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Test Engineer I

Charles River Laboratories

Charleston, SCJob$59–65K/yrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$59–65K/yr
Location
Charleston, SC
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Associate's degree, required

Job overview

Charles River Laboratories is seeking a Test Engineer I for its Microbial Solutions site in Charleston, South Carolina. The role focuses on testing software and hardware, identifying and reporting defects, supporting released and unreleased software, and collaborating with development and internal teams. Candidates should have an associate degree or higher, 1–2 years of software testing or quality assurance experience, and strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

User Acceptance Testing, nice to haveDefect Identification, nice to haveWindows Applications, nice to haveMicrosoft Word, nice to haveMicrosoft Excel, nice to haveMicrosoft PowerPoint, nice to haveInterpersonal Skills, requiredCollaboration, requiredMotivation, requiredInitiative, required

Qualifications

Associate Degree or Higher, required1+ Years Software Testing or Quality Assurance Experience, required

Benefits

401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance

Full job description

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Overview

We are seeking a Test Engineer I for our Microbial Solutions site in Charleston, SC.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Design and execute User Acceptant Test (UAT) cases for software/hardware

  • Identification of software/hardware defects with detailed reporting

  • Collaboration with Software Development team along with other internal groups to satisfy project timelines

  • Provide technical assistance of released/unreleased software for field teams, internal departments, and satellite facilities

  • Technical efficiency with base Windows software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

  • Contribute to software development sprint cycles (standup meetings, sprint demos, technical reviews)

  • Assist in drafting of technical documents per software development cycles

Qualifications

  • Associates degree or higher

  • 1-2 years of experience in software testing or quality assurance. Experience in performing software/hardware test cases (alpha/beta testing, department specific validation testing) are acceptable considerations

  • Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills

  • Must be motivated and demonstrate initiative

The pay range for this position is $59,000-$65,000. Please note that salaries vary within the range based onfactors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

About Microbial Solutions

Our Microbial Solutions business group has a comprehensive portfolio of endotoxin testing, microbial detection and microbial identification products and services is unlike any other, and has been purposefully designed to meet the complex and ever-changing needs of the industry. We help clients to ensure product safety and quality with easy-to-use yet robust testing solutions that satisfy regulatory requirements, support critical decision making and improve operational efficiencies.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 80% of the drugs approved by the FDA in the last five years.

We're committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [email protected]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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How this job compares

Set against the 3,121 open Test Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$59–65K/yr
  • US median$104–163K/yr2,110 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $62K, is 54% below the US median midpoint ($135K) — in the lowest quarter of Test Engineer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 13 open Test Engineer jobs in South Carolina and 3,121 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Test Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,618 postings).
Education
This posting asks for an associate degree; 1,666 of the 3,121 open Test Engineer jobs (53%) ask for an associate degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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