Job description 

As a Senior Quality Engineer and a member of a dynamic and multi-functional Agile development team, you will be responsible for identifying real-world, user-centric scenarios and workflows and building & executing test automation to ensure their accuracy within our scientific and healthcare suite of products. Additionally, you will be responsible for reporting, tracking, and testing issues discovered during design and development as well as coaching analysts who may possess less experience. To be successful in this role you need a real passion for quality software, a dedication to customer happiness, and an ability to work effectively in a matrix organization. You will need a positive attitude, persistence and the ability to communicate with all levels of product development organization.

Essential Functions

• Designs and executes test cases, both manual and automated, through the appropriate test management tool
• Ensure technical and domain accuracy of content through close collaboration with domain experts
• Analyze defects, perform root cause analysis, collaborate to resolve, and execute proactive measures to improve overall quality
• Provides leadership and guidance for team including setting and executing specific strategies and helping to create a culture that motivates others toward building best-in-class solutions
• Researches and utilizes industry, domain, and technology knowledge and trends to improve the overall quality of deliverables
• Review technical documentation for accuracy, completeness, and clarity
• Coaches/mentors other Quality Engineers
• All other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills needed to be successful

• Proven ability to utilize data, models, methods, and tools to identify, prioritize, implement, and measure quality improvements
• Proficient knowledge of a variety of test automation tools/frameworks
• Understanding of approaches used to identify, prioritize, and mitigate risks to reduce or eliminate potential threats to software quality
• Deep understanding of the flow of data through the system and analyze databases through RDBMS queries (SQL)
• Understanding of laboratory workflows and processes, familiarity with relevant laboratory procedures and tests
• Awareness of regulatory requirements and compliance standards (US, UK, EU)
• Excellent attention to detail and follow-up
• Ability to think creatively, identify alternatives, and generate new ideas necessary to achieve a goal
• Ability to represent software workflows, architecture, entities and relationships via different visual and/or language methods
• Ability to perform root cause analysis to identify the most important contributing factor(s) to an issue
• Mentors team members in best practices and provides technical leadership and product guidance

Required Experience & Education

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, mathematics, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant work experience
• 5-7 years’ experience with software development life cycle, software testing methodologies, and quality assurance
• 3+ years’ experience designing, coding, executing, and maintaining test automation of complex workflows using tools such as Selenium, SpecFlow, JMeter, etc.

Preferred Experience & Education

• Knowledge of scientific data software, medical devices, or healthcare software
• Knowledge of Cloud based application testing

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None