Senior Test Automation Engineer

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Sr Test Automation Engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific ensuring quality and reliability of cloud-based scientific software products. Collaborating on automation frameworks and driving best practices across the organization.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeRemote • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureJavaJavaScriptJMeterNoSQLSeleniumSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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 patterns
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.
Collaborate with developers to improve testability and code quality
Write clean, maintainable, and scalable automation code following engineering best practices
Perform database validation using SQL/NoSQL

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
8+ 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.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible working arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

automated test frameworksAPI testingUI testingperformance testingBDDTDDSQLNoSQLdebuggingtest automation

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscollaborationcommunication