TEST ENGINEERING LEADER - EVINOVA

About Evinova  Evinova is a health-tech business within the AstraZeneca Group, accelerating the delivery of better health outcomes by propelling the life sciences sector forward in digital health, from the inside.
Through our application of science-based expertise, evidence-led rigor, and human experience-driven insight, our digital solutions are deliberately designed so that everyone can reach better health outcomes together.
Digital Health is the convergence of healthcare with technology, data, and analytics to transform the healthcare industry and improve human health.
At AstraZeneca, our goal is to improve patient experience and outcomes.
We’ve been working hard to make this a reality, and our accumulated years of experience enable us to embed digital health at scale in our business and lead with our digital patient solutions.
Introduction to role Evinova is seeking a dynamic Test Engineering Leader to join our Product Engineering team.
Are you passionate about building products and driving innovation? In this role, you'll leverage your test engineering expertise to deliver world-class solutions.
As a Test Engineering Leader, you'll bring an engineering mindset to testing, leading the testing strategy for our products.
Collaborate with engineering leaders and excellence teams to implement tailored testing tools, establish a shared vision on testing practices, and lead external test engineer squads by influence.
Adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment to solve problems and explore new directions.
Accountabilities As a Test Engineering Leader, you will.
- Be responsible for test delivery of two products, partnering with contract test team leadership.
- Own testing for all product releases, preparing testing artifacts and reports.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering leaders and Delivery managers for smooth releases.
- Coordinate with internal employees and external contractors across multiple locations.
- Provide tailored, high-quality, operationally sustainable solutions.
- Build and implement testing strategy (manual and automated) in collaboration with engineering leaders.
- Own testing for the products, including test plan, test metrics, and release ownership.
- Build and maintain automation frameworks and scripts.
- Analyze test results, identify trends, and recommend improvements.
- Drive down manual testing for the products.
- Document testing and quality processes.
- Champion an engineering testing mindset.
- Coach and mentor team members as needed.
- Write and run actual test cases when necessary.
- Lead by doing, including writing scripts as needed.
Essential Skills/Experience We consider individuals in this role to be our top tier Test Engineers.
A top tier test engineer is capable of working in multiple spaces and is likely to be the most experienced and skilled test engineer on the team to begin with.
Learning new technology is part of that.
However, you must have deep technical skills.
- Experience leading different technology areas into a product technology roadmap.
- Previous hands-on testing experience.
- Expertise designing test architecture, selecting appropriate tools, and creating test strategy.
- Deep understanding of testing methodologies, tools, and automation.
- Expertise with automated test frameworks like Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber.
- Experience with scripting languages like Python.
- Experience working with databases like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Couchbase.
- Experience with data validation testing.
- Experience with Rest API and general API testing.
- Experience with UI testing frameworks.
- Experience with process tools like JIRA, Confluence.
- Experience with creating test reports and other auditable documentation.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Ability and willingness to learn new technologies.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent degree is preferred.
- 10+ years of hands-on test engineer experience  - 8+ years of test engineering leader experience.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash ambitious thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines.
In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions.
That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office.
But that doesn't mean we're not flexible.
We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility.
Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
AstraZeneca is where innovation meets impact.
Join us on our journey to redefine healthcare by creating the future of medicine.
Our patient-centric approach leverages cutting-edge technologies to understand diseases better, develop new medicines, and support patients comprehensively.
Be part of a digitally-enabled Research & Development cycle that enhances clinical trials, data collection, digital therapeutics, wearables, machine learning, visual analytics, integrated data for improved patient outcomes, and insights for next-generation products.
Empower yourself to explore and disrupt while working at the forefront of science.
If you thrive on adapting your skills and learning from setbacks, this is the place for you.
Ready to make a difference? Apply now to join our team! Date Posted 26-jun- Closing Date 10-jul- AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.
We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.
We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.
We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.
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