Staff Engineer, Software Test
Thermo Fisher Scientific· Biotechnology· Oct 21, 2026 · 5d ago
South San Francisco, California, USA
In office
Full-time
Staff
$125K–$188K
8+ years exp
Job description
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Laboratory Setting
Job Description
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.
Location/Division Specific Information
Division: Clinical Next-Generation Sequencing
Location: South San Francisco
How will you make an impact?
As part of the Clinical Next-Generation Sequencing software team, you will help ensure the quality, reliability, and compliance of software used in Ion Torrent semiconductor DNA sequencing product lines. This role focuses on testing embedded instrument control software and its integration with server, web application.
You will contribute to system-level and integration testing across instrument software, backend services, web applications, databases, and connected workflows. You will participate in requirements reviews, risk analysis, test planning, defect investigation, and verification activities for RUO and diagnostic products. Your work will help ensure that software is fit for intended use, mitigates identified risks, and meets applicable quality and regulatory expectations.
What will you do?
Define the scope of testing within the context of each software release for web application and embedded instrument control software
Participate in writings EPICs and User Stories in JIRA by gathering the requirements from Product Management, System Engineering, Molecular Biology, global support teams.
Writing test plans which includes testing objectives, testing phases, scenarios and test environment after a thorough analysis of the business rules. Estimating the testing efforts
Plan, deploy and manage the testing activities for sanity, regression, system testing, integration testing, installation testing of the Embedded instrument control software and web application software during the entire development and verification stages.
Write and review test cases, test strategy, test data, reports, and trace matrices, ensuring design compliance and test coverage
Generate and maintain Test Summary Reports, bug reports, traceability matrix, risk analysis.
Initiate and support product quality improvements.
How will you get here?
Education
Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field of study.
Experience
Bachelors degree and 8 years of Software testing experience, or Master’s degree and 6 years Software testing experience.
Solid understanding of software development life cycle and software testing life cycle.
Good understanding of testing methodologies, regression, sanity, performance, feature verification testing
Good understanding of software testing best-practices.
Experience in writing test plans, test cases, simulating test data for software verification of medical devices.
Experience in new product development from product realization to product launch
Prior experience in Agile software development methodology
Utilized HP ALM and Jira,
Strong expertise in Linux/Unix operating system
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Previous experience testing embedded instrument control software
Self-motivation, problem solving ability, organizational skills, thoughtful and detail-oriented
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Driven to deliver quality results on time and in a highly ethical and professional manner
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $125,000.00–$187,550.00.
This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: jobs.thermofisher.com
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