Test Automation Engineer - C#

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Title: Test Automation Engineer 

Job Responsibilities:

• Performs the role of a test automation specialist
• Provide technical guidance, review support to the automation team. Support & train test engineers on automation
• Formulate the automation test strategy for a product/subsystem
• Participates in Review of automation deliverables
• Handle the estimation, planning, resource identification and risk management activities related to test automation
• Use/Propose to team on suitable test automation approach
• Automation test case development, review, execution, reporting and traceability
• Ownership of completeness of all automation test documents
• Manages technical communication within team and partners/stakeholders
• Participates in automation improvement initiatives to enhance productivity
• Look for the opportunities of test automation in the assigned areas.
• Drive the automation work within the team & aim to achieve committed automation coverage
• Ownership of Test automation for the scope of work responsible
• Mentor the junior testers on automation as Subject Matter Expert (SME).
• Provide status update to management on overall automation progress
• Acts as the technical coach for a team or domain, being recognized and approached by team members for expertise and guidance, ensures consistent application of best practices and high standards across projects.
• Sets quality goals and development practices with the team, driving continuous improvement and excellence in software development through rigorous standards and methodologies.
• Conducts and participates in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices to maintain code quality.
• Stays current with emerging technologies and industry trends, incorporating new tools and methodologies to improve development processes and product quality.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and QA engineers, to define, design, and ship new features, ensuring alignment with project goals and user needs.
• Resolves a wide range of moderate complexity requests in creative ways, demonstrating good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

Minimum required Education:
Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent.

Minimum required Experience:

• 10+ years of experience on test discipline, test strategy, test automation
• Very strong Programming skills (preferably C#) is a must.
• Good experience on automation tools, scripting languages is required
• Strong work Experience with BDD, Gherkin, Specflow, Visual Studio, N unit framework and API testing is a must.
• Strong experience in application life cycle management tools like ALM/PTC/TFS used for Verification activities
• Good understanding of the defect management procedures and tools.
• Good understanding of configuration management & related tools is required.
• Expertise in development, testing and debugging skills is a must

Preferred Education:

• Hands on Experience with automation framework development is preferred
• Experience in healthcare industry is preferred
• Expertise in automation test strategy, test design skills and able to guide the team on these.
• Good understanding/experience in SAFe way of working.
• Showcasing knowledge on performance, reliability and load testing through automation.

Preferred Skills:
• Software Test Automation
• Agile Methodology
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• DevOps
• Business Acumen
• Continuous Improvement
• Version Control System
• Quality Specifications
• Software Design
• Code Reviews
• Programming Languages
• Debugging
• API Design
• API Integration
• Test Driven Development (TDD)

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
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About Philips
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.

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