Senior QA 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. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Join a collaborative software development team where your innovation and dedication to quality will directly contribute to life-saving cloud-based applications in the security and safety space. It's an opportunity to work with modern technologies and tools in a dynamic environment.
You will work closely with a team rewriting an application for a public cloud environment (AWS) and maintaining a suite of applications running on a private cloud. In our team, quality is a shared responsibility, and your primary focus will be to facilitate and empower developers to uphold high standards of software quality.

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled and proactive QA (Quality Assurance) Engineer to join our software development team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of our developers as they deliver high-quality software solutions. You will work closely with a team rewriting an application for a public cloud environment (AWS) and maintaining a suite of applications running on a private cloud. In our team, quality is a shared responsibility, and your primary focus will be to facilitate and empower developers to uphold high standards of software quality.

Basic Requirements

Required:

• Proven experience as a QA Engineer in a software development environment.

• Strong understanding of testing best practices, tools, and methodologies.

• Proficiency in API testing using tools such as Postman and cURL.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively within a team.

• Strong communication skills to effectively interact with developers and other stakeholders.

• Experience with automated testing frameworks and tools (preferred Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit and Mockito).

• Knowledge of performance testing and security testing practices.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and processes.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of cloud environments with practical experience with AWS, private cloud and deep familiarity with Docker, K8s and serverless architectures.

• Hands-on experience with Java and JavaScript-based applications, including frameworks like Vue and Angular.

• Exposure to modern DevOps practices, infrastructure-as-code concepts, observability and monitoring tools.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like GitHub Actions and BitBucket Pipelines.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes

• 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

• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Company

Motorola Solutions Portugal, Lda

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.