Staff Test Engineer (Chromatography Software)

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STAFF TEST ENGINEER - CHROMATOGRAPHY SOFTWARE

Job Description

Senior System Integration Test Engineer will be a part of the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Research Center. The incumbent will be responsible for instrument integration and application software testing of existing and newly developed products in support of Product Development groups, particularly focused on Mass Spectrometry (MS) as well as LCMS, GC, and ICMS applications.

In this role, you will apply your MS, LCMS, GCMS, and software testing experience in both implementing established test protocols and in collaborating with Development Scientists and Engineers across sites to test brand-new chromatography and mass spectrometry software products.

The successful candidate will be a motivated self-starter with strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Participate in all phases of the product development from product definition to final release.

• Work closely with multiple teams to ensure successful integration of platform and product SW packages across a variety of environments and topologies.

• Coordinate and perform end-to-end testing of Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry software solutions.

• Act as the quality gatekeeper for large scale SW programs involving multiple integrated components delivered from globally distributed development teams.

• Communicate project status and issues to other functional teams, collaborators, and management.

• Facilitate the removal of roadblocks as they arise to ensure team efficiency.

• Generate clear documentation for project documents and status reports.

• Create and implement integration, compatibility, and solution level test cases.

• Participate in project planning and progress tracking.

• Contribute to the timely delivery of the CMD software projects within budget.

Education & Experience

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

Requirements:

• Minimum of 10+ years of laboratory experience using Thermo or competitor software or equivalent experience testing scientific software or experience with Liquid Chromatography/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry applications.

• Proven technical\scientific knowledge in Life Sciences using Mass Spectrometry or similar techniques.

• Ability to test, and investigate and solve problems involving multiple component software packages across a wide variety of potential customer environments and topologies.

• A thorough understanding of qualitative and quantitative analytical chemistry.

• General principles of IT infrastructure required to test enterprise level SW products.

Personal skills:

• Excellent leadership and communication.

• Motivated, Driven, Autonomous work proficiency.

• Decision making for quality results.

• Provide technical direction and feedback.

• Ability to change perspectives when evaluating reviewing requirements.

• Ability to work in a team.

• 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.

• Demonstrated experience in using test management tools.

• Familiarity with entire software development process, particularly in an Agile environment.

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of software test methodologies.

• Experience with defect tracking systems.

Desired:

• Extensive experience with automation testing and tools.

• Ability to write automation scripts.

• Project Management experience.

• Ph.D. in Chemistry or related sciences.