QA Engineer (New Delivery Projects)

Introduction

Saab UK is part of Scandinavia’s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.

What you will be part of

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe.

Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems.

Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations

Purpose of the Role

The QA Engineer is responsible for supporting the planning, design and execution of testing activities across software solutions, ensuring that features, configurations and integrations meet quality standards before deployment to customer environments.

The role works closely with development and test teams to ensure solutions are thoroughly tested, fit for purpose and ready for operational use within mission-critical environments.

This role will be supporting new customer implementations and new product delivery projects.

Early Lifecycle Involvement

• Engage from the requirements stage onwards to understand scope, expected behaviours and testability
• Contribute to defining test scenarios based on requirements and agreed designs

Test Environment Support

• Support the definition and setup of test environments required for project delivery
• Ensure environments are suitable for planned test activities

Test Design & Execution

• Create and maintain test scripts at both:
  • Project level (based on requirements and agreed designs)
  • Sprint and feature level during development
• Execute testing throughout the development lifecycle, including sprint testing

Regression Testing

• Create and maintain regression test suites
• Execute regression testing regularly throughout the development phase to ensure system stability

Formal Test Phases

• Prepare and execute test suites for formal test phases, including FAT, SIT, SAT, UAT and BCDR
• Reuse and adapt existing test packs where appropriate and create additional tests where required

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.