Job Description Job title: Lead Software Test Engineer
Reports to: Bioinformatics & Software Team Leader / Head of
Bioinformatics & Software Location: Hybrid - 2/3 days onsite at
Manchester Science Park Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent Salary
& Benefits: Competitive Salary + Benefits Package About
Yourgene Health: Yourgene Health is a leading integrated
technologies and services business, enabling the delivery of
genomic medicine. The group works in partnership with global
leaders in DNA technology to advance diagnostic science. Our
mission to enable scientific advances to positively impact human
health remains at the core of our focus. It drives and motivates us
to develop class leading products and services to meet our
customers’ needs. Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and
commercialises simple and accurate molecular diagnostic solutions,
for reproductive health, precision medicine and infectious
diseases. We have a comprehensive offering of non-invasive prenatal
tests (NIPT) NGS workflows that have been built with labs in mind,
and clinical prenatal screening services. The IONA® test was the
pioneer, the first to market as an IVD product, changing the NIPT
screening landscape back in 2015. Continuing to build on our
expertise in cell-free DNA, our next generation size selection
Ranger® Technology uses machine vision for superior precision. With
multiple platforms for a range of clinical and research cfDNA
sample preparation applications including NIPT, liquid biopsy, gene
synthesis and long fragment recovery. In addition, we offer a
portfolio of screening products in reproductive health, precision
medicine and infectious disease including screening assays for
cystic fibrosis and DPYD genotyping to prevent chemotoxicity.
Yourgene Genomic Services provides a range of genetic analysis
services for our clinical, research and pharma customers to support
partners with DNA extractions, biobanking, genotyping, arrays and
sequencing workflows (WES and WGS). Yourgene Genomic Services
offers a Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) Service, enabling
clinics to run their own NIPT service for pregnant women with our
prenatal screening tests and service laboratory based in
Manchester. Yourgene Health is part of the Novacyt group of
companies and is headquartered in Manchester, UK with facilities in
Singapore and Canada. Our Culture: Yourgene is a growing, vibrant
and exciting place to work, we are looking for committed driven
individuals to be part of our next growth journey. Our culture is
described by our employee's as collegiate, friendly, professional,
innovative, open and fast paced. We have many social and wellbeing
initiatives run by our Nova Social and Charity Huddle that keep our
sense of community and togetherness alive. At Yourgene we focus on
putting values led programmes in place to ensure that we can
attract, retain and develop our people. We want our people to have
a career with Yourgene and we ensure that they are recognised and
rewarded for their achievements and commitment, everyone plays a
critical role in our growth journey. Description of role: We have
an opportunity for a full-time and permanent Lead Software Test
Engineer to join our Software and Bioinformatics Development team
to support the development and maintenance of the company’s
reproductive health and precision medicine data analysis and
reporting products. Working as a member of the software development
team, you will help develop user-friendly software solutions for
customers’ use of our assays. You will lead and contribute to the
full range of software test activities across the software
lifecycle for analysis pipelines and user interfaces across our
full portfolio of reproductive health, precision medicine and
infectious disease products. Whether working on the software for a
research use only or regulated assay, you will ensure that our
product design and maintenance meets our ISO13485 and ISO9001
quality management system requirements and that software meets the
required standards. You will support our genomics services and
product development functions with verification of software systems
for a range of clinical assays within an ISO15189 environment. Key
areas of responsibility: - Provide software testing expertise and
input to development projects. - Contribute to continuous
improvement of departmental processes. - Follow departmental
processes to ensure software components and products meet customer
expectations for quality, reliability and security. - Lead other
team members who contribute to test activities throughout the
software development life cycle. - Keep up to date with new
technologies to improve the software test process and enable new
product development. - Provide expert technical support for
customers when required. Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:
Essential - A degree in Computer Science or similar technical
subject, preferably with a software development component. - Good
knowledge and understanding of the fundamental elements and
workflow of software development processes. - Experience of a
variety of software testing methodologies (e.g. UI and API
functional testing, non-functional testing, security testing,
usability testing). - Proficiency in one or more programming and/or
scripting languages for test automation (e.g. Python, C#, Java,
JavaScript). - Experience of selecting and configuring automated
test frameworks (e.g. Playwright, Cypress). - Problem solving
skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands. -
Ability to prioritise software testing activities to maximise
value. - Must have ability to anticipate and resolve problems
before they arise. - Enthusiasm, drive, thoroughness, diligence and
a willingness to take personal responsibility to ensure that
projects are successful. - Excellent organizational skills and
outstanding attention to detail. Desirable - Experience of testing
in a wide range of software environments: Windows desktop, Linux
and cloud-based software - Experience of testing complex
algorithms, ideally in the context of analysis of Next Generation
Sequencing data. - Experience of integrating automated testing into
CI/CD pipelines. - Experience of working within a quality system in
a regulated industry, particularly ISO13485, ISO9001 and/or
ISO15189. - Experience of working within interdisciplinary teams
(e.g. scientific/engineering/design). - Demonstrated experience to
lead and deliver verification of complex products on time. Closing
Date: Wednesday 18th June, 2025 Equal opportunities: Yourgene
Health and the Novacyt Group of companies provides equal employment
opportunities for all current employees and applicants for
employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated
against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin,
nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status,
physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation,
gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing
characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law. Notice to
Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Yourgene Health and the
Novacyt Group of companies is not accepting unsolicited resumes
from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes
submitted to any Yourgene Health and Novacyt Group employee by a
third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written and
signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Yourgene
Health and the Novacyt Group of companies. No fee will be paid if a
candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited
agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
