Lead SDET (Software Engineering Manager, Test Automation Lead)
About The Position
Roche / GenMark Diagnostics’ mission is to revolutionize patient care by providing high-value, simple-to-perform, and clinically relevant multiplex molecular diagnostics. Roche/Genmark Diagnostics is seeking a Software Engineering Manager, Test Automation Lead to join our team. In this role, the Software Manager will architect the next generation of our automated verification strategy. In this pivotal leadership role, you will define the vision for automated verification, steering both technical strategy and team development to enhance laboratory efficiency and patient outcomes through rapid, sample-to-answer solutions. This is a high-impact "Player-Coach" role where you will balance hands-on framework development with the leadership of a dedicated team of Software Quality Engineers. You will lead the technical evolution of our testing capabilities for FDA-regulated diagnostic instruments. Your mandate is to champion a culture of automation—architecting robust C#/.NET test harnesses, integrating them into modern CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring the team to ensure high-velocity, high-quality releases.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 8+ years of software engineering or SDET experience
- Demonstrated coding experience
- 3+ years of leadership experience in a team lead/manager role.
- Experience supervising a team of Software Quality Engineers.
- Mastery of C#/.NET: Demonstrated ability to write production-grade, scalable code leveraging modern .NET features (async/await, RESTful APIs, and Moq/dependency injection).
- Framework Architect: Demonstrated experience building robust automation frameworks from the ground up, utilizing Playwright, Appium, and NUnit/xUnit to drive comprehensive end-to-end testing.
- Engineering Methodology: Demonstrated ability to embed quality early by implementing TDD or BDD (SpecFlow) practices that bridge the gap between development and QA.
- CI/CD Expertise: Demonstrated experience optimizing the delivery by configuring and maintaining build pipelines in Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated experience transforming a manual testing team into an automation-first team is highly preferred.
- Hardware Integration: Demonstrated experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) testing or sensor-driven validation is highly preferred.
- Experience working in an FDA-regulated environment
- Strong communication skills including the ability to communicate with all levels within the organization
- Strong problem-solving, judgment and decision-making skills; ability to think and work both tactically and strategically to meet financial and operational needs for GenMark’s business
- Strong time management and organizational skills in a dynamic, continually changing environment; ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries, customer inquiries or complaints as well as communicate effectively both orally and in writing with management, peers and individuals.
Responsibilities
- Act as the technical anchor for the SW Quality team.
- Mentor Quality Engineers on coding best practices, automation scripting, and source control management.
- Foster a collaborative environment where manual testing expertise is complemented by growing technical skills.
- Lead code reviews for test scripts to ensure they meet production-quality standards.
- Balance hands-on coding (the "Player") with team leadership (the "Coach").
- Align team activities with the software roadmap, ensuring that verification activities happen in parallel with development rather than lagging behind.
- Lead initiatives to streamline testing processes and accelerate delivery cycles.
- Strategically prioritize high-impact, quick-win automation to deliver immediate value, free up team bandwidth, and establish fast, reliable feedback loops.
- Design and build scalable, maintainable test frameworks (C#, Playwright, Appium) to unify UI and backend testing logic using advanced object-oriented practices.
- Architect strategies for complex Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) testing, ensuring seamless software interactions with diagnostic instruments and sensors.
- Partner with DevOps to embed automated suites into Azure pipelines.
- Drive "shift-left" security by automating SAST/DAST analysis to meet modern FDA cybersecurity guidelines.
- Own the tech stack.
- Evaluate and modernize tools for performance and security profiling, actively deprecating legacy debt to ensure comprehensive, future-proof test coverage.
- Partner with Regulatory Affairs to validate testing tools, ensuring rigorous compliance with industry standards.
- Update Master V&V Plans to automate evidence generation, streamlining compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 820 and ISO 13485.
- Track key metrics (e.g., Defect Density, Automation Coverage) to provide actionable insights and drive continuous quality improvement.
- Champion safety-critical workflows by embedding software hazard analysis (FMEA) directly into the automation strategy.
Benefits
- A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
- Benefits detailed at the link provided below.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
