Software Quality and Test Engineer

Posted Yesterday
Hiring Remotely in Durham, North Carolina, USA
In-Office or Remote
Mid level
Pharmaceutical
The Role
The Software Quality and Test Engineer will conduct business process testing, manage quality assurance reviews, create test cases, and ensure software meets quality standards in an agile environment, focusing on both functional and non-functional requirements.
Summary Generated by Built In

When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve.
 
At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.

Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

Key Accountabilities:

Business process testing:

  • Support the quality control of functional or cross-functional systems and applications in line with Parexel Operational and Parexel Quality Management strategies. 

  • Manages selection/creation of relevant scenarios for testing and ensures that tests reflect realistic operational business conditions. 

  • Ensure tests and results are documented, reported to stakeholders and are available for specification of user instructions.

Quality Assurance:

  • Conduct Software Quality reviews of software functional requirements and designs. 

  • Experience writing and executing functional & non-functional test plans/cases within an agile environment.

  • Test internally developed software and commercial off the shelf (COTS) product to ensure quality of software delivery. 

  • Ensure that software is tested according to SOPs, lifecycle methodologies and to regulatory requirements. 

Testing:

  • Accepts responsibility for creation of test cases using own in-depth technical analysis of both functional and non-functional specifications (such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability, and portability). 

  • Creates traceability records, from test cases back to requirements. Produces test scripts, materials, and regression test packs to test new and amended software or services. 

  • Records and analyses action and results and maintains a defect register.

  • Reviews test results and modifies tests if necessary. Provides reports on progress, anomalies, risks, and issues associated with the overall project.

  • Reports on system quality and collects metrics on test cases. Provides specialist advice to support others.

  • Knowledge in basic and complex SQL Queries

Other Accountabilities:

  • Familiarity with software quality assurance processes and software testing best practices.

  • Perform project tasks in accordance with project timelines and required quality standards.

  • Keep manager(s) informed about work progress and any issues to avoid surprises.

  • Analyze bugs and errors found during tests, documenting the results, verified resolved defects, and tracked the bugs raised.

  • Great team player and able to work efficiently with minimal supervision.

  • Provide and meet time estimates for assigned deliverables. 

Skills:

  • Excellent attention to detail. Good oral and written communication skills, strong analytic and problem solving. A flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning. 

  • Ability to function as part of a ‘virtual’, global team as required. 

  • Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workflow with attention to detail within as action-oriented, fast-paced, and rapidly changing environment.

  • Manual and/or automated testing of IT applications, including portals, data warehouses, web, client\/server applications.  

  • Experience with back-end, front-end and connectivity components of data warehouse applications.

  • Configuration and change management of software components and packages including defect/issue reporting and tracking.  

  • Shows commitment to and performs consistently high-quality work.

  • Ability to be work both independently and as part of a team.

  • Demonstrated skill at working as a productive member of a software development teamwork and willingness to listen to others. 

Knowledge and Experience

  • System implementation and Part 11 validation experience required.

  • Experience in Clinical Development & Delivery or other similar experiences.

  • Knowledge of GxP compliance required.

  • Proficiency in verbal and written English. 

  • Experience with test case design and strategy

  • Experience with reviewing requirements and functional specifications

  • 3-5 Years experience in software testing techniques and test case development, can easily determine what test case is required for various testing scenarios.

  • 1-2 Years SQL experience. Familiarity with data warehousing concepts.

Education:

  • Educated to degree level (B.S/B.A. Computer science preferred, technology, biological science, or equivalent degree in technology) or equivalent qualification or clinical research experience.

  

Minimum Work Experience

  • Hand-on work experience in software industry experience in Software Quality and Test Engineering for Web and/or client/server applications. 

  • Strong experience in Software Quality and Test activities (Writing, updating, executing test cases).

  • Familiarity in Web Automation using Selenium WebDriver with (Java), process improvement skills and performance testing.

Skills Required

  • 3-5 years experience in software testing techniques and test case development
  • 1-2 years SQL experience
  • Experience with test case design and strategy
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification
  • Familiarity in Web Automation using Selenium WebDriver with Java

Parexel Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parexel and has not been reviewed or approved by Parexel.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA options, and company-paid disability insurance. Descriptions often portray the package as strong or “top notch,” adding meaningful value.
  • Retirement Support Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company matching and, in some regions, generous pension contributions. Core financial protections are emphasized as a solid part of the total rewards.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off programs include ample PTO or flexible/unlimited RTO alongside flexible schedules and remote/hybrid options. Work-life balance support from managers is highlighted as a practical advantage.

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The Company
HQ: Durham, North Carolina
20,524 Employees

What We Do

Parexel is among the world’s largest clinical research organizations (CROs), providing the full range of Phase I to IV clinical development services to help life-saving treatments reach patients faster. Leveraging the breadth of our clinical, regulatory and therapeutic expertise, our team of more than 21,000 global professionals collaborates with biopharmaceutical leaders, emerging innovators and sites to design and deliver clinical trials with patients in mind, increasing access and participation to make clinical research a care option for anyone, anywhere. Our depth of industry knowledge and strong track record gained over the past 40 years is moving the industry forward and advancing clinical research in healthcare’s most complex areas, while our innovation ecosystem offers the best solutions to make every phase of the clinical trial process more efficient. With the people, insight and focus on operational excellence, we work With HeartTM every day to treat patients with dignity and continuously learn from their experiences, so every trial makes a difference. For more information, visit parexel.com. Community Guidelines Because Parexel’s social media channels are open to the general public and employees, we are not responsible for views expressed other than our own. However, we do not tolerate posts that are: • Abusive, harassing or threatening to others. • Defamatory, offensive, obscene, vulgar or depicting violence. • Hateful targeting by race/ethnicity, age, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual preference or orientation, nationality or political beliefs. • Sexually explicit or pornographic. • Fraudulent, deceptive, libelous, misleading or unlawful. • Referencing criminal or illegal activity. • Spamming. We reserve the right to remove any comments that do not adhere to our guidelines as well as report users who violate the rules of our page.

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