Software Test Engineer M/F/D

Job Description

Agilent inspires and supports discoveries that advance the quality of life by providing life science, diagnostic, and applied market laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications, and both measurement and asset management expertise.

Do you enjoy exploring complex software, uncovering risks, and turning customer needs into reliable solutions? Join our collaborative software QC team in Waldbronn and help ensure that Agilent’s laboratory software and instrument workflows deliver accurate, intuitive, and trusted answers.  

As a Software Test Engineer, you will work across the development lifecycle with software engineers, product owners and application experts to shape testable requirements, design and execute manual and automated tests, analyze results and drive issues through to resolution. Your work will directly support scientists and laboratories worldwide in gaining the answers and insights they need.

Key Responsibilities:  

• Plan, develop, and execute manual and automated test campaigns to validate customer workflows across the Liquid Chromatography portfolio, Chromatography Data Systems, and related applications. 

• Design and maintain functional, system, integration, workflow, regression, and performance test cases, along with the required test data, environments, and instrument configurations. 

• Partner with R&D, Product Marketing, and application experts to define requirements, customer workflows, acceptance criteria, and effective test strategies. 

• Analyze test results and defects, collaborate on root cause investigations, verify fixes, and drive issues through to resolution. 

• Ensure traceability across requirements, risks, test cases, test results, and defects, while producing and maintaining Product Lifecycle documentation in line with Agilent quality standards. 

• Leverage approved AI tools and automation frameworks to improve test effectiveness and productivity, while ensuring AI-generated outputs and AI-enabled features meet quality, compliance, and validation requirements. 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• University degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience. 

• Experience with software testing and development processes, including manual test design and execution, defect management, requirements-based verification, and Agile development practices. 

• Experience with or knowledge of liquid chromatography, chromatography data systems (CDS), laboratory workflows, or other complex software-hardware systems. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a passion for application testing, usability, and product quality. 

• Fluent English and German communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to effectively use and critically evaluate AI-assisted productivity, development, or testing tools. 

Nice-to-Have Qualifications: 

• Experience in a life sciences, regulated, or quality-managed environment, including familiarity with applicable quality practices. 

• Hands-on experience with test automation and quality tools such as Jenkins, Reqnroll, Selenium, Playwright, nUnit, MS Test, Jira, Git, or CI/CD pipelines. 

• Experience with Agilent LC/LC-MS instrumentation, OpenLab CDS, API testing, AI-enabled development workflows, or validation of AI-enabled software features. 

Additional Details

This job has a full time weekly schedule.

Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locations

Agilent Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other protected categories under all applicable laws.

Travel Required:

Occasional

Shift:

Day

Duration:

No End Date

Job Function:

Quality/Regulatory