Automation Test Engineer SLIMS Platform

at  Agilent Technologies Inc

JOB DESCRIPTION

Agilent inspires and supports discoveries that advance the quality of life. We provide life science, diagnostic and applied market laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications and expertise. Agilent enables customers to gain the answers and insights they seek - so they can do what they do best: improve the world around us. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.
We are looking for an Automation Test Engineer (f/m/x) who will work with our SLIMS team in our office in Gent (BEL).
The SLIMS team is international, located in different countries and the working language is English. Good proficiency in English is therefore required.
SLIMS is a software platform that allows tracking all stages a sample follows to the final result. SLIMS captures information about the sample, requests for measurements, and follows its entire workflow through the lab, tracking manual operating procedures, automated instrument steps, and calculations until the final report.

QUALIFICATIONS

You are a self-motivated professional who demonstrates the ability to quickly grasp new technologies, products, and use cases. You are bright and intellectually curious; capable, adaptable and agile.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Test Automation, a good handle on scripting, and experience with testing tools in Java and object-oriented development as well as Project Lifecycle Management tools such as JIRA and X-Ray.

• Extensive years of experience in automation testing or development.
• Extensive automation tool expertise required: Selenium and Page Pattern; Cucumber and BDD testing.
• Hands on with IntelliJ IDE and CI/CD Tools: Jenkins.
• Experience of using GIT and working knowledge of SQL.
• Familiarity with software development life cycles and agile programming methodologies.
• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar technical degree; advanced degree a plus.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills.
• Clarity and precision in verbal and written communication in English.

Your main responsibilities are related to the SLIMS Automation project. Namely:

• Lead the Automation Team; support and develop the new Automation structure.
• Create Automation scripts for testing and maintain the traceability.
• Configure the test software/environment in which the test will be performed.
• Validate the test results and document and report the current result to management.
• Responsible for the CI/CD process, like monitoring Jenkins, ensuring the pipelines are up to date.
• Co-ordinate across teams and build a good relationship with the development team.
• If necessary, you may need to be involved in the manual testing process of SLIMS. Namely:
• Design, develop and maintain test cases in nUnit.
• Execute test cases and analyze and report test results to product teams.
• Participate actively in functional, system and regression testing activities.
• Work closely with the development team to analyze, debug and resolve any issues.