Electronics & Embedded Software Test Engineer I

Aerogen Ltd.; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent medical care

Bonus & Pension

Aerogen Connect programme

Charity and community initiatives

Job summary

Aerogen Ltd. in Galway, Ireland, is seeking an Electronics and Software Test Engineer I to support planning, development, execution, and documentation of electronics and software testing across the product lifecycle.

You will work under technical guidance, escalating risks and decisions beyond authority, and collaborate with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations to ensure compliance with medical-device standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering/Science in Electronic/Software/Biomedical or equivalent.
• A minimum of one year of experience testing electronic hardware, embedded software, or complete hardware-software systems, preferably within the medical device industry.

Responsibilities

• Test planning: Define hardware and software verification and validation scope and activities from approved requirements; contribute estimates and schedule inputs; identify risks and regulatory considerations; and maintain traceability aligned with project objectives.
• Test development: Develop suitable test methods, fixtures, scripts, and protocols for hardware, embedded software, and complete hardware-software systems.
• Test execution: Execute approved test protocols for electronic hardware, embedded software, and complete hardware-software systems. Record objective evidence, investigate failures and nonconformities, and confirm compliance with defined technical and functional requirements.
• Documentation: Prepare and maintain test plans, protocols, fixture specifications, configuration details, test records, and reports that ensure full requirement traceability, reproducible test methods, and appropriate objective evidence. Use approved AI tools for data analysis and report writing while independently verifying the output.
• Collaboration: Collaborate as a member of a cross-functional team within R&D, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Sales, and Marketing functions through the product development lifecycle from concept to commercialization.
• Regulatory compliance: Assist in ensuring that hardware, software, and complete-system verification and validation activities comply with relevant medical device regulations, standards, and guidance documents.
• User engagement: Engage with clinicians and product users in their clinical setting to elicit user needs and functional requirements when required.
• Continuous improvement: Stay current with industry trends, technologies, standards, regulations, and guidance relevant to medical-device verification and validation. Contribute to team improvements by evaluating tools, techniques, and methodologies for testing, automation, and data analysis.
• Professional development: Pursue relevant internal and external training to strengthen capability. Seek appropriate guidance from team members.
• Perform other assigned tasks as directed by your manager.

Skills

C

C++

Python

JavaScript

Test automation

Git

JIRA

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Engineering/Science in Electronic/Software/Biomedical or equivalent

Tools

JIRA

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Power supplies

Copilot

Job description

Aerogen Ltd. in Galway, Ireland, is seeking an Electronics and Software Test Engineer I to support planning, development, execution, and documentation of electronics and software testing across the product lifecycle.

You will work under technical guidance, escalating risks and decisions beyond authority, and collaborate with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, and Operations to ensure compliance with medical-device standards.