Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Based at our Center of Excellence for BioAnalytics in Ann Arbor, MI. In the Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer role, you will use your software quality engineering and test automation experience to support testing and test automation of of our bioanalytical lab instruments such as the Incucyte live-cell analysis instrument.

*Onsite role based at our Ann, Arbor, MI site*

You will be working with the development teams that build the Incucyte Windows desktop client software used by customers to gather and analyze data during experiments, as well as the Windows control software that manages and operates the instrument hardware. You will also collaborate with existing software QA and other team members on the entire product development lifecycle, including requirements refinement, overall test planning for releases, functional testing of new features and bugfixes, and manual regression testing for releases.

What you will accomplish together with us:

• Research, plan, and implement software test automation tools and frameworks, including using modern LLM-based code generation tools such as GitHub CoPilot, as well as low/no-code tools like Smart Bear Test Complete.
• Create automation frameworks, scripts, and tools that can be shared with other instrument hardware and software teams.
• Create automation scripts to automate regression tests and other software quality assurance tasks.
• Create and execute functional, exploratory, and manual regression tests as part of software releases, using your previous software testing and quality engineering experience.
• Document defects and prepare reports on all aspects related to the software testing
• Participating in design reviews and providing input on requirements, product design, and potential problems
• Participate in continuous improvement, providing feedback on changes and proposing ideas for positive change to increase quality, decrease testing time, and make testing more efficient.

What will convince us:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in computer science or related field
• 5+ years' experience in software QA and testing, preferably including desktop software and integrated hardware
• 3 years' experience building automation framework tools and test automation scripts.
• Experience with software test automation using high level languages such as C# and scripting languages such as Python
• Experience developing and maintaining software testing automation tools and frameworks
• Experience with cloud-based CI/CD tools such as Azure and Azure DevOps
• Experience with testing and automating testing for Windows Desktop software and integrated hardware
• Experience with low/no-code tools such as SmartBear TestComplete, and LLM AI tools such as GitHub CoPilot
• Experience with test-driven (TDD) and behavior-driven (BDD) Agile development and testing practices
• Good understanding of Software Development Fundamentals, including Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Identification with our core values: Sustainability, Openness, Enjoyment

What We Offer

As a growing global life science company, with our stock listed on the German DAX and TecDAX , Sartorius offers a wide range of benefits:
Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, internal seminar offerings
Worklife Balance: Paid vacation, sick time, corporate holidays and community service day; as well as flexible work schedules
Making an Impact Right from the Start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform
Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, team spirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics such as “Coaching”, “Agile Working” and a “Businesswomen’s Network”
Health & Well Being: Wide selection of health and well-being support such as a variety of medical plans to choose from, dental, vision, EAP, and other wellness programs.
Intelligent Working Environment: Working in smart buildings with the latest technology and equipment.

Retirement Savings Plan: 401 k (with generous company match)
Flexible Spending: HSA, FSA (dependent care & healthcare spending), Transportation Commuter Account
Company Paid Benefits: Basic Life Insurance, AD&D, EAP, Family Planning & Women’s Health, Health Advocate
Additional/Optional: Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse & dependents), Legal Services, LTD & STD, Critical Illness Insurance, Student