Engineer III, Software Test

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When you join us at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll be part of an inquisitive team that shares your passion for exploration and discovery. With revenues of $20 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.

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Bangalore, India - CMD

How will you make an impact?

An experienced, dynamic and self-motivated individual is required to test pioneering mass spectrometry software products. Successful candidate will be a motivated self-starter with strong leadership, organizational skills.

• Participate in all phases of the product development from product definition to final release
• Responsible for coordinating 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.
• Author project documents and status reports
• 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 tracking
• Contribute to the delivery of the CMD software projects on-time and within budget.
• Other miscellaneous duties as assigned

• BS in Computer Science, MS in Chemistry/Bioinformatics or equivalent

• Minimum of 6+ years of laboratory experience using Thermo or competitor software or equivalent experience testing scientific software or experience with Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry applications.

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

• Preferred::
  • Familiarity with Quality System Regulation and FDA expectations for software and hardware validation is a plus
• 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
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry or related sciences