Senior AI QA Engineer: Agentic Testing & GxP Quality

Illumina, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumina is seeking a Senior Staff AI Engineer to guide QA strategy across enterprise platforms, focusing on AI agents for testing and safe, compliant AI deployments. You will lead the Tricentis platform, mentor engineers, and drive CI/CD quality gates.

The role partners with Data Engineering and application teams like SAP, Salesforce, and Workday, ensuring Part 11 compliant evidence and CSA alignment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software quality engineering with leadership roles.
• 5+ years hands-on Tricentis Tosca at enterprise scale.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA or ECC and Salesforce is preferred.
• 1+ year building or operating LLM-based or agentic testing in production.
• Strong coding in two languages (Python, TS/JS, Java, or C#).
• Deep CI/CD experience with major platforms.
• Experience testing in regulated environments (GxP, SOX).
• Clear written and spoken communication with engineers and executives.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise test strategy and risk-based approaches.
• Lead the Tricentis platform architecture and standards.
• Build agentic testing at scale with multi-agent workflows.
• Test AI agents and establish evaluation frameworks and gates.
• Integrate agents with MCP servers and external tools.
• Embed quality in CI/CD pipelines with governance metrics.
• Deliver GxP-compliant automated test evidence with CSA/Part 11.
• Mentor senior engineers and lead QA communities of practice.
• Measure quality using status metrics and executive reporting.

Skills

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript

Java

C#

QA Automation

CI/CD

Test Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Tricentis Tosca

qTest

NeoLoad

Job description

Illumina is seeking a Senior Staff AI Engineer to guide QA strategy across enterprise platforms, focusing on AI agents for testing and safe, compliant AI deployments. You will lead the Tricentis platform, mentor engineers, and drive CI/CD quality gates.

The role partners with Data Engineering and application teams like SAP, Salesforce, and Workday, ensuring Part 11 compliant evidence and CSA alignment.