Staff Engineer (Manual Testing)

SCIEX; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SCIEX, a Danaher operating company, is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead hands-on system verification and quality assurance for complex software. You will plan test strategies, execute tests, and mentor testers in execution-driven leadership.

You will work with development and automation teams in Bengaluru on-site, applying AI-assisted testing tools to improve coverage and reliability across UI, services, and databases.

Qualifications

• Hands-on manual testing across complex software systems.
• Ability to define test plans, scenarios, data and detailed manual test cases.
• Experience with defect investigation and root-cause analysis.
• Foundational knowledge of test automation concepts and AI-assisted testing tools.
• Familiarity with test management and defect tracking practices.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute hands-on testing with detailed test cases for functional, integration, system and regression testing.
• Lead formal test cycles and contribute to release verification activities.
• Own end-to-end defect investigation and verification of fixes.
• Contribute to requirements and design reviews to ensure testability and coverage.
• Support automation by executing and evaluating existing test suites and identifying automation candidates.

Skills

Manual testing

Test planning

System verification

SQL

Defect investigation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Job description

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At SCIEX, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life.
As part of SCIEX, you will help to influence life changing research and outcomes, while accelerating your potential. For more than 50 years, we have been empowering our customers to solve the most impactful analytical challenges in quantitation and characterization through ground-breaking innovation and outstanding reliability and support. You will be part of a winning team, enabled by DBS, that is passionate about helping life science experts around the world get to answers they can trust.
Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.
The Staff Engineer is responsible for hands-on system verification and quality assurance across complex software systems. This role emphasizes deep manual testing expertise, ownership of test Strategy ,execution and defect investigation, and practical application of automation fundamentals and AI-assisted testing tools. The position offers opportunities to work closely with development and automation teams while mentoring testers through execution-driven leadership.
This position reports to the Senior Engineering Manager and is part of the Software Department team located in Bangalore and will be an on-site role.

In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Plan and execute hands-on testing by defining test plans, test scenarios, test data, and detailed manual test cases/scripts for functional, integration, system, and regression testing.
• Lead execution of formal test cycles, including writing and reviewing Software Verification Plans and participating in large-scale release verification activities.
• Own defect investigation end-to-end, including issue reproduction, detailed defect documentation, root-cause analysis support, and verification of fixes across the full system.
• Contribute early in the development lifecycle by participating in requirements, architecture, and design reviews to ensure testability and risk coverage.
• Troubleshoot across the complete test system, including UI, services, integrations, and database layers, using test and defect management tools.
• Support automation outcomes by executing and maintaining existing automation test suites (functional, integration, regression, performance, and UI), analyzing failures, and identifying candidates for automation based on manual test insights.
• Apply modern testing enablers by using foundational automation knowledge and AI-assisted testing tools (e.g., test idea generation, exploratory testing support, defect analysis) to improve efficiency and coverage, while mentoring team members through hands-on guidance.

The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 14+ years of hands-on experience in manual testing and system verification of complex software systems.
• Strong working knowledge of RDBMS concepts, including hands-on SQL, with experience using Oracle and/or SQL Server.
• Hands-on experience with test management and defect tracking tools, including execution tracking, defect triage, and reporting.
• Foundational knowledge of test automation concepts (frameworks, execution, result analysis) and exposure to AI-assisted testing tools or workflows used in quality engineering.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Working in Agile/Scrum environments, with ISTQB Foundation certification or equivalent.
• Maintaining or supporting UI and/or API automation suites, including analysis of flaky tests and coverage gaps.
• Testing distributed or integrated systems involving multiple services, databases, and user interfaces.

SCIEX, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.