Test Automation Engineer

ThermoFisher Scientific; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

ThermoFisher Scientific is looking for a Software Test Engineer III in Bengaluru, India. In this role, you will ensure the quality and reliability of software for scientific instruments through comprehensive testing strategies. You’ll design test plans, automate testing, and work collaboratively to validate software.

Applicants should have a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field, along with 6+ years of experience in software testing. The position offers opportunities to work on impactful projects that contribute to global health and safety.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software testing, test automation, and QA processes.
• Proficiency in programming languages like Java, Typescript, or C#.
• Hands-on experience with various automation frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks.
• Build and execute API, UI, and performance tests.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Test automation

API testing

Debugging skills

Java

Selenium

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

SQL

Performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter)

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Description

Join our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll help develop and test software for scientific instruments and laboratory solutions. As a Software Test Engineer III, you'll ensure the quality and reliability of our software products through comprehensive testing strategies. Working in an adaptable environment, you'll collaborate with teams to validate software for mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, and other analytical instruments that help make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

You’ll participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis through final release. Your role includes designing and executing test plans, automating test procedures, documenting defects, and verifying resolutions. You'll work closely with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure our software meets the highest quality standards while supporting continuous improvement in our testing processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, andmaintainscalable and reliable automated test frameworks across UI, API, and performance layers.

• Build and execute API, UI, and performance tests using automation frameworks like Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Rest Assured, or JMeter.

• Apply BDD (e.g., Cucumber) or TDD approaches with maintainable and reusable test design pattern

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring fast and reliable feedback

• Improve test reliability by reducing flakiness andoptimizingexecution time

• Enable parallel test execution andenvironmentscalability

• Ensure end-to-end test coverage by creating and maintaining comprehensive test cases, test plans, and test scripts.

• Perform exploratory and risk-based testing to uncover complex defectsand conductroot cause analysis and deep debugging of failures and defects

• Analyze logs, data, and system behavior toidentifyhidden quality risks

• Validate end-to-end workflows and complex integrations

• Identify, document, and track defects using JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.

• Write clean, maintainable, and scalable automation code following engineering best practices

• Perform database validation using SQL/NoSQL

• Ability to collaborate effectively with onsite teams and stakeholders across time zones

• Strong communicationskills for regular interaction with the on-site manager and local team

• Participate in overlapping working hours to support real-time collaboration with the onsite team

• Ensure strong ownership and accountability while working independently in an offshore setup

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or master'sdegree incomputer science, Engineering, or related field.

• Experience 6+ years of experience in software testing, test automation, and QA processes.

• Proficiencyin programming languages such as Java, Typescript, JavaScript, or C#

• Hands‑on experience with automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, Appium)

• Experience with API testing (REST Assured, Postman, etc.)

• Strong debugging, analytical, and problem‑solving skills

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern development practices

• Proficiencyin database testing using SQL queries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Exposure to performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling)

• Experience integrating security testing into CI/CD pipelines

Equal Employment Opportunity

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.