Tait Communications

Junior Test Analyst

Tait Communications  •  New Zealand (Onsite)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

Junior Test Analyst – Systems & Solutions Validation

We Go Beyond for a Safer World

At Tait, we design, deliver, and support critical communications solutions that help keep people and communities safe. Our work is guided by our values of commitment to listen, courage to act, and integrity to deliver. These values underpin how we work with our customers, partners, and each other, and how we contribute to safe and resilient communities worldwide.

Te Tūranga – The Role

The Junior Test Analyst (Systems & Solutions Validation) is an entry-level role supporting the validation of Tait's systems and solutions for our critical communications customers.

In this role, you will rapidly build knowledge of Tait systems and industry-standard communication protocols, apply critical and technical thinking to improve solution quality, and contribute to end-to-end testing across a complex ecosystem of hardware devices, embedded software, web applications, and microservices

You will also support the growth of automated test coverage and the development of end-to-end test frameworks while advocating customer experience and quality excellence.

This role is suitable for newly Graduate students who want to start their technical Quality Assurance career in a high performing Team and with a global organization in growth phase

Ngā mahi – Key Responsibilities

Timely and effective delivery of testing requirements, including:

  • Analysing and modelling requirements
  • Reviewing development documentation and contributing to acceptance criteria
  • Creating test charters and end-to-end test scenarios
  • Specifying and executing integration test plans, including partner products
  • Identifying, reporting, and escalating risks and defects
  • Analysing and documenting test results
  • Contributing to test automation design and CI/CD pipeline maintenance

Professional development and continuous learning:

  • Working with your manager to plan development activities
  • Engaging in coaching and mentoring from senior testers
  • Applying learning on the job to build technical and testing capability

Ō pūkenga – About You

You are eager to learn, detail-focused, and interested in building a career in systems and solutions testing. You enjoy working collaboratively, are open to feedback, and take pride in delivering quality outcomes.

You will bring:

  • A tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Electronics, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
  • Competency in an object-oriented programming language (Python preferred)
  • Experience as a Junior Test Analyst, Junior Technician, or relevant internship experience
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Clear communication skills and a customer-focused mindset

Preferred experience:

  • Working with Linux-based systems
  • Exposure to CI/CD toolchains such as GitLab or Azure DevOps

Ngā paingaWhat's in it for You

  • A supported entry point into a global technology organisation
  • Structured learning, coaching, and career development
  • Hands-on experience with mission-critical systems
  • A collaborative, inclusive, and values-driven workplace
  • The opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to community safety

At Tait, we are committed to making a difference for families and communities and supporting people to build rewarding careers. If our purpose and values resonate with you, we encourage you to apply. Applications close Monday 2nd March 2026

Tait Communications

About Tait Communications

Our clients protect communities, power cities, move citizens, harness resources and save lives all over the world. We work with them to create, support and unify the critical communication solutions they depend on to do their jobs.

Digital wireless communication forms the central nervous system of everything we do. Around this resilient, robust core we design, develop, manufacture, test, deploy, support and manage innovative communication environments for organizations that have to put their total trust in the systems and people they work with.

We’ve worked hard to develop genuine insight into our clients’ worlds, and have pursued engineering, operational and services excellence for more than 40 years. This understanding, and our belief in championing open-standards technology, means we can give our clients the best possible choice and value to achieve the human outcomes they’re driven by.

We’re not simply aligned with our clients; we’re devoted to their cause.

Tait Communications’ sole dividend receiving shareholder is a charitable trust which shares the company’s operating profits across several donation and investment streams responsible for research and development, regional reinvestment and education. This rare model means clients can rely on Tait Communications to be an independent long-term player in the critical communications industry and to continue to play its role of ‘open-standards champion’.

Industry
Telecommunications
Company Size
501-1,000 employees
Headquarters
Christchurch, NZ
Year Founded
1969
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