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engineering leadership, scientific workflow validation, data-intensive applications, and pharmaceutical research environments.\nKey Responsibilities\nDefine and own the test automation strategy, framework roadmap, quality gates, test estimation models, and release readiness approach.\nLead quality planning throughout discovery, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support phases.\nDevelop and maintain automation frameworks, reusable libraries, and scalable testing solutions.\nEstablish risk-based testing methodologies and quality governance standards.\nMentor QA engineers and drive best practices in test automation and quality engineering.\nTest Design & Execution\nTranslate business requirements, scientific workflows, user stories, acceptance criteria, and interface specifications into comprehensive test scenarios and detailed test cases.\nDesign, develop, and execute automated tests covering:UI Testing\nAPI Testing\nIntegration Testing\nRegression Testing\nData 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