Test Automation Engineer

Job description:

Ever wondered how your skills and unique background could impact the world of tomorrow? Join our R&D team and bring your passion and talent to work.

Test Automation Engineer

Männedorf, Switzerland

Your contribution

In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring the quality and reliability of our products by planning, designing, executing, and documenting testing, verification, and validation activities with a focus on test automation. You will support the development of test infrastructure and collaborate closely with R&D project teams to drive innovation and excellence

Responsibilities

• Designing automated test cases and simple test models
• Monitoring automated test executions and troubleshooting issues
• Working as a project team member on verification and validation (V&V) tasks
• Communicating effectively with V&V and project teams
• Writing clear and detailed technical specifications and documentation
• Supporting the enhancement of functional and technical aspects of products and workflows
• Reporting test project status to the Test Manager
• Ensuring compliance with processes, SOPs, directives, guidelines, and norms
• Continuously developing your professional skills and contributing to team objectives

Your background

We're not just looking for hard skills: We're looking for people who bring their passion and talent to work.

• You have a technical or scientific education, ideally in computer science, biological or life sciences, mechanical or software engineering
• You hold an ISTQB Foundation Level certification, or are willing to obtain it after joining
• You bring 2–8+ years of experience in instrument or module development, preferably within the medical device industry
• You are fluent in English and communicate clearly, both orally and in writing
• You have strong programming skills in an object-oriented language (such as C#)
• You are familiar with testing and verification processes, and have a good understanding of software development life cycles, agile methodologies, and continuous integration/deployment
• You are comfortable using version control systems like Git or TFVC
• You enjoy collaborating in a team, are flexible, curious, and eager to learn
• You work independently, efficiently, and reliably, and are proactive in communicating progress and proposing solutions
• You are motivated to take responsibility, execute routine work, and contribute to the success of the team

W
hat makes working at Tecan unique

The chance to make it count and to have an impact on the world of tomorrow

• Working in an international and diverse environment
• The chance to grow your career within the company
• Feel empowered by our strong and unique company culture
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package

Join Tecan, a great place to work
Read about our recent certification from Great Place to Work.

We're looking forward to receiving your application online. Please submit your CV or resume (w/o picture and w/o cover letter, reference letters and diplomas are optional).

Our purpose.

At Tecan we are driven to improve people's lives and health. We do this by empowering our customers to scale healthcare innovation globally from life science to the clinic. We collaborate with our customers from early-stage innovation through project implementation and beyond. We deliver the products, services and solutions that make lab processes and medical procedures precise, reproducible and compliant.

Stay unique and make it count.

Our values - trust, highest standards and ambition - are the cornerstones of our business and provide the framework for Tecan's culture. We foster a positive and empowering environment where our rarest assets, our unique employees, can grow and bring their passion and talent to work.