Senior Test Automation Engineer (JavaScript)

Senior Test Automation Engineer Are you passionate about software quality and test automation? Do you enjoy developing automated tests, improving regression coverage, and applying your technical expertise within a highly skilled engineering team? The Test & Verification team at Ambu is looking for a Senior Test Automation Engineer to help ensure the quality and reliability of our innovative medical software products. This role combines hands-on test automation development with senior technical responsibility. You will be a key contributor to the development and maintenance of our automated regression test suites while sharing your expertise, helping shape best practices, and supporting colleagues working with test automation across teams. In addition, you will support agile ways of working within a small and highly collaborative team by facilitating selected team activities and helping drive continuous improvement initiatives when needed. We believe that regular in-person collaboration fosters stronger teamwork, faster problem-solving, and meaningful knowledge sharing, while still providing flexibility and work-life balance. We are building the next generation of medical software and connected medical devices, and we need a colleague who sees test automation as an engineering discipline, values quality, and enjoys working in an international environment where innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning are key to success. Key Responsibilities You will play a key role in strengthening Ambu's automated testing capabilities while actively contributing to the development and execution of automated tests for our software products. Developing, maintaining, and executing automated regression tests for software-driven medical devices. Reviewing automated test implementations and promoting best practices across projects. Supporting test planning, test execution, defect investigation, and root-cause analysis. Working closely with Software Development and Test & Verification colleagues to ensure new functionality is adequately covered by automated tests. Collaborating with international engineering teams to continuously improve automation frameworks, tooling, and testing approaches. Supporting software verification activities throughout the development lifecycle. Generating and maintaining verification evidence and documentation required for regulatory compliance. Helping ensure compliance with relevant medical device regulations and standards, including MDR, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971. Facilitating team activities such as planning sessions, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and knowledge-sharing workshops when appropriate. Qualifications We are looking for a strong test automation engineer who enjoys combining deep technical expertise with technical leadership. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Relevant experience working with software test automation. Experience developing automated tests using Python, C#, JavaScript, or similar technologies. Experience acting as a senior technical contributor, technical lead, or mentor within software testing or test automation initiatives. Experience working in Agile environments. The ability to drive technical decisions, establish best practices, and influence engineering teams through expertise rather than formal authority. The ability to collaborate effectively across functions and international locations. Proficiency in English, both spoken and written. Test automation using Python or similar scripting languages. Linux-based development and test environments. Embedded systems and hardware/software interaction. Experience with SIL/HIL/SysIL verification. Software verification and validation activities. Medical device software development. About the Team In this role, you will join Ambu's Test & Verification team, a team dedicated to ensuring the quality, reliability, and compliance of our software-driven medical devices. The team works closely with Software Development, Systems Engineering, Product Management, Clinical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, and Quality Assurance throughout the product lifecycle. The team consists of highly skilled engineers specializing in software verification, test automation, system testing, and quality engineering. You will work closely with software verification engineers, test automation engineers, and software developers across Denmark, Germany, and Malaysia. Through your expertise, you will help drive technical excellence, support colleagues, and contribute to building a strong automation culture across Ambu's global R&D organization. The position is based in Augsburg, Germany, and offers extensive collaboration with Ambu's global R&D organization. Ambu - a visionary and international workplace where your efforts matter Ambu is a company that expands rapidly and has ambitious growth targets. Your contributions and efforts are crucial to our success, and by joining us you will get the opportunity to work in an international environment with an informal working culture. We offer great opportunities for personal development. Furthermore, we offer a wide range of professional, social and financial employee benefits in addition to exciting job challenges and continuous professional and personal development.