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JOB CODE: TEM.CWHR.A00
JOB PROFILE: Senior Systems Testing / QA Specialist
BAND: 7
DESCRIPTION:
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Role Overview
The Senior Systems Testing / QA Specialist is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of applications within the Service Platform (C4S). This role collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to validate new functionality, perform regression testing, and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for system releases. The position also provides testing and operational support for the S1 Scheduling application.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and execute test plans and test cases for new and existing functionality within the C4S platform
- Perform comprehensive regression testing to ensure system stability and prevent defects
- Partner with product owners, developers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and define testing strategies
- Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, execution tracking, and issue resolution
- Identify, document, and track defects, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication across teams
- Support system release cycles by validating functionality and readiness for deployment
- Provide testing and functional support for the S1 Scheduling application
- Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tools, and best practices
- Ensure adherence to quality standards, compliance requirements, and organizational policies
REQUIREMENTS:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience in software testing or quality assurance
- Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing lifecycle, and best practices
- Experience with functional, regression, and UAT testing
- Familiarity with test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., Jira, HPLM.)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience testing enterprise service platforms or similar systems
- Knowledge of scheduling or workforce management applications (e.g., S1 Scheduling)
- Exposure to automation testing tools and frameworks
- Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments
Key Competencies
- Attention to detail and commitment to quality
- Strong organizational and coordination skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — The package includes a 401(k) with a strong company match and an employee stock purchase plan, which are viewed as meaningful components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Starting paid time off around three weeks, along with paid holidays, sick time, bereavement, volunteer time, and options to add more, is consistently highlighted as a strength.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus additional bonding time, together with adoption/fertility assistance and childcare benefits, provides robust family support.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. 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, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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