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Senior Quality Engineer, Corporate Systems

Location: Maple Plain, MN

Job Type: full-time

Company: Protolabs

Salary: $107,400 - $161,000 a year

Category: Software Quality Engineering

Job Description Apply Now

Be yourself at Protolabs 
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.  We are an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to building a diverse team that feels they are valued in the workplace.  So do you feel you do not meet every single requirement but still intrigued? We encourage you to still apply!  You can help make our company even better.  We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, age, mental or physical ability, or any way you represent yourself.  We strongly believe diversity makes for more successful teams. 
 
Why Protolabs? 
We are the leaders in digital manufacturing.  We hire doers, makers, and creative thinkers who tackle our roles with an entrepreneurial spirit.  Our culture is centered around meaningful work that brings new and innovative products to market at unprecedented speeds.  We are a diverse team that comes from all walks of life and take pride in our team who is smart, genuine, humble, and passionate about what we do.  It’s our people who fuel our creativity and make our culture feel like home. 

Join our team as a Senior Quality Engineer, Corporate Systems!

This is a fixed hybrid role on-site Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at HQ in Maple Plain MN.

The Senior Quality Engineer (SQE) partners with product managers, developers, and software quality engineers to ensure high-quality delivery of corporate systems applications. This role is responsible for end-to-end quality ownership of large features or applications, including test planning, manual testing, and execution of automated test scripts. From requirements through production, the SQE ensures solutions meet functional, performance, and reliability standards. 
What You'll Do

Duties and Responsibilities:  

  • Create and execute software tests that include functional testing, system testing, and regression testing 

  • Develop, execute, and maintain manual and automated test cases

  • Investigate and capture bugs and issues using logs, development tools, and other tools available

  • Review and validate requirements and acceptance criteria with product managers and stakeholders

  • Identify gaps, edge cases, and non‑functional risks early in the design phase

  • Participate on Agile Scrum teams to provide test estimates, create tests, and execute tests

  • Perform other job duties as assigned 

Technical Excellence & Collaboration 

  • Write clean, maintainable, and well documented code following established development standards 

  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of development practices 

  • Collaborate effectively with engineers, analysts, QA, and operations teams 

  • Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies clearly to team members and stakeholders 

Automation & Innovation 
• Explore and apply AI based tools or techniques to improve development efficiency and automation  (where appropriate) 

What It Takes

Education and Experience:  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

What Makes You Standout

  • Experience using an automated test tool, such as Playwright, Selenium, or QTP    

  • Hands on experience using C#, Python, SQL OR other scripting languages for UI and API 

  • Experience with version control systems such as SVN, GIT or TFS   

  • Experience using test or defect tracking tools within the software development lifecycle    

  • Experience leveraging AI tools for automation 

  • Experience with test automation frameworks and automated quality practices 

What's In It For You?
Proto Labs maintains ITAR-compliant operations in all of our United States based facilities.  Due to ITAR regulations, this role is only open to U.S. Citizens, lawful permanent residents (green card holders) or foreign nationals granted refugee or asylee status.  Individuals with temporary visas (e.g. E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, TN or OPT) are not eligible for hire in this role.
 
Proto Labs, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
 
Physical Demands:
While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use a computer keyboard, monitor and mouse, telephone and printer; reach with hands, and arms, talk, see and hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop or kneel and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Work Environment:
Indoors (A/C); nonsmoking; the majority of this job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. However, there may be job duties that require the employee to spend time in the manufacturing areas exposed to machinery and noise; eye protection occasionally required. Occasionally works in outside weather conditions. Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
  

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