Senior Test Engineer (AIMS)
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Job Summary
Senior Test Engineer
Drive Quality. Shape the Future. Own the Process.
Location: Leeds or Manchester (Hybrid)
Business Area: Enterprise Technology Product Engineering
At Cox Automotive Europe were transforming how our customers buy sell and manage vehicles. Our Product Engineering team builds and maintains the technology that powers Manheim Auctions a platform trusted across the UK to process hundreds of vehicle transactions every day.
Were now looking for a Senior Test Engineer who doesnt just do testing but takes full ownership of Quality someone who thrives on making things better driving QA excellence and proactively shaping how testing is done across our products and teams.
If youre passionate about automation obsessed with performance and energised by the opportunity to lead quality forward this is your role.
What Youll Do
As a Senior Test Engineer youll be the force pushing quality to new heights. You will:
- Own and drive the QA process endtoend setting the bar for quality across multiple systems.
- Develop ambitious test strategies that ensure full coverage reliability and performance.
- Lead the design and execution of highquality automated tests using modern tools and frameworks.
- Champion continuous improvement identifying opportunities to optimise automate and evolve how we test.
- Partner closely with developers product managers and engineering leaders to influence decisionmaking early and often.
- Guide and mentor junior engineers helping raise the capability and quality mindset of the entire team.
- Bring a proactive problemsolving approach to defects performance bottlenecks and risk.
You wont just be part of the QA process youll be the person who drives it forward.
What You Bring
Were looking for someone who is energetic about doing things better pushing boundaries and owning the testing craft.
Youll succeed here if you have:
Technical Strengths
- Strong knowledge of web technologies
- Handson programming experience (C# ideal)
- Experience with Playwright Cypress or similar automation tools
- API testing knowhow (Postman SoapUI RestSharp)
- Cloud experience (AWS or Azure)
- Docker familiarity
- K6 or other performance testing tools
- Experience working in Agile teams using Git workflows
Bonus Skills
- Understanding of riskbased testing
- Database knowledge
- Experience testing complex integrations
How You Work
- You communicate clearly and confidently with technical and nontechnical teams
- You naturally focus on value risk reduction and improving delivery
- You thrive in a fastmoving environment with multiple priorities
- Youre collaborative curious and comfortable taking initiative
- Youre able to work independently while still lifting the team around you
Why Join Us
This is a role where you can truly shape how quality is delivered across a major engineering function. Youll join a supportive innovative team that values autonomy experimentation and continuous learning.
If youre ready to step into a role where your ideas matter your leadership is felt and your ownership drives real impact wed love to hear from you.
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Who we are
Cox Automotive is the worlds largest automotive service organisation. We
provide dependable solutions that improve performance and profitability
throughout the vehicle lifecycle to manufacturers fleets and retailers.
Our businesses are organised around our customers core needs across vehicle
solutions mobility remarketing funding and retail.
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