

• Knowledge of qualification and statistical methods, including MSA and Six Sigma.

• Strong technical writing and documentation skills.

• Experience with tools such as Polarion, Jira or Azure DevOps (ADO).

• Good reporting skills using Excel, PowerPoint and similar tools.

• Basic understanding of scripting/pseudo-code such as Python, VBA or HTML.

Personal Skills

• Independent, proactive and organised.

• Strong team player with clear communication skills.

• Practical and solution focused.

• Flexible and comfortable working within evolving requirements.

• High attention to detail, with a balance of rigour and creativity.

Development Test Engineer – Outside IR35