Associate Director, Test Engineering

Abbott; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage in HIPAA PPO

Excellent retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Diversity recognition and awards

Job summary

Abbott’s Lingo unit seeks an Associate Director of Test Engineering to lead a globally distributed quality engineering team across the U.S., Spain, and India from Alameda, CA. You will own end-to-end testing strategy for mobile apps, biosensor data pipelines, and AI/ML services, shaping a culture of quality and rapid, compliant releases.

You will grow and unify the team, define career paths, and drive shift-left testing while partnering with Regulatory and Legal to ensure FDA, HIPAA, and GDPR

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 15 years in software or test engineering, including 5+ years leading and scaling engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale a distributed software test engineering team across geographies.
• Define hiring strategy and operating model to support growth.
• Establish unified quality engineering standards across platforms.
• Oversee test platforms, tooling, and CI/CD integrations.
• Lead compliance activities for regulatory standards (IEC62304, ISO13485, 21 CFR Part 820/11).
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs and Legal to align with FDA, HIPAA, GDPR requirements.

Skills

Leadership

System architecture

Quality engineering

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field

15+ years in software or test engineering

5+ years leading software teams

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION

At Lingo, we're building a groundbreaking health platform that combines continuous biosensor data, real-time analytics, and personalized insights to help people live fuller, longer, and healthier lives. Our systems ingest millions of sensor readings daily, powering experiences for consumers and partners worldwide, with the reliability and scalability of cloud-native, enterprise-grade platforms.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This Associate Director, Test Engineering position can work out of Alameda, CA location.

We are looking for a Director of Test Engineering to help accelerate growth across the U.S., Spain, and India. In this role, you will build and lead a world-class, globally distributed software test engineering function. The role requires a hands‑on leader who thrives in building, can roll up their sleeves alongside their team, and understands that quality in a consumer health platform is both a technical discipline and a direct expression of how much we care about the people using our product.

You will own the end-to-end software testing strategy across Lingo's platforms, mobile applications, CGM and biosensor data pipelines, AI/ML models, and the broader consumer platform. You will also grow and unify a global team of software quality engineers who operate with the same standards and urgency regardless of time zone.

What You’ll Work On

• Architect and scale a distributed software test engineering team across the U.S., Spain, and India, establishing the hiring strategy, team structure, and operating model that supports Lingo's growth trajectory.
• Create a unified quality engineering culture across geographies, operating with the same standards, tools, and sense of ownership.
• Define career paths, mentorship frameworks, and performance expectations that attract and retain top quality engineering talent globally.
• Oversee test function staffing, resource planning, budgeting, tooling, test platforms, and third‑party vendor relationships across all regions.
• Own the quality architecture and test strategy across Lingo's full technology stack, iOS and Android consumer applications, CGM and biosensor data ingestion pipelines, AI/ML inference services, and backend platform services.
• Lead verification strategy for biosensor and CGM data integrity, ensuring that data flowing from wearable hardware through ingestion pipelines to consumer‑facing insights is accurate, reliable, and auditable.
• Build and maintain the testing infrastructure required to support continuous, high frequency releases across mobile and platform surfaces.
• Establish standards for CI/CD integration of automated test suites, ensuring quality signals are fast, reliable, and actionable for engineering teams.
• Champion a shift‑left testing culture, embedding quality thinking into design and development rather than treating it as a gate at the end of the cycle.
• Serve as the primary engineering owner for test‑related compliance activities, including audit readiness, CAPA responses, and regulatory evidence across applicable standards (IEC62304, ISO13485,21CFRPart820,21CFRPart11).
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs and Legal to ensure test engineering practices remain aligned with applicable FDA, HIPAA, and GDPR requirements as Lingo scales internationally.
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical engineering standards that the global team can implement consistently, without creating unnecessary friction in the development process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 15 years in software or test engineering, including 5+ years leading and scaling engineering ma