Embedded QA Engineer

Company: Focusrite
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Location: High Wycombe
Job Description:

Location: High Wycombe / Hybrid

Term: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: Dependent on experience + excellent benefits

Role

Embedded QA Engineer responsible for delivering intuitive and scalable testing solutions that support the development of audio interfaces, synthesizers and controllers. Working within a project team, will take ownership of QA activities combining manual and automated testing, including designing test strategy and writing test scripts. Projects are typically managed with a combination of stage‑gated and agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Design test strategy and write both manual and automated test cases.
  • Execute QA activities within the team and support hardware, embedded software and device drivers testing.
  • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve testing practices and keep up to date with technology trends.

Qualifications

  • Familiar with test approaches for hardware, embedded software, and device drivers.
  • Experience creating test plans, test strategies and writing test cases.
  • Python coding experience.
  • An understanding of automation best practice and architectural principles.
  • Excellent design, debugging and problem‑solving abilities.
  • The ability to clearly articulate problems and solutions for both technical and non‑technical audiences.
  • A commitment to continual personal development, as well as improvement of the wider team.

Preferred Qualifications

  • A technical or engineering based qualification.
  • Experience with testing audio products.
  • Experience writing automation frameworks for hardware and embedded software.
  • CI/CD configuration, implementation and maintenance experience (e.g. GitHub Actions, Artifactory).
  • Test‑driven development (TDD) and unit, integration, automated and system testing experience.
  • Understanding of code management systems.
  • Experience working with Agile methodologies such as Scrum.
  • Background in audio electronics and music technology.

Benefits

Flexible/hybrid working; company pension; life insurance; private healthcare; enhanced maternity and paternity pay; employee purchase scheme; group bonus scheme; company music events; offsite company parties; free lunch in the canteen; company training sessions and personal development opportunities.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and are committed to diversity and inclusion. We recognise the major impact of climate change and work towards a carbon‑neutral future.

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Posted: April 20th, 2026