Senior Test Automation Engineer

Waters; Milford (MA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Waters Corporation is seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer/Automation for its Milford Global HQ. This role involves manual and automated testing of cloud-based applications, ensuring high standards of performance and reliability. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software testing and a strong background in programming, particularly with .Net Core and C#. Join a leading company dedicated to innovation and quality in the life sciences sector.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of automated software testing experience.
• Experience with manual and automated system level testing.
• Proficiency in .Net Core and C# programming.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases.
• Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to refine acceptance criteria.
• Perform API testing to validate data integrity.

Skills

Automated software testing

Web applications

Cloud-based applications

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Software Engineering

Tools

Selenium

Gherkin

Spec flow

.Net Core

C#

GitHub

Spinnaker

Angular

Jasmine

Karma

Python

AWS

Docker

Datadog

Job description

Overview

Waters Corporation is currently seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer/Automation to join our team in Milford Global HQ, with the flexibility of a hybrid schedule. The Software Test Engineer will join our cloud team and play an instrumental role in building the quality and reliability of our next-generation, cloud-based Empower Data Systems Apps. Through comprehensive manual and automated testing, you’ll ensure our solutions set the highest standards for performance and innovation.

Responsibilities

Typical tasks include, but are not limited to:

· Design, develop, and execute both manual and automated test cases for our cloud-based applications, ensuring functional, performance, security, and usability requirements are met

· Collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to understand requirements, develop test strategies, and refine acceptance criteria

· Build and maintain automated test scripts for web applications, APIs, and data processing workflows

· Perform API testing to validate data integrity and system interactions

· Ensure CI/CD integration by implementing automated tests in continuous deployment pipelines

· Identify, document, and track defects in issue tracking tools (e.g., Jira)

· Contribute to the overall test strategy to ensure the scalability, security, and high performance of the cloud solution

Qualifications

Required

· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field

· 5+ years of automated software testing experience, with a focus on web and cloud-based applications

· Experience with manual and automated system level testing; regression and smoke testing; performance and stress testing for cloud applications

· Hands-on experience with test automation tools including Selenium/ChromeDriver, Gherkin, and Spec flow

· Proficiency in .Net Core/ C# programming language

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Ability to mentor junior test engineers

Desired

· Experience with GitHub workflows and Spinnaker pipelines

· Experience with Angular 16 or later and Jasmine and Karma testing frameworks

· Experience with Python

· Experience with relational and non-relational databases

· Experience with AWS platform, Docker, Containers and Microservices, and Datadog

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.