MES Test Lead - Regulated QA & Automation

SimoTech; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Skill development

Exposure to large corporate clients

Job summary

SimoTech seeks a Software Engineering Test Lead to guide a team of validation and test engineers focused on MES applications within a biotech manufacturing context. You will drive the testing strategy, own quality gates, and collaborate with DevOps to ensure compliant, high-quality releases.

Based on a state-of-the-art biotech campus in Limerick, this hybrid role requires on-site presence three days per week with two days remote.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading software testing or QA activities for complex enterprise software in Agile/DevOps.
• Experience implementing test automation frameworks and integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on with test and defect management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Tosca, Zephyr or similar.
• Strong MES testing experience, ideally with Emerson Syncade and regulated environments.
• Experience in regulated pharmaceutical or life sciences with knowledge of GxP, CSV, GAMP 5 and MES integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of test and validation engineers.
• Define, own, and enhance end-to-end testing strategy for MES implementations and upgrades.
• Design, develop, and maintain test documentation including plans, cases, and scripts.
• Partner with CI/CD and DevOps to embed automated testing in pipelines.
• Act as the quality gate for MES releases before deployment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to reflect real-world manufacturing operations.
• Lead defect management: triage, prioritisation, root cause analysis, resolution tracking.
• Support CSV activities and ensure testing meets regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and improve test automation frameworks and standards.
• Ensure test environments reflect production-like conditions.
• Produce testing metrics and risk reports for leadership.

Skills

Software testing leadership

QA team management

Test automation

CI/CD integration

Regulated environments

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Tosca

Zephyr

qTest

Job description

SimoTech seeks a Software Engineering Test Lead to guide a team of validation and test engineers focused on MES applications within a biotech manufacturing context. You will drive the testing strategy, own quality gates, and collaborate with DevOps to ensure compliant, high-quality releases.

Based on a state-of-the-art biotech campus in Limerick, this hybrid role requires on-site presence three days per week with two days remote.