Hybrid Software Quality Engineer IV: Test Strategy Leader

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies; Lakewood (CO); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Medical/dental/vision plans

Paid vacation and sick time

Job summary

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Quality Test Engineer to lead test design and verification across new development and sustaining products. You will collaborate with Software Development, Systems Engineering, DevOps, and global teams to ensure quality is built into the lifecycle with proper automation guidance through SDETs.

The role emphasizes risk-based testing, end-to-end traceability, and regulatory compliance in a hybrid Lakewood, CO environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent education/experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in software quality engineering, software test, or related role.
• Strong expertise in test case design, including manual and automated test development.
• Ability to determine appropriate test approach (manual vs automated) based on risk and value.
• Deep understanding of risk-based testing and requirements coverage.
• Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle and shift-left quality practices.
• Experience with traceability and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Ability to create clear, repeatable, and globally executable test cases.

Responsibilities

• Define test strategy and coverage by determining what to test based on risk, system behavior, product requirements, and regulatory expectations.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive, repeatable, and traceable test cases aligned to requirements and risk.
• Design high-quality test cases by defining manual and automation-ready approaches, ensuring appropriate coverage, providing clear test steps, and providing implementation instructions for SDETs.
• Evaluate and determine which test cases should be automated versus manual based on risk, repeatability, efficiency, and overall value.
• Partner with SDETs to ensure automated test implementation aligns with defined test cases, coverage, and overall quality engineering strategy.
• Review and approve test cases to ensure consistency, completeness, and repeatability across global execution teams.
• Evaluate and review test execution results, including outputs from global execution teams, and ensure accurate interpretation of results.
• Investigate test failures, determine root cause (test vs software defect), and document defects appropriately.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability from requirements and risk controls through test cases, execution, and verification results.
• Participate in requirements reviews and provide feedback to ensure clarity, completeness, and testability.

Skills

Test design

Manual testing

Automated testing

Risk-based testing

SDLC knowledge

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Global teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Automation frameworks

Traceability tools

Job description

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Quality Test Engineer to lead test design and verification across new development and sustaining products. You will collaborate with Software Development, Systems Engineering, DevOps, and global teams to ensure quality is built into the lifecycle with proper automation guidance through SDETs.

The role emphasizes risk-based testing, end-to-end traceability, and regulatory compliance in a hybrid Lakewood, CO environment.