Software Test Automation Engineer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions’ innovations, products, and services play essential roles in people’s lives. Our end-to-end suite of software solutions helps our customers answer thousands of emergency calls and text messages, and process video, disparate evidence, and records. We are also proud to be an industry leader in video security solutions installed in more than 120 countries at thousands of customer sites. Our products leverage cutting-edge voice technology, video analytics, and Machine Learning to enable our customers to focus on what matters while providing faster responses, safer outcomes, and greater transparency.

Job Description

The Avigilon Alta Video team architects the mission-critical cloud and edge infrastructure powering our next-generation video security ecosystem. We are expanding our platform to build deep-tier interconnections across the Motorola Solutions portfolio, delivering high-availability tools that protect people, property, and places. Our team values high engineering discipline, architectural integrity, and an inclusive culture where every perspective helps build more resilient systems.

In this mid-level individual contributor role, you will be based at our office in Uxbridge (West London), operating within a hybrid model with an aim for two days in the office. You will drive automated test coverage for web applications and backend APIs, partnering with engineering teams to enhance software reliability across high-scale microservices. Candidates with equivalent practical experience gained through real-world software delivery are welcome and encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities

Automated Test Strategy & Framework Delivery

• Build, execute, and scale robust automated test suites targeting web applications, microservices, and backend APIs
• Partner with development teams to analyze system requirements and implement high-efficiency integration tests
• Maintain automated testing frameworks to help ensure high reliability and repeatable execution across modern browsers and distributed service layers

Platform Quality & Pipeline Automation

• Integrate automated regression and functional tests directly into continuous integration and delivery pipelines to facilitate reliable releases
• Analyze and diagnose test execution failures and system defects, working closely with software engineers to reach rapid root-cause resolution
• Assist in benchmarking quality metrics for real-time video streaming pipelines and assistive AI capabilities

Performance Validation & Test Engineering Health

• Assist with the execution and initial analysis of performance, load, and stress tests on distributed systems
• Champion clean test code practices and participate actively in peer code reviews across distributed engineering hubs
• Oversee test suite health, reducing test flakiness and refining execution runtimes

Basic Requirements

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a STEM discipline
• Solid professional software test automation experience focusing on web applications and APIs
• Legal authorization to work in the United Kingdom

Technical Expertise

• Modern Programming Languages to build structured, maintainable test code using JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python
• API Test Automation to validate RESTful web services, data schemas, and real-time messaging protocols
• UI & Browser Automation to design and execute end-to-end user workflow test suites
• CI/CD Integration to incorporate test automation into modern delivery pipelines
• Actively adopting AI assisted test development practices

Professional Experience

• Root-Cause Analysis to investigate complex defect patterns, isolate system bottlenecks, and identify sustainable software fixes
• Distributed Team Collaboration to work across functional and geographic boundaries, fostering an inclusive and supportive engineering environment
• Technical Adaptability to explore evolving software components and adapt quickly to emerging architectural designs

Preferred Qualifications (Optional)

• Hands-on experience with modern automation frameworks such as Playwright or Cypress
• Experience with performance, load, or soak testing methodologies
• Practical experience with Jenkins or similar pipeline orchestration tools
• Exposure to real-time video platforms, streaming technologies, or media solutions
• Exposure to hardware or device automation workflows
• Understanding of application state patterns (Pinia, Vuex, Redux) and reactive programming concepts

In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you’ll get:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes
• Two weeks of additional pay per year (holiday bonus)
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays  
• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Flexible working options
• Life assurance  
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Career development support and wide-ranging learning opportunities
• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc
• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals
• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days
• Well-known companies discount scheme

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Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Company

Motorola Solutions UK Limited

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.