What is your role?

Lely is a Dutch company that develops and builds robots for the dairy industry. Lely's goal is to fully automate daily agricultural processes, so farmers can spend time doing the things they love.

As a Test Automation Engineer, you are part of the scrum teams within Product Development, each working on one of the Lely products using the Scrum/Agile methodology.

Lely focuses on high-quality products, and high-quality software is crucial for this. Therefore, it is important to invest in writing automated tests and making them an integral part of our CI/CD pipeline. As a Test Automation Engineer, you will be involved in the following:

With the help of colleagues, test cases, and system knowledge, you check the various functionalities of the robot using various testing methodologies: risk-based testing, integration testing, and detail testing;
For the automated tests, you write test scenarios in Cucumber/Gherkin format and can automate them;
Building and maintaining the test automation pipeline and infrastructure;
You analyze the data of the results of the tests and collect feedback from and for engineers;
You give feedback about the test results to the team and provide them with substantiated advice;
You are involved in new features of the Lely products and associated software applications;

What is your experience?

You have a bachelor or master level way of thinking
You have several years of relevant work experience as a developer or test (automation) engineer in embedded software.
You have experience with both the development and the execution of tests, from the realization phase to the chain and acceptance phase.
You have experience with agile working in scrum teams.
You have experience with behavior-driven testing and test automation tools (Behave and Gherkin are no strangers to you).
You have experience with programming languages (Python, C++), with Python being preferred.
You have relevant experience using Bash, Linux, GIT, and CI/CD pipelines.
TMAP/ISTQB certification is a plus
You can communicate well both orally and in writing in English (and Dutch).

What do we offer you?

A job for a true inventor, at a company driven by innovation. You will see your ideas come to life as they leave the factory to our customer, the dairy farmer. At the end you will contribute to a sustainable way of farming.

We offer..

flexibility in terms of working times and conditions;
variety one day you will be at the workshop, another day on the farm and the next day you will work at the main office;
the space and freedom to innovate, construct new ideas and tinker in our workshop;
40 holidays per year;
the tastiest coffee you will ever drink, courtesy of our barista;
time for fun: table football, volleyball and a basketball court.

Recruitment or Consulting agency?

We appreciate your interest, but we are sourcing all our candidates directly. We understand you are trying to offer your candidates interesting jobs at an innovative company like Lely but consider that any unsolicited profiles you send us will be treated as direct applications.

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Want to know more about this vacancy?

Sara Bakker

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About Lely

Lely, founded in 1948, directs all its efforts towards creating a sustainable, profitable and enjoyable future in farming. Circling the cow, the company develops premium robotics and data systems that increase animal welfare, flexibility and the production on the dairy farm. For more than 25 years, Lely has been leading in the sale and service of automated milking systems to successive generations of dairy farmers across the globe. Every day, Lely inspires her employees to offer customers innovative solutions and be a reliable partner for long-term advice and support. With her Head office in The Netherlands and a worldwide network of dedicated Lely Center locations for tailor-made sales and support, the Lely Group is active in more than 40 countries and employs around 2300 people.