Junior/Medior Test Engineer (Agile)

Function description & Background

Our customer is actively looking for a Junior to Medior (Agile) Test Engineer to integrate into their test & validation team. The objective of this team is to validate, test and apporve deliverables and releases for the CTMS related to their chanllenges and business strategy. The candidate will be involved in all aspects of the testing and validation services.

The candidate will also actively participate in the design and architectural components/solutions of the CTMS in close collaboration with the Technical Lead.

He/she will enter a team currently in an Agile transformation. We'll look to this candidate to also actively participate in this transformation thanks to his/her project and Agile experience. However, the candidate will be open to and willing to accept that the pace of the Agile transformation is bound to certain company rules, boundaries and sensitivities.

Our candidate must commit to a long-term mission and as medior test engineer have relevant experience in corporate-wide projects. Experience in medical or healthcare sector is a plus.

Profile description

Responsibilities

Define, design and develop functional test cases
Develop, document and maintain automation test suites, as well as identify use-cases, negative testing, etc
Execute and evaluate automated and manual test cases hence report the test results
identify any potential quality issues per defined process
Actively participate in Scrum events: including Sprint planning, daily standup, retrospectives and sprint demo meetings
Actively and continuously collaborate and provide input to improve the testing and validation process
Actively collaborate in the continuous improvement process to let the test team grow
Be a true ambassador

Communication Skills

Ability to communicate with all the team members, understanding the specifications and designs that form the basis for testing
Be transparant and honest in all ways of communication with all stakeholders within and outside the company
Master both Dutch and English fluently both in speaking and writing (Dutch mother tongue is preferred) and at least a passive understanding (spoken) of French

Personal skills

Ability to work independently (or under minima supervision of the test manager) following the priorities and timing of the sprints and release plans
Ability to work structure following the procedures
Ability to work according to rules, standards and guidelines defined by the Test Management approach and corporate QA guidelines and rules
Ability to communicate realistic predictions about the testing work
Ability and willingness to work within a 'paced' Agile and Technological Transformation model
Ability and willing to learn our complex business model

Technical skills

Knowledge of a programming language (C# is a plus)
Basic SQL syntax for data validation
Experience with automation tools and test frameworks (Ranorex is a plus)
Knowledge of a test management tool (Spirateam is a plus)

Other pluses: GIT Source Control, Jenkins, VSTS/Azure DevOps

Open and fluent communicator, challenger
Bachelor or Master's degree in IT sciences or equivalent due to proven experience and track record
Experience in Healthcare, Pharmaceutical or Medical sector isn't required, however offers a huge advantage (specially related to our Validation Process)
Our ideal candidate must bring his/her experience to the team to improve the current way of working