Agilent Technologies · 9 hours ago
AVP of Software Quality & Test Engineering
US-CA-Santa Clara
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$217K/yr - $340K/yr
7+ years expAgilent Technologies Inc. is a global leader in the life sciences, diagnostics, and applied markets, delivering insight and innovation that advance the quality of life. The AVP of Software Quality & Test Engineering will lead the transformation of quality assurance into an AI-enabled, automation-first capability and ensure that delivery speed does not compromise reliability and safety in clinical and life sciences environments.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsLife SciencePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Lead the shift from manual testing to automated testing across unit, integration, system, and security layers
Establish modern quality engineering standards aligned with cloud and software delivery models
Own and operate end-to-end test execution across unit, integration, system, performance, security, and regression testing, with direct accountability for test completeness and outcomes
Stand up and manage centralized test teams, environments, and tooling, ensuring tests are executed at speed and scale across all releases
Deploy AI-based tools to optimize test coverage, identify risk areas, and predict defects earlier in the lifecycle
Continuously improve quality signal and defect prevention capabilities
Partner with DevOps and Engineering leaders to embed automated quality gates directly into CI/CD pipelines
Ensure quality is measured and enforced continuously, not retrospectively
Lead and develop global QA and quality engineering teams
Drive consistency in tools, frameworks, and testing practices across products and regions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience
7+ years of leadership experience in quality engineering within on-prem or cloud environments
Proven success building large-scale test automation capabilities
Quality Engineering & Test Automation
AI-Driven Testing Tools
CI/CD Integration
Integration & Security Testing
End-to-end System Testing
Test Data & Environment Management
Regulated Software Environments
Benefits
Eligibility for bonus
Stock
Benefits
Company
Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies addresses the scientific and laboratory management needs of analytical scientists and clinical researchers.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$500M2019-09-05Post Ipo Debt· $500M
1999-11-26IPO
Leadership Team
Mike McMullen
CEO and President
Padraig McDonnell
President and CEO
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