Scrum Master & Senior Software QA Engineer

Winning the race to bring new healthcare products safely to a waiting world drives Rapid Micro Biosystems (RMB) to combine today’s innovative technologies as never before. Your career at RMB puts you at the center of diverse global teams that span robotics, AI, Machine Learning, imaging, microbiology, and more, re-shaping how urgently needed pharmaceuticals are made, tested, and released for decades to come. The sky’s the limit.

Careers at RMB are fast-moving, with the high growth you’d expect from a world leader in microbiology automation. Advancement at RMB affords an opportunity to achieve your personal goals and develop your passions, in an inclusive environment where every employee has the resources and opportunities to hone their skills. You’ll do more, learn more, and have the ability to make a profound impact on our business.

We are looking for a Senior Software QA Engineer who will also be the Scrum Master for our Agile team. This hybrid role combines the facilitation of Agile Scrum processes including Product Backlog Refinement, with hands-on Quality Assurance responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both Agile methodologies and Software Quality Assurance (QA), with proven experience driving teams towards high-quality software delivery while adhering to Agile best practices. 

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Scrum Master Responsibilities: 

-Lead Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospectives to ensure effective collaboration and timely delivery. 

-Maintain the product backlog to ensure that work items are clear, well-defined, and ready for future sprints. Engage key stakeholders to gain clarity and alignment on backlog prioritization. 

-Guide and support teams in adopting Agile principles and Scrum practices to ensure continuous improvement and high team performance. 

-Monitor key Agile metrics such as velocity, burn-down charts, and cycle time, and communicate progress to stakeholders. 

-Create an environment of trust and collaboration within the team, promoting transparency, open communication, and shared responsibility. 

-Quality Assurance Responsibilities: 

-Develop and execute detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases in Jama. 

-Perform hands-on manual testing, ensuring that software meets functional, performance, and usability requirements. 

-Develop, maintain, and optimize automated test scripts for functional, regression, and integration testing as required. 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE 

-Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience. 

-Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Scrum Master using tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar. 

-Proven experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, facilitating Scrum ceremonies, and driving continuous improvement within Agile teams. 

-At least 8 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance. 

-Experience in test management tools like Jira and Jama, and issue tracking systems like Azure DevOps. 

-Experience working with test automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium WebDriver, RestAssured, JUnit, and TestNG. 

-Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues, suggest solutions, and remove impediments. 

-Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent certification) would be a plus. 

-Experience testing in a CI/CD environment including Cloud deployments would be a plus. 

-Medical Device verification experience would be a plus. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

This role requires in-office work 3 days a week at our Lexington, MA location. 

ABOUT RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS:

Rapid Micro Biosystems creates, sells, validates, and services innovative products for fast, accurate, and efficient detection of microbial contamination in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, biologics, biotechnology products, medical devices, and personal care products.

The company’s Growth Direct™—the first and only growth-based system to automate rapid compendial QC Micro testing—ensures data integrity, compliance, and operational efficiencies driven by rapid methods and automation.

Rapid Micro Biosystems is dedicated to providing groundbreaking technology and products to support companies in their journey to achieve greater reliability, efficiency, and better predictability, ultimately providing higher quality products for improved patient outcomes.

Rapid Micro Biosystems is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts. Our research & development, and manufacturing operations are located in Lowell, Massachusetts. Additionally, we maintain field offices in Freising, Germany; Switzerland, and Singapore.

Equal Opportunity:

Rapid Micro Biosystems is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity. Applicants for employment and employees are reviewed on their individual qualifications for a position. Under no circumstances will Rapid Micro Biosystems discriminate against qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religious creed, retaliation, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, mental illness, genetics, choice of health insurance, marital status, age, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable law.