Senior QA Test Automation Engineer

Eurofins Viracor; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurofins Scientific in India invites an experienced Senior QA Test Engineer – Automation to join our Coimbatore team. You will design, implement, and maintain automation test scripts and frameworks that integrate with CI/CD pipelines, delivering robust test coverage across web services and UI layers.

The role requires strong Java and Selenium WebDriver expertise, hands-on API testing, SQL validation, and collaboration with product stakeholders in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 4 to 7 years of experience in automation testing with Java (preferred).
• Strong expertise in Selenium WebDriver with Java, TestNG or JUnit frameworks.
• Experience in BDD frameworks (Cucumber) is a plus.
• Hands-on experience testing REST APIs and Web Services (Postman, RestAssured).
• Familiarity with frontend automation tools (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress).
• Strong knowledge of SQL for backend validation.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Git) and build tools (Maven/Gradle).
• Understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems testing.
• Good to have: Performance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automation test scripts using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and TestNG/JUnit.
• Enhance and maintain automation frameworks supporting CI/CD pipelines and enabling automated smoke and regression test suites.
• Work closely with Product Owners and Business Analysts to refine requirements and provide QA inputs.
• Design and document test cases, test scenarios, and test strategies across functional, regression, and end-to-end testing cycles.
• Participate in reviews of test design, coverage, and automation scripts with stakeholders.
• Identify gaps in test coverage, perform root cause analysis of defects, and enhance test scenarios accordingly.
• Perform API testing for RESTful and SOAP services using tools such as Postman and RestAssured.
• Write SQL queries (joins, subqueries) to validate test results against underlying databases.
• Execute, monitor, and analyze test results aligned with test metrics and quality KPIs.
• Track, manage, and resolve defects using Azure DevOps/JIRA.
• Collaborate with QA, Development, and Product teams for issue resolution.
• Perform manual testing (functional, exploratory) where automation is not feasible.
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment with continuous testing practices.

Skills

Automation testing

CI/CD collaboration

Agile/Scrum

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Education

BE / MCA or equivalent degree

Tools

Selenium WebDriver

Postman

RestAssured

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Git

Maven/Gradle

Playwright

Cypress

Job description

Job Description:

Company Description

Eurofins Scientificis an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and AgroScience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in‑vitro diagnostic products.

In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 59 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion; and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

Job Description

Position title: Senior QA Test Engineer – Automation (Full-time)

Location:Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Position & Objective-Responsibilities

• Develop and maintainautomation test scripts using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and TestNG/JUnit.
• Enhance and maintainautomation frameworkssupporting CI/CD pipelines and enabling automated smoke and regression test suites.
• Work closely with Product Owners and Business Analysts to refine requirements and provide QA inputs.
• Design and documenttest cases, test scenarios, and test strategiesacross functional, regression, and end-to-end testing cycles.
• Participate in reviews of test design, coverage, and automation scripts with stakeholders.
• Identify gaps in test coverage, performroot cause analysis of defects, and enhance test scenarios accordingly.
• PerformAPI testing for RESTful and SOAP servicesusing tools such as Postman and RestAssured.
• Write SQL queries (joins, subqueries) to validate test results against underlying databases.
• Execute, monitor, and analyze test results aligned with test metrics and quality KPIs.
• Track, manage, and resolve defects using tools such asAzure DevOps/JIRA.
• Collaborate with QA, Development, and Product teams for issue resolution.
• Performmanual testing(functional, exploratory) where automation is not feasible.
• Work in anAgile/Scrum environmentwith continuous testing practices.

Technical Knowledge

• 4 to 7 yearsof experience inautomation testing with Java (preferred).
• Strong expertise inSelenium WebDriver with Java, TestNG or JUnit frameworks.
• Experience inBDD frameworks (Cucumber)is a plus.
• Hands-on experience testingREST APIs and Web Services(Postman, RestAssured).
• Familiarity withfrontend automation tools (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress).
• Strong knowledge ofSQLfor backend validation.
• Experience withCI/CD tools (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Git)and build tools (Maven/Gradle).
• Understanding ofmicroservices architecture and distributed systems testing.
• Good to have: Experience inperformance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner).

Personal Qualities

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams (PO, Dev, QA, Release, Leadership).
• Self-motivated with a quality-first mindset and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• BE / MCA or equivalent degree or relevant experience.

Requirements: