Senior Software Test Engineer - Genomics Instrumentation

Socket.dev; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumina is seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer to own verification of software subsystems in our DNA sequencing instruments. You will shape test strategy, identify risks, and collaborate with software, firmware, and hardware teams in a lab environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, developing test plans, and ensuring release-ready quality across interfaces, services, and hardware integration. This hybrid on-site position offers growth, competitive compensation, and comprehensive

Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional experience in software quality engineering, instrument software testing, embedded-system testing, or a related discipline.
• Experience with functional, integration, system, and regression testing.
• Experience independently developing test strategies, test plans, and detailed test cases from technical requirements.
• Experience owning feature- or subsystem-level verification, including requirements traceability and verification evidence.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills across technical boundaries.
• Familiarity with defect tracking and requirements management platforms such as Jira and Jama.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the test owner for assigned software features or subsystems.
• Participate in requirements, design and planning activities to identify quality risks, improve testability, and influence the overall test strategy.
• Define risk-based verification coverage across functional, integration, system, and regression testing.
• Develop test plans, test cases, and test procedures from product, system, and software requirements.
• Perform hands-on testing and feature integration on DNA sequencing instruments in a laboratory environment.
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to test workflows and address quality risks and release-ready concerns.
• Validate workflows spanning user interfaces, backend services, hardware abstraction software, firmware, simulators, and physical instrument hardware.
• Perform root cause analysis in collaboration with software, firmware, hardware, systems integration, and quality teams.
• Provide technical guidance to supporting engineers and contribute to improvements in team testing practices.

Skills

Test strategy

Software quality

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Laboratory testing

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE/EE

Tools

Jira

Jama

Job description

Illumina is seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer to own verification of software subsystems in our DNA sequencing instruments. You will shape test strategy, identify risks, and collaborate with software, firmware, and hardware teams in a lab environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on testing, developing test plans, and ensuring release-ready quality across interfaces, services, and hardware integration. This hybrid on-site position offers growth, competitive compensation, and comprehensive