Automation QA Lead & Architect

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott 

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: 

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. 

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO 

• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution 

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. 

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.  

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.  

 

The Opportunity  

This position works out of our Alameda, CA site, in the Lingo Division.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced QA Architect to lead the design and implementation of our test automation strategy. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background with hands-on experience in Java, TestNG, and service-based testing. This role requires expertise in automation, service virtualization, CI/CD integration, and performance testing to ensure robust software quality. 

What You’ll Work On 

• Architect and implement a comprehensive QA automation framework covering all edge and corner cases. 

• Develop and maintain test automation solutions using Java and TestNG, WebDriver. 

• Build and enhance service-based testing frameworks and ensure their scalability and maintainability. 

• Build and enhance web-ui-based frameworks and ensure user interfaces properly works and patient satisfaction is met. 

• Design and implement test data generation strategies to support robust test coverage. 

• Develop test services and build service virtualization capabilities to enable efficient testing when third-party components are not available or limited usage is only available 

• Ensure seamless automation of services running in Kubernetes and conduct in-cluster service testing. 

• Design and implement performance testing frameworks to assess system reliability under load. 

• Develop a reporting system for test results, ensuring visibility into automation effectiveness. 

• Integrate various QA components into a unified testing strategy. 

• Ensure CI/CD pipeline integration for automated test execution, providing early feedback on quality. 

• Define and establish QA automation pipelines, aligning with modern software delivery methodologies. 

Required Qualifications 

• Proven experience as a QA Architect with hands-on expertise in Java and TestNG, Artillery, Cucumber, Xray, Wiremock, Webdriver. 

• Strong experience in service-based testing and auto