Lead Test Engineer, New Product Development, R&D

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Are you interested in driving the development and launch of new cutting edge, innovative devices? Do you thrive on defining and implementing comprehensive manual and automated test strategies and frameworks? Do you excel in a role that allows you to lead both execution and oversight of complex system, integration, and feature-level tests? If you answered yes, yes, yes, then we'd love to discuss our Lead Test Engineer role with you!

A Snapshot Of What You'll Do

The Lead Test Engineer designs and drives our end-to-end validation efforts for analytical lab instrumentation. You will define and implement comprehensive manual and automated test strategies and frameworks, review requirements to ensure full coverage, develop and maintain scalable test infrastructures, and lead both execution and oversight of complex system, integration, and feature-level tests. Partnering cross-functionally, you'll manage defect tracking, metrics reporting, and release governance to ensure product quality and reliability. Continuous process improvement and team mentorship are key aspects of this role.

The Impact You'll Make

The Lead Test Engineer designs and drives our end-to-end validation efforts :

• Test Strategy & Planning : Define and implement comprehensive manual and automated test strategies, plans, and frameworks for analytical lab instrumentation.
• Requirements Review : Analyze product requirements and specifications to ensure test coverage aligns with feature goals and edge cases.
• Framework Development : Design, build, and maintain scalable automated and manual test frameworks—including HIL and software-in-the-loop—integrated into our CI / CD pipelines.
• Execution & Oversight : Lead the execution of complex test scenarios, from bench setups to software integration, mentor Manual and Automation engineers, and guide release decisions based on system stability and quality metrics.
• Defect Management : Use test management and defect-tracking tools to document findings, reproduce customer issues, and collaborate with Engineering teams to drive root-cause analysis and resolution.
• Metrics & Reporting : Track test coverage, defect trends, and key quality indicators; communicate progress, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Work closely with Software, Firmware, UI, and Requirements teams to reproduce and resolve issues and to refine test plans.
• Process Improvement : Evaluate and implement new testing tools, methodologies, and best practices to increase efficiency and reliability.
• Release Governance : Lead release decisions by evaluating test results, system stability, and quality metrics; communicate risks and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Automate Key Tests : Utilize Python, or similar scripting environments, to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
• Support design-for-test (DFT) : Work to improve testability and traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support Pre-Compliance Testing : (e.g., EMC / EMI, power, thermal) Coordinate with regulatory and quality teams as needed.

Education Needed

The Lead Test Engineer typically requires a combination of hands-on technical experience, training, and certifications, including :

Preferred Skills Include

Skills And Competencies Needed

The Lead Test Engineer uses a variety of technical skills, soft skills and industry knowledge to develop applications and systems, including :

Who We Are

Anton Paar's high-precision instruments help our customers develop every-day products from your shampoo to your shoes, your lunch and favorite beverages, your computer and medication, jet engines, batteries and the pavement on which you commute every day. We help Fortune 500 companies of almost every industry sector, start-ups, and leading universities conduct their research and quality control.

Owned by the charitable Santner Foundation, our investment into R&D is unmatched and leads to industry-leading products. We maintain fiscal stability and independence so we can handle today's and tomorrow's challenges, and aim to provide meaningful, long-term workplaces for all employees. Anton Paar is headquartered in Graz, Austria, and operates worldwide.

What We Do

Anton Paar QuantaTec manufactures instruments for characterization of powders and porous materials using techniques like physisorption, chemisorption, gas pycnometry, mercury intrusion porosimetry, capillary flow porometry amongst others.

Supervision Exercised

This role is an independent contributor who is a member of multiple teams, and does not have any direct supervision of staff.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, observe, communicate and handle items such as computers, machinery and other equipment. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 20 pounds.

Position requires the ability to obtain a Passport for international travel.

In regards to organizational issues, the employee will comply with the regulations set forward in the Anton Paar Employee Handbook, except if otherwise stated.

Anton Paar QuantaTec Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities at Anton Paar QuantaTec Inc. are based upon one's qualifications and capabilities to perform the essential functions of a particular job. All employment opportunities are provided without regard to : age, race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, sickle cell trait, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Measuring and Control Instrument Manufacturing

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