Quality Engineering Lead - Enterprise Digital Systems

European Medicines Agency; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 61,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Excellent health insurance

Retirement Pension Plan

Job summary

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) relies on a growing portfolio of digital products and information systems to support the regulation of medicines and protect public and animal health. The Agency is looking for a Quality Engineering Specialist to lead and coordinate quality assurance activities across the software development lifecycle.

The successful candidate will contribute to the establishment and continuous improvement of testing methodologies, quality standards and validation practices,

Qualifications

• At least 3 years in software quality assurance or engineering in complex IT environments.
• Experience delivering enterprise software implementations in roles such as Test Manager or QA lead.
• Certified training in quality engineering practices (e.g., ISTQB, Agile Testing, Quality Management, Automation, Performance and Security testing).

Responsibilities

• Define and promote software quality assurance strategies, methodologies, standards and best practices.
• Design, develop and oversee test plans, test cases and test execution activities.
• Coordinate functional, integration, system, regression, performance and user acceptance testing.
• Establish and maintain automated testing frameworks and quality metrics.
• Ensure traceability between requirements, test scenarios and outcomes.
• Identify, analyse and manage software defects and quality risks.
• Oversee QA activities delivered by external suppliers.
• Support validation and compliance activities for regulated systems where applicable.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives including DevOps and quality engineering practices.
• Provide advice on software quality, testing approaches and release readiness.
• Support audits, inspections and quality reviews related to information systems.

Skills

Software quality assurance

Test management

Quality engineering practices

Agile/DevOps environments

Education

University degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Software Engineering or related field

Job description

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) relies on a growing portfolio of digital products and information systems to support the regulation of medicines and protect public and animal health. The Agency is looking for a Quality Engineering Specialist to lead and coordinate quality assurance activities across the software development lifecycle.

The successful candidate will contribute to the establishment and continuous improvement of testing methodologies, quality standards and validation practices,