Software Test Automation Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Software Test Automation Engineer
• Focus: Building and maintaining scalable test automation frameworks for automated storage equipment-control software

Description

Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks for WPF and React frontends and .NET backend applications. Build reusable test libraries, integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub), and validate end-to-end workflows across desktop, web, backend services, databases, and integrated storage equipment.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain automation for WPF C# desktop, React web frontends, .NET middleware, Windows services, REST APIs, and SQL Server databases
• Select tools and strategies for UI, API, service, database, integration, system, and performance testing
• Create reusable test libraries and promote test automation best practices across teams
• Integrate automated tests into pull requests, nightly builds, and production release processes
• Support validation deliverables (traceability matrices, IQ/OQ/PQ protocols, validation reports)
• Perform performance, load, and security testing
• Maintain documentation for audit readiness
• Collaborate across QA, development, and engineering teams to validate end-to-end hardware/software workflows

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of test automation experience, including framework architecture and CI/CD integration
• Experience with full-stack automation tools/frameworks: Playwright, Selenium, FlaUI, WinAppDriver, Postman/Newman, RestSharp, WireMock, Moq, xUnit, NUnit, REST-assured
• Strong C# and .NET skills; Python or Java experience is beneficial
• Hands-on testing experience across Windows desktop clients, web applications, Windows services, REST APIs, and databases
• Familiarity with regulated environments: ISO 9001, GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11
• Proficiency with Git and Azure DevOps
• Experience with Azure DevOps Test Plans, test suites, requirements-to-test traceability, automated reporting, and defect linkage
• Experience testing equipment-control/robotic/automation/instrument interfaces
• Experience validating SQL Server functionality including data integrity, stored procedures, upgrades, and data migrations

Benefits

• Hybrid work (4 days/week onsite in Billerica, MA)
• Occasional travel (<10%) depending on project phase
• Base compensation range: $94,000–$117,000 (US)