Description
Our client develops the industry-standard development tools used by console game programmers. They have built a great reputation for understanding and meeting the needs of games developers, delivering innovative software while offering unrivalled first-class support. Our clients customers include programmers from the world's leading games studios.About the role: A great opportunity has arisen for a Graduate Software Test Engineer!
The primary responsibility of this role is to develop tests for, and perform testing of the profiler for a leading console!
This will involve developing manual and automated tests.
Key responsibilities include: Design tests and test strategies to ensure software products meet their requirements. Perform manual testing of software products and raise bug reports. Investigate bugs in software products and make recommendations for correction. As a test framework is developed: Develop tests that can be run automatically within the test framework. Contribute to the framework's development. Write documentation for the test framework.
Produce estimates and timescales for test tasks.
Testers in our clients systems are integrated within our development teams. You may well be the only tester in the team; however within each of our teams there will be colleagues doing similar roles with whom you can learn from and share experiences with.
We are interested in hearing from graduates keen to develop a career in testing. Using your own initiative and strong problem solving skills are key requirements.
Qualifications and experience:
Computer Science related degree or similar.
Strong C++ ability gained through studies or practical application.
CPU experience: Multithreaded programming An understanding of OS components
Technical Skills:
The following skills are highly advantageous: Experience in using testing frameworks such as googletest / CUnit / CppUnit. Experience in object mocking and frameworks such as gmock. Experience in test automation. Experience in using source control systems and bug tracking software.