Senior Software Quality Engineer

Minitab • State College, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Software Quality Engineer at Minitab, you will lead testing for complex, high-risk work and help teams identify issues early. You will strengthen testing practices, support release readiness, and use customer insights and product health signals to guide improvements. Minitab's smart manufacturing platform helps global manufacturers improve efficiency and quality, reduce waste, and make data-driven decisions through enterprise data, advanced analytics, and experimental design.

This role is onsite at Minitab's State College, Pennsylvania headquarters. Candidates must live within commuting distance; remote work is not available. The position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, and applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship. The application remains open until filled.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in software quality engineering, testing, or software development with a strong focus on quality.
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or equivalent practical experience.
• Technological proficiency and strong data literacy.
• Proven ability to lead complex testing initiatives and establish best practices.
• Expertise in designing and executing holistic test strategies, including exploratory and automated approaches.
• Ability to speak, read, write, and comprehend English.
• Effective communication adapted to different audiences.
• Ability to learn through experimentation and use successes and failures to build understanding.
• Ability to collaborate to meet shared objectives and make sound, timely decisions.
• Ability to use feedback and reflection to understand personal strengths and weaknesses, and to approach opportunities and challenges with urgency, energy, and enthusiasm.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employment sponsorship now or in the future.
• Within commuting distance of State College, PA, to work onsite.

Responsibilities

• Engage early in requirements and development to improve clarity, identify risks, and champion testability.
• Lead holistic test strategies across multiple components or integrations, including testing that requires broad system understanding and cross-functional coordination.
• Use exploratory and scenario-based testing, customer feedback, and product usage data to identify coverage gaps and evaluate real-world usage.
• Guide risk-based decisions and help prioritize bug fixes and maintenance work.
• Improve test reliability and reduce maintenance overhead.
• Identify where automation adds value, reduce manual effort, and address outdated or flaky tests that cause continuous integration delays.
• Coordinate release readiness across teams, lead risk assessments, and ensure high-risk areas receive additional scrutiny.
• Analyze quality signals from requirements through post-release, including logs, dashboards, and observability platforms, to identify anomalies, regressions, and patterns of user friction.
• Partner with developers to investigate root causes and define monitoring alerts to catch future regressions.
• Identify usage data needed for new features or changes and advocate for telemetry early enough to support testing and reporting before production.
• Coach others on test design and coverage, facilitate cross-functional planning, and support debriefs and retrospectives as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost for full-time employees from date of hire; affordable family coverage and a low co-pay pharmacy benefit.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage fully paid by Minitab.
• Employee Assistance Program offering personal guidance and information on work-life matters.
• Group term life insurance at no cost for full-time employees, equal to three times base salary; voluntary life insurance is available for employees and eligible dependents at affordable rates.
• 401(k) retirement plan with immediate eligible employee contributions, dollar-for-dollar employer match up to the first 6% of employee contributions, and immediate vesting in the Minitab, LLC plan.
• Paid holidays and four weeks of annual paid time off, increasing by one week every five years.
• Tuition and related-expense assistance for higher education and professional development.
• Medical and dependent-care reimbursement accounts with pre-tax deductions, and pre-tax parking and transit deductions.
• Onsite headquarters amenities include a gym, indoor swimming pool, yoga studio, movie theater, outdoor sand volleyball court, game room, arcade room, and golf simulator; personal training and nutrition counseling are available upon request.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior