more important than the title, though, it the work that's being done. automating test cases ( as dws points out ) will bring you some of the experience you'd need to work in SW Engineering.

make sure that whatever job you take, you take one that has some room for growth. i actually started my career in the tech industry as a web developer - just HTML and Photoshop. from there, i taught myself what i wanted/ needed to know ( some SysAd skills, perl, now OO programming, some C, and so on ) to move forward, and wasn't afraid to look for a new job to apply the newfound skills ( if the current employer wasn't willing to use them ).