Senior Principal Test Engineer - Clinical Software & LC-MS

Waters Corporation

Wilmslow

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 95,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working
25 days annual leave
Pension contribution
Life assurance
Income protection
Private medical insurance

Job summary

Waters Corporation in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Test Engineer to lead testing, verification, and validation of software-driven clinical systems. You will collaborate across software, hardware and quality teams to ensure reliability, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance for LC-MS instrumentation and associated workflows.

The role focuses on software-controlled analytical platforms with opportunities to shape testing strategy, mentor engineers, and advance quality across

Qualifications

  • Experience testing complex software-controlled systems and analytical instrumentation.
  • Experience with regulated technical products and life sciences environments.
  • Proven ability to investigate and resolve complex system-level issues.
  • Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Define and champion testing strategies and validation approaches across teams.
  • Design, develop, maintain, and execute manual and automated tests for clinical software.
  • Lead system-level testing for software-controlled LC-MS instrumentation and workflows.
  • Collaborate with software, systems, hardware, and product teams to verify end-to-end performance.
  • Drive test automation, infrastructure, tooling, and process improvements.

Skills

Software testing
Instrumentation
Test automation
Regulated environment

Education

Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

LC-MS instrumentation
Lab instrumentation
Quality systems

Job description

Waters Corporation in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Test Engineer to lead testing, verification, and validation of software-driven clinical systems. You will collaborate across software, hardware and quality teams to ensure reliability, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance for LC-MS instrumentation and associated workflows.

The role focuses on software-controlled analytical platforms with opportunities to shape testing strategy, mentor engineers, and advance quality across

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