Software Test Analyst / Support Analyst / Software Tester

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Job Title: Software Test / Support Analyst

Location: Begbroke Hill, Kidlington, OX5

Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

The global vehicle fleet runs on over 5 billion tyres. Their maintenance is critical to safety and fuel efficiency. Yet drivers have to rely on manual inspection for tread depth; the simple gauge for pressure. Automation is absent.

The company's existing integrated system, measures tyre pressure on a moving vehicle, without sensors on the tyre or vehicle and 360 degree tread depth using machine vision. Automating the process for checking the road worthiness of a vehicle's tyres; "drive through tyre check" beckons for the private motorist, bus and logistics fleet operators world-wide. The company is currently working with companies throughout the UK and America, where their system is used by 1,000's of cars and HGV's each week.

With significant private equity funding the company is expanding its existing software team to;

* Build the software infrastructure backbone to enable a global roll-out of installations.

* Refine and develop sophisticated algorithms employing high level mathematics.

* Develop and integrate advanced machine vision techniques for next generation services.

* Create "big data" data bases for tyre information gathered from 100's to 1,000's of sites worldwide.

Software is integrated with the company's unique sensors and hardware system to provide a complete end-to-end solution. Including pressure sensors, weight sensors, vehicle identification technologies and advanced vision data capture. All of this data must then be processed by cloud-based services to provide effective insights for customers and the staff alike. World class engineering and software combined to solve a very difficult problem; tyre pressure and tread depth measurement without stopping the vehicle or placing sensors on the vehicle, a unique solution.

Job Role:

This role is to analyse requirements and execute both manual and automated testing of the software components either prior to release, or to reproduce issues discovered in the released versions. Software components may be windows services, windows desktop applications, cloud services or Web applications. This role will include analysing specific customer data and reprocessing it as necessary to understand the reasons behind invalid results.

There will be the opportunity to utilise the latest technologies and come up with innovative solutions to fulfil new market opportunities. As part of the team it will be possible to contribute to the way in which software is developed and tested at the company and develop skills in new areas.

Person Requirements:

The applicant should meet the following requirements:

* Bachelor degree preferably grade 2:1 or better in Computer science, Mathematics, a scientific subject or an equivalent level of commercial experience

* Commercial experience testing web applications

* Experience with data analysis, either with SQL Databases, spreadsheets or via scripting languages (python, R etc.)

* High level of computer literacy - able to use a diverse range of different software tools depending on the needs at hand

* Good verbal and written communication skills - able to document processes and results accurately

Experience of the following would be an advantage:

* Writing test cases and test plans

* Analysis of requirements to assess testability of new features

* Bug tracking systems

* Unit testing frameworks

* MatLab

* Analysis of developer tests to identify missing cases

* Understanding C# code syntax

* SQL databases

* Agile development methodologies

* Use of version control software (SVN, GIT, etc)

* Release processes

* Scripting languages (python, PowerShell, JavaScript etc.)

The applicant should be able to:

* Engage in a dynamic and challenging environment

* Contribute to technically demanding projects

* Participate in group discussion sessions relating to development processes and design choices

* Integrate effectively with a talented multi-disciplinary team of like-minded people

* Be ambitious and passionate about what you do.

* Demonstrate a strong work ethic and the ability to be productive without direct supervision

Employment details:

* Holiday entitlement: 25 days + national holidays

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