Engineer III, Software Test

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and ground-breaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you’ll help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement tackle cases through forensics. We empower our teams to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

EDUCATION

BS in Computer Science; MS in Chemistry/Bioinformatics; Ph.D. in Chemistry or related sciences is desired

EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of laboratory experience using Thermo or competitor software testing scientific software or experience with Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry applications
• Hands on experience handling LC-MS and/or GC-MS
• Technical\scientific knowledge in Life Sciences using Mass Spectrometry or similar analytical techniques
• A detailed understanding of qualitative and quantitative analytical chemistry
• Understanding and ability to apply statistical mathematics
• Knowledge of Quantitation workflows
• Familiarity with entire SDLC process, in particular in an Agile environment
• Experience and knowledge of software test methodologies
• Experience in Requirement Analysis, Test Design, Test Execution, and Defect Tracking
• Experience using test management tools and defect tracking systems
• Motivated, self driven, and autonomous work proficiency
• Decision making for quality results
• Provide technical direction and feedback
• Ability to work in a team
• Demonstrate Thermo Fisher Scientific values – Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement

Preferred:

• Familiarity with Quality System Regulation and FDA expectations for software and hardware validation

Desired:

• Certifications in software testing, such as ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board)
• Extensive experience with automation testing and tools
• Ability to write automation scripts
• Project Management experience

• Participate in all phases of the product development from product definition to final release
• Lead and coordinate the efforts of a team of product evaluation test engineers and scientists
• Work closely with global scrum teams (in Germany, India, Slovakia, US) to develop testing materials that ensure software products meet the specifications
• Conduct testing of Enterprise software applications in Agile software development methodology
• Build and follow Test Plans, and Test Cases, establish pass/fail test criteria, document issues, and perform final verification of defect resolutions.
• Participate in the design, development, and implementation of new software products as well as the maintenance and improvement of existing software.
• Communicate project status and issues to other functional teams, collaborators and management
• Facilitate in the removal of roadblocks as they arise to ensure product evaluation team efficiency Responsible for testing software products and its documentation
• Evaluation and Acceptance of Requirements as Complete
• Author project documents and status reports
• Participate in project planning and progress trackin