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InterSources Inc

Software QA Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

InterSources Inc is a company focused on cloud networking and security solutions, and they are seeking a Software QA Engineer to develop and execute test plans. The role involves ensuring test ...

ASML

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

... QA career path. You will work closely with software developers, application engineers, and domain experts to understand algorithm behavior, design meaningful test scenarios, analyze results, and ...

PlayStation Global

Software QA Engineer

San Mateo, CA · On-site

Software QA Engineer (Contract) Join PlayStation's global initiative to build innovative test automation systems in a sophisticated environment. Engage with engineers, product owners, and designers ...

Worky

Senior Software QA Engineer

Palo Alto, CA · On-site

$131 - $205/hr

Senior Software QA Engineer Description The Senior Software QA Engineer is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, and maintenance of robust and scalable software systems. The role ...

In-N-Out Burgers

Senior Software QA Engineer

Irvine, CA · On-site

$107K - $140K/yr

Mentor and coach junior and mid-level QA team members and provide technical guidance * Collaborate ... Jira Software and Confluence * JMeter * Microsoft office with Visio Work Location Details In-N-Out ...

PlayStation Global

Software QA Engineer

San Mateo, CA · On-site

$60 - $80/hr

Software QA Engineer (Contract) Join PlayStation's global initiative to build innovative test automation systems in a sophisticated environment. Engage with engineers, product owners, and designers ...

Ooma

Software QA Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA · On-site

Ooma is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our SQA team. In this role, you will help ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of Ooma ...

HME

Senior Software QA Engineer

Carlsbad, CA · On-site

$94K - $126K/yr

HME is recruiting for a Senior Software QA Engineer - Cloud . In this role, under minimal supervision, support the testing, correction/modification, and quality assurance of products under ...

Ooma

Software QA Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA · On-site

Ooma is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our SQA team. In this role, you will help ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of Ooma ...

Ooma

Software QA Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA

Ooma is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Software Quality Assurance Engineer to join our SQA team. In this role, you will help ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of Ooma ...

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Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

ASML

San Jose, CA • On-site

$140K - $210K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 24 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies to support product and technology roadmaps.

  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites for various testing types.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system designs support testability, reliability, and other quality attributes.

ASML rating

9.1

Company rating: 9.1 out of 10

Based on 42 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

21st of 496 rated machine equipment manufacturers

Job description

Introduction to the job
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer will play a critical role in ensuring the quality, reliability, performance, and maintainability of software solutions that drive customer satisfaction. We are looking for an experienced QA professional and technical leader with strong analytical, test design, automation, and problem-solving skills. The ideal candidate demonstrates technical depth, curiosity, integrity, and a results-oriented mindset.
As a key member of a highly integrated, multidisciplinary team of software, systems, applications, hardware, and algorithm engineers, you will be responsible for validating complex software systems spanning hardware, firmware, operating systems, desktop applications, and web applications. Proven ability to thrive in collaborative teams while solving complex quality, scalability, and reliability challenges across the full technology stack.
Role and responsibilities
  • Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies to support product and technology roadmaps.
  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and test suites for functional, integration, system, regression, and performance testing.
  • Apply systematic root-cause analysis to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve software quality issues.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system designs support testability, manufacturability, reliability, and serviceability.
  • Validate technical integration of hardware and software solutions across complex systems.
  • Drive adoption of software quality best practices, including test automation, quality metrics, defect prevention, and continuous testing.
  • Contribute to and enhance Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for automated build verification, testing, and release validation.
  • Review software requirements, architecture, and design documents to identify test coverage gaps and quality risks.
  • Participate in defect triage, issue prioritization, and resolution activities.
  • Establish quality standards, test processes, and reporting mechanisms across development projects.
  • Mentor team members on quality engineering methodologies and automation practices.

Education and experience
Requirements
Master degree with substantial general work experience, or equivalent working and thinking level. Comprehensive job related experience in own expertise area to fully competence level.
Seasoned designer within own competence and has completed at least 1 product development cycle
Skills
  • Ability to analyze complex systems, decompose requirements, and develop comprehensive test plans and validation strategies.
  • Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), quality assurance methodologies, and testing best practices.
  • Able to execute AI enable testing
  • Experience designing and implementing scalable automated test frameworks.
  • Ability to validate legacy and modern systems operating in hybrid environments.
  • Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across distributed and integrated systems.
  • Experience designing and executing:
    • Unit testing
    • Integration testing
    • System testing
    • Regression testing
    • Performance testing
    • End-to-end validation testing
  • Proficient in .NET technologies and programming languages such as C# and/or C++.
  • Hands-on experience testing WCF and WPF applications.
  • Experience validating distributed systems, state machines, and parallel processing applications.
  • Experience with test automation tools, defect tracking systems, and CI/CD platforms.
  • 8+ years of experience in software quality assurance, test automation, or software validation using C#, .NET, and/or C++.
  • 3+ years of experience leading quality engineering initiatives, test architecture design, automation strategy, or validation of complex software systems.

Other information
  • Hybrid work model requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.
  • Travel 1-2 times per year to support software validation and customer-site quality initiative

The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:
$140,250-210,375
Pay scales are determined by role, level, location and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of several factors that that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and pay relative to other team members.
The Company offers employees and their families, medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to participate in the Company's 401k plan. Employees will also receive eight (8) hours of vacation leave every month and (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year. For more information, please contact the Recruiter or click on this link Compensation & Benefits in the US.
All new ASML jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days.
Inclusion and diversity
ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.
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Please note: This email address is solely intended to provide a method for applicants to initiate ASML's process to request accommodation(s). Any recruitment questions should be directed to the designated Talent Acquisition member for the position.

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