Software Quality Engineer

Agilent Technologies•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

Agilent inspires and supports discoveries that advance the quality of life. We provide life science, diagnostic and applied market laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications, and expertise. Agilent enables customers to gain the answers and insights they seek -- so they can do what they do best: improve the world around us. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com. Agilent's Software & Informatics Division represents one of the fastest growing businesses within the company. Our OpenLab Suite of products is an essential ingredient in Agilent's continued business success in the marketplace. You will be part of our Software Engineering organization developing Workstation and enterprise Client-Server software. We hold the world's leading position in global laboratory informatics as measured by our valued base of customers. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is a self-starter, innovative and passionate about delivering world-class software and likes to work in a fast-paced environment. As such, the successful candidate will be involved in a new generation product incorporating new technology to provide value to the customer. The responsibilities of this position include: Designing, developing and maintaining manual and automated tests test cases using test tools and frameworks Executing test cases and analyze and report test results to product teams Participating in product functional reviews, test specifications, documentation review Collaborating with peer engineers and architects to solve complex problems spanning their respective areas to deliver end to-end quality in our technology and customer experience Participating actively in functional, system and regression testing activities Working closely with the development team to analyze, debug and resolve any issues Design and develop test plans; test cases based upon functional and design specifications Familiarity with software development life cycles and agile programming methodologies

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent
Strong working knowledge in automated testing framework and associated scripting languages
1+ years of experience developing automated test software
Experience developing test designs and test cases for verification and validation of product functionality through manual and automated E2E tests
Experience in developing test cases using test tools such as xUnit/nUnit/Selenium/Protractor and Specflow
Experience in testing or development using C#/.NET, Javascript, SaaS and REST API
Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills
Demonstrates clear, concise, and precise verbal and written communication
Experience implementing and testing On Prem and Cloud infrastructure solutions for one or more leading cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)

Nice To Haves

Experience in automated testing on Windows Operating system using PowerShell
Experience with DevOps, agile build processes and continues integration processes and tools – Jenkins, Nexus, VMWare vSphere
Experience with Performance measurement tools such as JMeter
Knowledge of Chromatography or other analytical instrumentation
Experience in developing software for Regulatory Compliant environments such as 21CFR Part 11
Experience working with geographically dispersed teams

Responsibilities

Designing, developing and maintaining manual and automated tests test cases using test tools and frameworks
Executing test cases and analyze and report test results to product teams
Participating in product functional reviews, test specifications, documentation review
Collaborating with peer engineers and architects to solve complex problems spanning their respective areas to deliver end to-end quality in our technology and customer experience
Participating actively in functional, system and regression testing activities
Working closely with the development team to analyze, debug and resolve any issues
Design and develop test plans; test cases based upon functional and design specifications
Familiarity with software development life cycles and agile programming methodologies