Test Engineer - Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - HEO

Location

Bristol, Swansea, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Oldham (Chadderton), Birmingham (Garretts Green) or Uxbridge.

This role is being advertised in Uxbridge, however the contractual base will be Yeading. While estates work is being carried out in Yeading all posts are being temporarily based at Uxbridge.

Successful applicants will start with us at our Uxbridge location. However, everyone will be required to work from Yeading when it reopens in 2028.

You will receive the London Weighting allowance of £4,000 while based at Uxbridge and this will continue when we move to Yeading.

About the job

Job summary

The central responsibility of this role is to deliver effective and reliable testing across DVSA digital services, supporting the delivery of high-quality, user-focused outcomes within Agile teams. 

Working within a delivery-focused Agile environment, and in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to the design and implementation of testing processes for a range of DVSA digital services. You will be responsible for delivering structured, cost-effective test activities to support the successful delivery of major initiatives. 

You will apply established testing methodologies, primarily testing techniques, to ensure services meet defined business needs and operate in accordance with government and industry quality standards. You will work closely with development teams to identify and capture test cases, support test environment readiness, and design and execute test plans across DVSA digital projects and products. 

You will share knowledge with colleagues and support continuous improvement of testing practices within your team. While collaborating with others who may develop automated solutions, this role focuses on test design, execution and quality assurance rather than software development or coding. 

You will help ensure that DVSA-developed digital services function as intended, meet user and business requirements, and provide confidence in delivery decisions through clear reporting of test outcomes and risks. 

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Job description

Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to: 

1. Execute functional, integration, system and revalidation testing activities, ensuring testing remains relevant to business needs and product risk.
2. Work effectively within fast-paced digital delivery environments, maintaining focus on quality, risk and user outcomes.
3. Support testing by leveraging testing tools to execute test scenarios, review results, and gain insights, collaborating with colleagues responsible for building the frameworks
4. Identify opportunities for continuous improvement within team-level testing practices and contribute to corporate testing standards and best practice guidance.
5. Review test results and adapt testing activities where necessary to maintain quality and coverage.

For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process. 

Person specification

Required experience: 

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience: 

1. Understanding and experience of testing within a software delivery team.
2. Knowledge of defect management and test management tools, and familiarity with version control systems such as Git to support collaboration within Agile teams
3. Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interpret requirements and identify appropriate test conditions and scenarios.
4. Familiarity with test tools and frameworks and the ability to apply them to design effective test scenarios and maximise the value of testing activities