PLM QA Analyst

Job Type: Contract
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Seattle, WA
Experience: 6–8 Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced PLM QA Analyst with strong knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management, specification management, formulation processes, and quality assurance within the Food & Beverage industry.

The ideal candidate will have experience with SpecRight or similar PLM/specification platforms and will be responsible for testing and validating product, ingredient, formulation, packaging, nutritional, and regulatory data.

Primary Skills

• PLM
• SpecRight
• Specification Management
• Functional Testing
• Regression Testing
• Integration Testing
• SIT / UAT
• Product Data Validation
• Formulation & Ingredient Management
• Defect Management

Secondary Skills

• Trace One
• Aptean PLM
• Lascom
• Selerant DevEX
• Centric PLM
• Genesis Nutrition
• Food & Beverage Manufacturing
• Product Development Lifecycle
• Product Specifications
• Ingredient Management
• Formulation Data
• Packaging Attributes
• Nutritional Information
• Labelling
• Regulatory Compliance
• Test Case Development
• Test Script Development
• Test Evidence
• Production Validation
• SAP
• Stakeholder Management
• Business Analysis
• Quality Assurance

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements related to PLM, specification management, formulation management, and Food & Beverage product development.
• Create and execute functional, regression, integration, SIT, and UAT test scenarios.
• Validate product specifications, ingredient data, formulation information, packaging attributes, nutritional information, and regulatory data.
• Develop and maintain test cases, test scripts, test scenarios, and test evidence.
• Perform end-to-end testing across PLM and related applications.
• Identify, document, track, and validate defects through resolution.
• Perform regression testing following application fixes and enhancements.
• Collaborate with business users, developers, product teams, and technical stakeholders.
• Support SIT, UAT, production validation, and post-release testing.
• Validate data accuracy and consistency across product, ingredient, formulation, packaging, and nutritional datasets.
• Participate in defect triage and communicate testing progress, risks, and issues.
• Ensure applications align with Food & Beverage business processes and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain QA documentation and testing evidence.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing coverage, processes, and application quality.

Required Qualifications

• 6–8 years of relevant QA/testing experience.
• Strong experience with PLM and specification management applications.
• Experience in the Food & Beverage manufacturing or product development domain.
• Hands-on experience with functional, regression, integration, SIT, and UAT testing.
• Strong understanding of product specifications, formulations, ingredients, packaging, labelling, and nutritional data.
• Experience validating regulatory and compliance-related product information.
• Experience creating and executing test cases, test scripts, and test scenarios.
• Strong defect management and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong stakeholder collaboration experience.