Staff Engineer, Software Test

Description

The role sits in the clinical next-generation sequencing software team and covers software used in Ion Torrent semiconductor DNA sequencing product lines.

The company supports scientists and labs in life sciences research, analytical work, and patient diagnostics.

The work is on a standard Monday to Friday schedule in a laboratory setting.

Responsibilities

• Set the testing scope for each release of the web application and the embedded instrument control software.
• Help write epics and user stories in JIRA, gathering requirements from product management, system engineering, molecular biology, and global support teams.
• Analyse business rules thoroughly, then write test plans covering objectives, phases, scenarios, and test environments, and estimate testing effort.
• Plan, deploy, and manage sanity, regression, system, integration, and installation testing for the embedded instrument control software and web application across development and verification.
• Write and review test cases, test strategy, test data, reports, and traceability matrices, confirming design compliance and test coverage.
• Produce and maintain test summary reports, bug reports, the traceability matrix, and risk analysis.
• Drive quality improvements in the product.
• Take part in requirements reviews, risk analysis, test planning, defect investigation, and verification for research-use-only and diagnostic products, including system-level and integration testing across instrument software, backend services, web apps, databases, and connected workflows.

Requirements

• A master's or bachelor's degree in computer engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• A bachelor's degree with 8+ years of software testing experience, or a master's degree with 6+ years of software testing experience.
• A solid grasp of the software development and software testing life cycles.
• A good understanding of testing methods, including regression, sanity, performance, and feature verification testing, and of software testing best practices.
• Experience writing test plans and test cases and simulating test data for verifying medical devices.
• Experience taking new products from product realization through to launch.
• Prior experience with Agile software development.
• Experience using HP ALM and Jira.
• Strong expertise in Linux or Unix.
• Previous experience testing embedded instrument control software.
• Self-motivated, with strong problem-solving, organisational, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A drive to deliver quality work on time, acting ethically and professionally.

Conditions

Division: Clinical Next-Generation Sequencing.

Standard Monday to Friday schedule in a laboratory setting.

The estimated salary range for this role in California is $125,000.00 to $187,550.00.

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Eligibility for a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual results, per company policy.
• A choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs.
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.
• At least 120 hours of paid time off, 10 paid holidays a year, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability, per company policy.
• Retirement and savings programs, including a competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan.
• An Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) that lets eligible colleagues buy company stock at a discount.