Software Test Automation Engineer
Azenta, Inc.2 days ago
Billerica, MA, USASenior
Base Salary
$94k - $117k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain reusable test automation frameworks and libraries for WPF, React, .NET, Windows services, REST APIs, and SQL Server applications.
- Select and implement tools for desktop UI, web UI, API, service, database, integration, system, performance, load, and security testing.
- Integrate automated tests into Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines for pull requests, nightly builds, and production releases.
- Develop end-to-end tests covering desktop applications, web applications, backend services, databases, and integrated automated-storage equipment.
- Validate SQL Server functionality, stored procedures, data integrity, application upgrades, and data migrations.
- Support traceability matrices, IQ/OQ/PQ protocols, validation reports, automated test reporting, and audit-ready documentation.
- Collaborate with QA, software, DevOps, systems, electrical, and mechanical engineering teams to validate integrated hardware and software workflows.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of test automation experience, including framework architecture and CI/CD integration.
- Strong C# and .NET programming skills for automated test development; Python or Java experience is beneficial.
- Experience with Playwright, Selenium, FlaUI or WinAppDriver, Postman/Newman, RestSharp, WireMock, Moq, xUnit, NUnit, and REST-assured.
- Hands-on experience testing distributed applications with Windows desktop clients, web applications, Windows services, REST APIs, and databases.
- Experience with Git, Azure DevOps, Azure DevOps Test Plans, test suites, requirements-to-test traceability, automated reporting, and defect linkage.
- Familiarity with ISO 9001, GAMP 5, and 21 CFR Part 11 regulated environments.
- Experience testing software connected to robotic, automation, instrument, or equipment-control systems.
- Preferred qualifications include Allure or ReportPortal, JMeter or LoadRunner, ISTQB or similar certification, and experience with industrial automation, robotics, laboratory automation, manufacturing systems, or equipment-control software.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with 4 days per week onsite in Billerica, Massachusetts.
- Occasional travel may be required.
- Equal opportunity employer with accommodation support for applicants with disabilities.
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About Azenta, Inc.
Azenta provides cold-chain sample management and genomic services, plus automated biostorage and cryogenic systems used in drug development, clinical research, and cell and gene therapy. It sells instrumentation and software and operates service labs and biorepositories for pharmaceutical, biotech, academic, and healthcare customers. The company is headquartered in Burlington, MA, and is publicly traded on Nasdaq under the ticker AZTA, with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia.