About this role
About the Role The Avigilon Alta Video team powers mission-critical infrastructure for our VMS. We are evolving our platform for deep-tier interconnection across the Motorola portfolio and are seeking a Senior Mobile Automation Engineer to design and scale robust mobile automation across UI, API, and backend systems in a hybrid Edinburgh-based role. What You'll Do
- Mission-Critical Quality Assurance: Directly contribute to public safety and enterprise security by assuring the quality of cutting-edge solutions.
- Evolve AI Quality Strategy: Support the shift from traditional QA to continuous quality benchmarks for AI and real-time systems.
- Architect Modern Test Frameworks: Design and scale sophisticated automated testing frameworks using TypeScript/Playwright across UI, API, and backend systems.
- Specialized Mobile Automation: Architect and scale robust mobile test automation frameworks from scratch, optimizing them for high-speed parallel execution across varied OS versions and device types. What We're Looking For
- Champion a culture of quality and act as a collaborative mentor across the engineering team.
- Expert-level proficiency in modern programming languages, with architectural insight to design and uphold rigorous engineering standards.
- Deep mastery of Appium, XCUITest, or Espresso; experience managing emulators/simulators; debugging mobile-specific issues (via Charles Proxy, Android Studio, or Xcode logs); and basic integration with mobile device farms (e.g., BrowserStack, Sauce Labs).
- Proven ability to architect, develop, and scale sophisticated automated testing frameworks for cross-stack (UI, API, backend, Mobile) validation and maintainability.
- Expertise in building, securing, and refining CI/CD infrastructure to fully automate the software lifecycle and drive high-velocity release cycles.
- Advanced diagnostic capabilities for deconstructing complex system failures and implementing systemic preventative measures. Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience with TypeScript /Playwright.
- Senior-level experience managing Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or complex orchestration and scheduling ecosystems.
- Specialized knowledge of video engineering, low-latency streaming, or digital media delivery pipelines.
- A background in hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) automation or firmware testing. Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary and bonus schemes
- Two weeks of additional pay per year (holiday bonus)
- 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.)
- Carbon neutral initiatives/goals
- Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days
- Well-known companies discount scheme