Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Envista; Spain; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in Madrid

International company environment

Job summary

Envista is seeking a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer to lead quality initiatives across desktop applications with 3D components. The role combines hands-on testing with process improvement, mentoring mid-level and junior engineers, and driving risk-based test strategies within a global, hybrid environment.

You will own end-to-end quality for user stories, participate in formal verification, and help shape guidelines and best practices for the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance.
• Deep expertise in testing complex systems and risk-based test strategies.
• Experience driving process improvements and creating technical documentation or guidelines.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead other engineers through influence and example.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end quality for user stories including test design, manual testing, and automation when possible.
• Execute hands-on testing and run regression suites to verify functionality.
• Contribute to formal verification by executing test protocols and documenting results.
• Identify, document, and track defects with precision, collaborating with developers to verify fixes.
• Provide feedback on test design to QA group members and support triage and prioritization of defects.
• Lead test strategy for high-risk features and mentor junior engineers through problem-solving and code/test reviews.

Skills

Quality assurance

Testing

Mentoring

Leadership

Tools

Git workflows

BDD

Job description

Job Description: The Senior Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer is a quality leader who drives process improvement and mentors others while remaining a deeply involved, hands‑on tester. They are known for their initiative in improving team processes, such as creating new guidelines for acceptance criteria. They lead by example, championing best practices and taking on the most complex testing challenges, especially on desktop applications with 3D components.

Key Responsibilities

• Own Feature Quality: Take full ownership of the end-to-end quality for user stories, which includes test design, manual testing, test automation (if possible), and ensuring the feature team adheres to all R&D guidelines.
• Execute Hands-on Testing: Actively perform manual testing for user stories and execute known regression suites to verify functionality against requirements.
• Participate in Formal Verification: Dedicate significant effort during the formal verification period, executing test protocols and documenting results meticulously.
• Defect Management: Identify, document, and track bugs with precision in the team's issue tracking system, collaborating with developers to verify fixes.
• QA Group Contribution: Provide feedback on test design to QA group members.
• Feature Team Contribution: Support triage and prioritization of defects found during testing cycles.
• Drive Process Improvement: Proactively identify process gaps and drive improvements, such as creating new guidelines, proposing changes to team processes, or championing risk assessment practices.
• Lead Complex Testing: Lead the test strategy for high-risk features and personally execute tests for complex areas.
• Mentor and Coach: Actively mentor Middle and Junior engineers through collaborative problem-solving, detailed code/test reviews, and structured knowledge transfer sessions.

Job Requirements

• Mandatory 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance.
• Deep expertise in testing complex systems and designing risk-based test strategies.
• Proven experience driving process improvements and creating technical documentation or guidelines.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead other engineers through influence and example.
• Knowledge of Git workflows.
• Fluent in English
• Preferred Knowledge of Python.
• Experience with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
• Experience presenting new ideas or processes to technical teams.

We Offer

• Competitive base salary
• Modern agile development processes and toolset
• International company environment
• Hybrid working mode with 4 days in the office in Madrid and 1 remote #LI-PG2

Operating Company: Ormco

Ormco is a global leader and innovator of high-quality orthodontic products and solutions, including brackets and wires. For more than 60 years, our team has partnered with the orthodontic community to help create over 20 million smiles in more than 140 countries. We build trusted relationships. Each one is rooted in respect and understanding. We take that approach when we help orthodontists achieve their clinical and practice management objectives. We take the same approach when we help our team bring their personal best to work each day, ready to make a difference and reach their full potential.

Envista and its family of companies (Envista) will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Envista will consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes submitted by vendors such as search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies (Agency) to have been referred by the Agency free of charge and Envista will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt such unsolicited resumes. An Agency must obtain advance written approval from Envista's internal Talent Acquisition or Human Resources team to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract approved by the Global Talent Acquisition leader and in response to a specific job opening. Envista will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement and written approval in place. Envista is a global family of more than 30 trusted dental brands, united by a shared purpose: to partner with professionals to improve lives. Envista helps its customers deliver the best possible patient care through industry-leading dental consumables, solutions, technology, and services. Our comprehensive portfolio, including dental implants and treatment options, orthodontics, and digital imaging technologies, covers an estimated 90% of dentists' clinical needs for diagnosing, treating, and preventing dental conditions as well as improving the aesthetics of the human smile. Envista companies, including DEXIS, Kerr, Nobel Biocare and Ormco, partner with dental professionals to help them deliver the best possible patient care. Envista became an independent company in 2019. We brought with us the proven Envista Business System (EBS) methodology, an experienced leadership team, and a strong culture grounded in continuous improvement, commitment to innovation, and deep customer focus to meet the end-to-end needs of dental professionals worldwide. Envista is now one of the largest global dental products companies, with significant market positions in some of the most attractive segments of the dental products industry. For more information, please visit www.envistaco.com.