Why join our team?
yes!   A competitive salary

yes!   A generous
non-contributory pension (12.5%)

yes!   Health and insurance benefits

yes!   Share options

yes!   A friendly team

yes!   Flexible working hours

yes!   Joining us in Cambridge?
We have a newly-refurbished city center office, parking, cycle racks, and proper tea & coffee!
Apply nowAgents

Software Test Engineer—MI:Materials Gateway

This position is no longer available, but contact Granta if you have an interest in similar positions.

Granta Design leads the materials information technology market, experiencing year-on-year growth over the past 10 years with a unique product and great reputation. NASA, Rolls Royce, Intel and many other industry leaders world-wide are using our software to go higher, lighter and greener.

We are searching for a talented Software Test Engineer to maintain and improve the quality of our innovative GRANTA MI:Materials Gateway platform, which links GRANTA MI, the leading system for materials information management, to the Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems used by hundreds of thousands of designers and analysts worldwide.

What you’ll be doing:

You will become part of our growing, highly motivated QA team, supporting development of our MI:Materials Gateway product line

  • Contributing to the agile planning process for MI:Materials Gateway development
  • Driving the automation strategy for MI:Materials Gateway testing
  • Devising and executing functional tests for all components of the MI:Materials Gateway
  • Measuring the performance of MI:Materials Gateway products using a range of techniques including benchmarking and load testing

About You

We are looking for a long-term team member who will share our passion to see the company fulfil its enormous potential. Knowledge and experience in the materials domain is very welcome but not a requirement for this position.

You will definitely:

  • Have experience of testing Javascript Rich Internet applications
  • Have a good knowledge of commercial software quality practices

You will ideally:

  • Have experience of software testing in an agile environment
  • Have worked with cross-platform development technologies on Windows and LINUX, 32 and 64 bit
  • Have cross-platform test automation experience
  • Be familiar with XML technologies, including WSDL, XSD, SOAP
  • Have experience of one or more CAD / CAE / PLM applications
  • Have an honours degree from a recognised university (or overseas equivalent)

You should also:

  • Be self-motivated, detail-oriented and a team-worker
  • Be able to demonstrate problem-solving skills
  • Be able to communicate technically complex concepts clearly, both verbally and in writing

Granta Design is successful, focused, trusted, intelligent, and a great place to work.  Come and join us.


Apply Now »

Everything you need to know about applying for a job at Granta Design. Info for candidates and recruiters.

Application Zone

Find out more »

More information on Granta and some great reasons for coming to work here.