Senior Software Engineer, Test Automation

- Automated Test Development: Design, implement, debug, and maintain reliable automated end-to-end and integration tests for complex imaging software using Cypress and related testing technologies.

- Cross-Product Test Architecture: Collaborate with software development and quality assurance teams to develop reusable test frameworks and automate workflows that span multiple products, services, and instrument-control applications.

- CI/CD, Build Quality, and Root-Cause Analysis: Monitor automated test pipelines and software builds daily; investigate complex or intermittent failures using evidence from multiple sources; distinguish product defects from test or infrastructure issues; communicate which builds are suitable for further verification and validation; and improve test reliability, diagnostics, processes, and infrastructure to prevent recurrence.

- Test Strategy and Coverage: Translate product risks, customer workflows, and acceptance criteria into automated test designs and backlog stories; identify gaps in regression coverage and prioritize automation that delivers the greatest quality and business impact.

- Technical Leadership and Collaboration: Work independently with product owners, software leads, quality assurance engineers, engineering managers, and developers; lead focused automation initiatives, build consensus on quality issues, and serve as a technical resource for colleagues with less automation experience.

- Education and experience: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline with 5+ years of professional software development or software test automation experience; equivalent directly relevant experience may be considered.

- Test automation expertise: Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining automated end-to-end or integration tests for commercial software, including practical expertise with Cypress or a comparable browser automation framework and JavaScript or TypeScript.

- Continuous integration: Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, monitoring pipeline and build health, diagnosing failures, and communicating actionable quality and release-readiness information.

- Software engineering practices: Proficiency with Git, package-management and build tools such as npm, REST-based applications, test design patterns, defect tracking, and Agile development practices.

- Independent problem solving and collaboration: Ability to solve complex technical problems with minimal guidance, perform effective root-cause analysis, lead small initiatives, explain difficult technical information clearly, and build consensus across cross-functional teams.

- Scientific or instrument-control software: Testing laboratory instruments, imaging systems, robotic systems, or other software connected to physical hardware.

- High-content imaging: Familiarity with microscopy, image acquisition and analysis workflows, or life science applications.

- Cross-product automation: Building automated workflows that coordinate multiple desktop applications, browser applications, backend services, or independently released products.

- Additional test technologies: Experience with Angular application testing, API testing, Windows desktop automation, test reporting systems, or improving the reliability and observability of large regression suites.

- Minimal travel expected-one week or less per year-for internal planning activities only.

- This position requires working 100% on-site at the Downingtown, PA location.

Molecular Devices , a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info .

The annual salary range for this role is $110,000 - $125,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.