Test Automation Engineer

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer. DESCRIPTION: Join our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll help develop and test software for scientific instruments and laboratory solutions. As a Software Test Engineer III, you'll ensure the quality and reliability of our software products through comprehensive testing strategies. Working in an adaptable environment, you'll collaborate with teams to validate software for mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, and other analytical instruments that help make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. You'll participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis through final release. Your role includes designing and executing test plans, automating test procedures, documenting defects, and verifying resolutions. You'll work closely with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure our software meets the highest quality standards while supporting continuous improvement in our testing processes. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain scalable and reliable automated test frameworks across UI, API, and performance layers. Build and execute API, UI, and performance tests using automation frameworks like Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Rest Assured, or JMeter. Apply BDD (e.g., Cucumber) or TDD approaches with maintainable and reusable test design pattern Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring fast and reliable feedback Improve test reliability by reducing flakiness and optimizing execution time Enable parallel test execution and environment scalability Ensure end-to-end test coverage by creating and maintaining comprehensive test cases, test plans, and test scripts. Perform exploratory and risk-based testing to uncover complex defects and conduct root cause analysis and deep debugging of failures and defects Analyze logs, data, and system behavior to identify hidden quality risks Validate end-to-end workflows and complex integrations Identify, document, and track defects using JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar tools. Write clean, maintainable, and scalable automation code following engineering best practices Perform database validation using SQL/NoSQL Ability to collaborate effectively with onsite teams and stakeholders across time zones Strong communication skills for regular interaction with the on-site manager and local team Participate in overlapping working hours to support real-time collaboration with the onsite team Ensure strong ownership and accountability while working independently in an offshore setup Required Qualifications: Education: Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field. Experience 6+ years of experience in software testing, test automation, and QA processes. Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Typescript, JavaScript, or C# Hands-on experience with automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, Appium) Experience with API testing (REST Assured, Postman, etc.) Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern development practices Proficiency in database testing using SQL queries. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) Exposure to performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling) Experience integrating security testing into CI/CD pipelines Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.