Senior QA Engineer - Wilmington-MA (Upton), United States
$115,200 - $172,800 USD yearly
Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves performing requirements-based and system level testing for Onto Innovation's Inspection Business Unit solutions.
What you'll do
- Perform requirements-based and system level testing.
- Develop comprehensive test plans for new features and products.
- Develop efficient test strategies (test cases and procedures) for sub-systems.
- Develop and execute automated and manual tests, regression, functional, and acceptance tests.
- Conduct thorough testing and debugging of software.
- Perform design/code reviews for all automation scripts and manual test cases.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Ability to understand requirements and design test strategies and plans based on those requirements.
- 7+ years of experience in software testing and/or systems level testing for highly technical applications.
- Experience developing automation frameworks or automated tests and scripting (Python, JavaScript).
- Experience testing client/server solutions.
- Excellent skillset focused on Windows development, the .NET platform (C#, C++), and relational databases (SQL Server).
- Experience with software development methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or Kanban.
- Demonstrated experience debugging complex multi-threaded environments.
- Ability to design and execute test strategies and plans based on requirements and functional designs.
- Ability to travel internationally to customer sites at least 20% of the time.
Nice to have
- Experience working in the semiconductor industry.
- Experience with version control systems (Git, AzureDevOps) and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practice.
Skills: software testing, system level testing, automation frameworks, scripting (Python), Windows development, semiconductor industry
This role has been open 20 days — well below the 45-day median for Software Engineering Semiconductor roles.
Software Engineering Semiconductor · Systems Software
|
Open roles in category
362
|
Median days open
45 d
|
Median salary
$148k
|
See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Onto Innovation | All employers we track in this specialty (362 roles · 57 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 362 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 28 | 6085 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 20 d | 45 d (−25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $148k |
Skills observed across this category: software testing, system level testing, automation frameworks, scripting (Python), Windows development, semiconductor industry
Who's hiring in this category
- Keysight Technologies · 37 open roles · median 29 d
- KLA Corporation · 30 open roles · median 159 d
- Cadence Design Systems · 29 open roles · median 198 d
- Applied Materials · 27 open roles · median 43 d
- Micron Technology · 26 open roles · median 39 d
- NVIDIA · 25 open roles · median 39 d
How we counted: 362 open Software Engineering Semiconductor (Systems Software) roles from 57 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.