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Job Description:
The Future Begins Here:
At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.
Bengaluru, the city, which is India's epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda's recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.
At Takeda's ICC we Unite in Diversity:
Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team
About The Role
As a Software Tester in Donor Information System (DIS) space under the PlasmaDerived Therapies (PDT) business unit, you will contribute to highquality product delivery by executing wellstructured testing activities across deviceintegrated workflows. You will work closely with senior QA members, developers, product owners, and stakeholders to validate system behavior, identify defects, and ensure devicedata interactions meet functional and regulatory expectations.
You will actively support continuous improvement of testing processes, adopt modern methodologies including
AIbased test augmentation and datadriven testing techniques :and strengthen quality standards across the ecosystem.
Your role will be crucial in enhancing testing methodologies, maintaining standard operating procedures, and driving adoption of emerging technologies including AIassisted testing techniques and intelligent data analysis to increase test coverage and efficiency. You will collaborate with crossfunctional stakeholders to ensure highquality product releases and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
This position aligns with the Testing & Validation Chapter of the ICC and will initially report to InCenter QA Lead role for DIS.
How you will contribute
Collaboration & Ownership:
- Work under guidance of the Senior QA while independently owning assigned testing tasks.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including Development, Product, Device Engineering, and Business stakeholders for requirement clarification.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies such as daily standups, refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives.
- Contribute actively to quality discussions, raising risks and concerns early.
Test Strategy & Execution:
- Derive detailed test scenarios from requirements and technical specifications.
- Execute functional, regression, integration, API, and negative test cases across devicedata workflows.
- Support preparation of test plans, entry/exit criteria, and test readiness activities.
- Assist in release readiness tasks such as validation checklists, defect triage, and UAT coordination.
- Track quality KPIs such as defect trends, test coverage, and cycle completion metrics (with support from Senior QA).
AIassisted & Datadriven Testing:
- Use AIbased tools (where applicable) to
- Autogenerate or refine test cases.
- Identify highrisk areas through MLdriven pattern detection.
- Analyze device payloads, logs, and datasets to derive scenarios, detect anomalies, and validate endtoend workflows.
Automation & Tools:
- Contribute to automation development using Selenium, Tosca, JUnit, Copilotassisted scripting, or equivalent frameworks.
- Maintain and update existing automation scripts for regression coverage.
- Execute API testing using Postman or similar tools.
- Use virtualization/simulation tools such as WireMock, Docker, or TestContainers (with guidance).
- Perform log analysis and basic observability using ELK/Splunk/Grafana dashboards.
- Use Test Data Management to create different data sets as per testing needs.
Performance, Security & API Testing:
- Support load/performance test execution using tools like JMeter (preferred but not mandatory).
- Execute APIlevel validations, schema checks, and error handling scenarios.
- Assist in basic security testing aligned with OWASP guidelines (under Senior QA supervision).
Documentation & Reporting:
- Write and maintain test cases, test data sets, test scripts, and execution logs.
- Document test results with clarity, accuracy, and traceability for audits and regulatory reviews.
- Provide regular status updates to the Senior QA, highlighting risks, blockers, or dependencies.
Continuous Improvement:
- Stay updated with testing tools, methodologies, and AI/automation innovations.
- Suggest improvements for test coverage, test data management, and automation workflows.
- Foster a culture of quality through proactive communication and knowledge sharing.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications :
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent.
- 35 years: of handson experience in software testing.
- Strong understanding of functional, regression, integration, and API testing.
- Experience with JIRA, Tosca, Postman, Jenkins (or similar equivalents).
- Ability to write SQL queries for backend validation.
- Familiarity with Gitbased version control.
- Exposure to Agile delivery frameworks.
- Basic familiarity with AIbased testing concepts (autogeneration, defect prediction, test optimization).
- Ability to analyze devicegenerated data (payloads, logs) to derive meaningful test insights.
Preferred requirements :
- Experience with JMeter for load/performance testing.
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.).
- Understanding of DevOps concepts and how QA integrates into pipelines.
- Familiarity with mobile testing frameworks (Appium, Sauce Labs, etc.).
- Foundational understanding of security testing tools (e.g., OWASP ZAP).
- Experience in digital healthcare, regulated systems, SaMD, or GxP environments.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problemsolving skills.
BENEFITS:
It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are
- Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
- Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
- Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
- Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- Broad Variety of learning platforms
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
- Reimbursements Home Internet & Mobile Phone
- Employee Referral Program
- Leaves Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 calendar days)
ABOUT ICC IN TAKEDA:
- Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We're not just transforming our company; we're improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.
- As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.
Locations:
IND - Bengaluru
Worker Type:
Employee
Worker Sub-Type:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
