Bedrijfsomschrijving
At Lely, we believe in achieving a sustainable, profitable and agreeable future for dairy farmers by combining robotisation, engineering and farming expertise.
It all started with a dream cherished by two brothers in Maassluis 75 years ago, and ever since, we have worked to become innovative market leaders in automated systems for dairy farmers across the globe. With a team of 2,500 professional specialists, we work constantly to bring about revolutionary solutions for the agro industry. We are based at our Maassluis Campus, a building which features the highest sustainability performance possible, not just in the Netherlands, but on a global scale. Our overall objective: making dairy farming interesting, also for the coming generations.
Vacatureomschrijving
At Lely, we work every day on innovative robotic solutions for the dairy industry. Our mission is to automate agricultural processes so that farmers can focus on what they do best: caring for their cows. To support this mission, reliable and high-quality software is essential. That’s why we are looking for a Test Automation Engineer with a passion for quality and an eye for detail to strengthen our Digital Platform.
In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain automated test suites. You will identify test scenarios suitable for automation and work closely with developers to improve the testability of the system. You thoroughly analyze test results and share your findings with the team to drive continuous improvement. Additionally, you will perform manual exploratory testing to uncover edge cases. You will actively contribute to enhancing our testing processes and infrastructure.
What are your key responsibilities?
- Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scenarios for the Digital platform.
- Collaborate with development teams to improve testability and software quality.
- Perform manual (exploratory) testing, particularly focusing on edge cases.
- Report and analyze test results, providing well-founded advice to the team.
- Continuously optimize our testing processes and CI/CD pipeline.
Functie-eisen
You are a dedicated testing professional with experience in both test automation and manual testing. You enjoy technical challenges and know how to improve testing processes within an Agile/Scrum working environment.
In addition, you bring the following qualifications:
- Higher professional or academic level (HBO/WO) with a background in software or engineering.
- Experience with test tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Cucumber, Playwright, XUnit, and Testcontainers.
- Programming skills in, for example, Python, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or C#.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, version control (Git), API testing (Postman, REST Assured), and SQL.
- Experience with testing methodologies such as risk-based testing and ISTQB.
Aanvullende informatie
Working at Lely means contributing to sustainable progress within one of the most innovative organizations in the Netherlands. You contribute to making the agricultural sector future-proof - and we make sure that you get all the space, resources and support you need to do so.
- An international working environment with opportunities for own initiative and entrepreneurship.
- Excellent working conditions, including up to 8 weeks of vacation per year and a good pension scheme.
- A salary within the scale of €4800 - €6800 gross per month, in which we like to see opportunities for growth from your starting salary towards the future
- Good growth opportunities: you are in control of your development and can choose from various training courses through our Lely Academy - from personal development to job-specific training.
- Our modern Lely Campus offers daily access to extensive sports facilities: an indoor gym, outdoor padel courts, an outdoor basketball and volleyball court, table tennis and table soccer. You can join Hyrox workouts or sign up for personal training - and challenge your colleagues during an active break.
- Enjoy fresh coffee and tea from our own barista, with milk straight from our farm, as well as a healthy and affordable company restaurant.
- A healthy work-life balance thanks to our hybrid work policy: you work at least three days a week on Campus, with flexible working hours and plenty of room to spend extra time on site (between 06:00 and 20:00).
- A free shuttle bus will take you to and from the metro in Maassluis, so your workday starts and ends smoothly.
- Successes need to be celebrated: from anniversaries to Christmas parties - at Lely we know how to do it!
We are also proud that our efforts and vision have been rewarded by winning the Rotterdam Entrepreneur Award 2025!
Recruitment & selection agency, consultancy, and/or secondment agency?
We appreciate the interest, but we are looking for all our candidates directly. We understand that you, as an intermediary, want to present candidates for our great positions and thus contribute to our ambitions, but this is not how we have set up our recruitment. This means that all unsolicited profiles offered on Lely vacancies will be treated as direct applications.
