Test Automation Engineer

We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.\n\nDESCRIPTION:\nJoin our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll help develop and test software for scientific instruments and laboratory solutions. As a Software Test Engineer III, you'll ensure the quality and reliability of our software products through comprehensive testing strategies. Working in an adaptable environment, you'll collaborate with teams to validate software for mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, and other analytical instruments that help make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.\n\nYou'll participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis through final release.

Your role includes designing and executing test plans, automating test procedures, documenting defects, and verifying resolutions. You'll work closely with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure our software meets the highest quality standards while supporting continuous improvement in our testing processes.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\nDesign, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable automated test frameworks across UI, API, and performance layers.\n\nBuild and execute API, UI, and performance tests using automation frameworks like Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Rest Assured, or JMeter.\n\nApply BDD (e.g., Cucumber) or TDD approaches with maintainable and reusable test design pattern\n\nIntegrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring fast and reliable feedback\n\nImprove test reliability by reducing flakiness and optimizing execution time\n\nEnable parallel test execution and environment scalability\n\nEnsure end-to-end test coverage by creating and maintaining comprehensive test cases, test plans, and test scripts.\n\nPerform exploratory and risk-based testing to uncover complex defects and conduct root cause analysis and deep debugging of failures and defects\n\nAnalyze logs, data, and system behavior to identify hidden quality risks\n\nValidate end-to-end workflows and complex integrations\n\nIdentify, document, and track defects using JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.\n\nWrite clean, maintainable, and scalable automation code following engineering best practices\n\nPerform database validation using SQL/NoSQL\n\nAbility to collaborate effectively with onsite teams and stakeholders across time zones\n\nStrong communication skills for regular interaction with the on-site manager and local team\n\nParticipate in overlapping working hours to support real-time collaboration with the onsite team\n\nEnsure strong ownership and accountability while working independently in an offshore setup\n\nRequired Qualifications:\nEducation: Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.\n\nExperience 6+ years of experience in software testing, test automation, and QA processes.\n\nProficiency in programming languages such as Java, Typescript, JavaScript, or C#\n\nHands-on experience with automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, Appium)\n\nExperience with API testing (REST Assured, Postman, etc.)\n\nStrong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills\n\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines and modern development practices\n\nProficiency in database testing using SQL queries.\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)\n\nExposure to performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling)\n\nExperience integrating security testing into CI/CD pipelines\n\n]]>