Senior Test Automation Engineer

ProteinSimple; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k + ESPP

HSA/FSA

Tuition reimbursement

Mentorship program

Volunteer paid time off

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Bio-Techne is hiring a Senior Test Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable automated tests for instrument software and analytics platforms. You will work with software engineers, scientists, product owners, and SQA to ensure testability and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes automation architecture, test-data design, and verification planning across protein-analysis products and digital lab solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Six years of relevant software test automation experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated tests for desktop, web, API, and data-pipeline applications.
• Define and contribute to test automation architecture, frameworks, and reusable components.
• Integrate automated tests into source-control and CI/CD workflows using Git, GitHub, Jenkins, or equivalent.
• Develop automated tests using Python, TestComplete, shell scripting, SQL, and related technologies.
• Create and maintain test data, environments, mocks, and utilities for validating workflows and error handling.
• Review requirements and designs for testability and traceability.
• Develop verification plans, protocols, test cases, and records per Quality System (QMS).
• Document, reproduce, and verify defects using Jira or other defect-management systems.

Skills

Automation testing

Python

TestComplete

CI/CD

Git

GitHub

Jenkins

SQL

Jira

QA

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / software engineering

Tools

Git

GitHub

Jenkins

TestComplete

Jira

Job description

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide. Pay Range: $115,100.00 - $189,200.00

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Test Automation Engineer designs, develops, and maintains scalable automated test solutions for instrument software, data pipelines, analytics platforms, and AI-enabled applications. This position works closely with software engineers, scientists, product owners, and Software Quality Assurance to ensure software requirements are testable and verification is comprehensive, traceable, and compliant with applicable Quality System requirements. The role contributes to automation architecture, continuous integration, test-data design, defect investigation, and verification planning for protein-analysis products and digital laboratory solutions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Design, develop, maintain, and execute automated tests for desktop, web, API, instrument-control, data-pipeline, and analytics applications, as applicable.
• Define and contribute to test automation architecture, frameworks, coding standards, and reusable test components.
• Integrate automated tests into source-control and continuous-integration workflows using Git, GitHub, Jenkins, or equivalent technologies.
• Develop automated tests using Python, TestComplete, shell scripting, SQL, and other approved technologies.
• Create and maintain test data, test environments, mocks, simulators, and utilities needed to validate software workflows and error handling.
• Review software requirements, specifications, and designs for clarity, completeness, traceability, and testability.
• Develop and execute verification plans, protocols, test cases, and associated records in accordance with Quality System requirements (QMetry).
• Document, investigate, reproduce, and verify software defects using Jira or an approved defect-management system.
• Analyze test results, identify failure patterns, and communicate product-quality and automation findings to project stakeholders.
• Maintain automated test assets under configuration control and participate in code reviews.
• Evaluate and apply approved AI-assisted engineering tools to support test design, test generation, code review, and validation while maintaining appropriate human review and control.
• Collaborate with software engineers, systems engineers, scientists, product owners, and SQA personnel throughout the software lifecycle.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, engineering, or a related technical discipline, plus at least six years of relevant software test automation experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Preferred experience in the life sciences.

Why Join Bio-Techne

• We offer competitive insurance benefits starting on day one: medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability, pet, and legal and ID shield.
• We invest in our employees’ financial futures through 401k plans, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
• We empower employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, tuition reimbursement, internship programs, and more.
• We offer employee resource groups, volunteer paid time off, employee events, and charity drives to build a culture of caring and belonging.
• We offer an accrued leave policy with paid holidays, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
• We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property. This position requires work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (e.g., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant work status). If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or take part in any other stage of the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail] for assistance. Bio-Techne empowers researchers in Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics by providing high-quality reagents, instruments, custom manufacturing, and testing services. Our family of brands creates a unique portfolio of products and services. Science is our passion; it drives us to collaborate, develop, and manufacture award-winning tools that help researchers achieve reproducible and consistent results.