Senior Test Automation Engineer

Waters Corporation; Milford (MA); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Waters Corporation, Milford Global HQ, offers a hybrid role for a Senior Software Test Engineer/Automation to advance our cloud-based Empower Data Systems Apps. You’ll design and execute automated tests, mentor junior engineers, and ensure quality across web and cloud platforms.

Join a dynamic cloud team focused on performance, security, and reliability, with a flexible hybrid schedule and opportunities to shape testing strategy and tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of automated software testing experience for web and cloud-based apps.
• Experience with manual and automated system testing; regression, smoke, performance, and stress tests.
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools including Selenium/ChromeDriver, Gherkin, and SpecFlow.
• Proficiency in .NET Core/C# programming language.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases for cloud-based applications.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to define test strategies and acceptance criteria.
• Build and maintain automated test scripts for web apps, APIs, and data workflows.
• Perform API testing to validate data integrity and system interactions.
• Ensure CI/CD integration by implementing automated tests in deployment pipelines.
• Identify, document, and track defects in Jira.
• Contribute to test strategy to ensure scalability, security, and high performance of the cloud solution.

Skills

Selenium

Gherkin

SpecFlow

C#

CI/CD

Jira

APIs

Web testing

Cloud testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

.NET Core

Selenium

ChromeDriver

GitHub workflows

Spinnaker

Docker

Job description

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.

Senior Test Automation Engineer

Req. # 28261

Job Family DE - Development Engineering

Location US

Pay Range Minimum USD $116,500.00

Pay Range Maximum USD $194,500.00

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) is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600+ passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science .

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.