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With 2200+ employees and continued investments over 25 years in India, ZEISS’ success story in India is continuing at a rapid pace.\nFurther information at ZEISS India.\nJob Summary\nWe are looking for an experienced Quality Assurance (QA) Lead to own the test strategy, test architecture, and verification quality for secure medical connectivity software. This is a hands-on leadership role that combines test automation engineering with leadership, definition of test procedures and reporting, and ownership of test automation architecture. The successful candidate will guide test engineers, define and enforce the highest quality standards in a regulated medical-device environment. Strong experience in Python test automation, Linux and cybersecurity verification is essential; experience in medical-device software or another regulated industry is preferred.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead and mentor the test team, drive structured test execution and scalable quality practices across the product lifecycle.\nOwn test strategy, planning, traceability, defect management, and release quality gates, ensuring compliance.\nDefine and evolve the test architecture and automated test integration.\nDevelop and maintain automated test frameworks, infrastructure, and security/quality tooling integration, including static analysis, SBOM/SCA, and vulnerability scanning.\nContribute directly through Python and Bash development, code reviews, and troubleshooting of complex system, network, and connectivity issues.\nVerify functional, installation, integration, safety, security, and service requirements while enforcing coding and testing best practices.\nPartner with cross-functional and international stakeholders to translate requirements into comprehensive, traceable test strategies and plans.\nEnsure regulatory compliance, maintain release-ready test documentation, and support verification, review, and milestone activities throughout the development lifecycle.\nRequired Skills and Qualifications\nBachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science Engineering, or a related discipline.\n10+ years of professional test engineering experience, including proven experience leading test engineers and quality activities.\nZEISS classification: Confidential\nDemonstrated ability to define test strategy and test architecture, lead a test team, mentor engineers, and resolve complex, system-level problems.\nStrong communication and collaboration skills in a global, cross-functional environment.\nTechnical expertise (must-have):\nStrong proficiency in Python for test automation and for building/maintaining test frameworks (e.g., pytest), including clean, modular, reproducible test code.\nProficiency in Bash scripting for system and test automation.\nHands-on experience with Jenkins or equivalent CI/CD tools for automated test execution and reporting.\nDeep hands-on Linux expertise (RHEL/AlmaLinux family): administration, package management (YUM/RPM), services, and troubleshooting.\nSolid networking knowledge: TCP/IP, firewalls, TLS/stunnel, SSH, SMB/NFS, service discovery (mDNS/Avahi), and network troubleshooting.\nCybersecurity verification: OS hardening checks, least-privilege, attack-surface reduction, SBOM/SCA, CVE handling, and secure software updates - and the tools that support them (Black Duck, Syft, Nessus, ShellCheck etc.).\nHands-on experience in automated testing, including driving a device under test over SSH/SMB/serial and generating JUnit/HTML test reports.\nExperience with virtualization tools and environments (virtual machines) and with system imaging tools such as CloneZilla (or equivalent) for test setup and image restore.\nKnowledge of the medical-device software lifecycle (IEC 62304), risk management, verification planning (SWVP), traceability matrices, and cybersecurity requirements.\nExperience with version control (SVN and/or Git) and working in Agile/Scrum environments. Preferred / Nice to have.\nExperience developing or testing software for medical devices or another regulated industry.\nExperience with secure connectivity, clinical interoperability, or distributed systems.\nFamiliarity with product security, SOUP/OTS validation, and modern engineering tool chains.\nExperience with Jenkins or equivalent CI/CD tools, particularly for integrating automated test execution and reporting into existing CI/CD pipelines.\nZEISS classification: Confidential\nWhy join ZEISS India?\nJoin a global technology organization developing innovative medical solutions with a strong focus on quality, cybersecurity, patient safety, and international collaboration. 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