Overview

As a Senior Software Test Engineer, you are responsible for unit and integration testing of System Software. This important technical role will have a direct influence on software and system product quality, safety, design, and reliability for production builds of software released to the market.

This individual will work closely with software development engineers to define test strategies, write and execute test cases, and build automated test routines. Work will include the evolution of the automated test infrastructure. The Senior Software Test Engineer will actively participate in the software development lifecycle through review of requirements, risk management and maintaining traceability in an agile software development environment.

The Senior Software Test Engineer is part of the agile sprint team for their assigned software code base(s) and interfaces with software developers, engineers and other team members regarding Software Test and quality to ensure compliance to external standards

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated unit and integration tests for testing System Software using Python, C++ and Google Test etc.
• Design and implement our automated test infrastructure
• Help to structure new software and refactor existing software for testability
• Review software requirements and software design specifications
• Perform code reviews
• Must have a deep knowledge of embedded software testing (Black-box, White box), performance, stress and load testing, as required by the project
• Defect Tracking and Control using Jira or similar defect tracking tool

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or similar field) or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience. '
• 5+ years hands on experience in software quality assurance associated with real time embedded software systems in regulated industry
• Experience developing software unit tests for complex software modules from requirements and design documents
• Experience developing test utilizing Python, C++, Google Test, JavaScript 
• Ability to do peer-reviews of software requirements and design documents
• Ability to perform reviews of manual and automated test scripts
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative agile team environment Strong written, presentation and general communication skills 
• Proven record developing and executing software test protocols for complex medical devices
• Ability to multitask effectively across multiple projects when required
• Familiarity with IEC 62304, ISO 14971, FDA regulations and international standards a plus

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for more than 60 years. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.  

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

 Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.