Quality Engineering Lead for Regulated Software

European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Netherlands

On-site

EUR 61,000 - 73,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, seeks a Software Quality Engineering Specialist to lead QA across the software development lifecycle. You will shape testing strategies, enable automated testing, and ensure regulatory compliance and release readiness for digital health-related systems.

The role requires coordinating with stakeholders, architects, developers and external partners, and may involve complex, regulated environments.

Qualifications

At least 3 years in software quality assurance or engineering.
Experience in delivering enterprise software implementations in roles such as Test Manager, QA lead and similar.
Experience in and certified training in quality engineering practices (ISTQB, Agile Testing, Quality Management, Automation, Performance and Security testing).
Prior experience leading supplier teams and working with external delivery partners.
Experience working within Agile, DevOps or hybrid software development environments.

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 UAT testing.
Establish and maintain automated testing frameworks and quality metrics.
Ensure traceability between requirements, test scenarios and outcomes.
Oversee QA activities delivered by external suppliers and service providers.
Support validation and compliance activities for regulated systems where applicable.