Engineer, Software Quality - Senior or Lead

Viltis; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior or Lead Software Quality Engineer to perform specialized software project activities for medical devices. Located in Sylmar, California, the role focuses on developing automated test procedures, collaborating on requirements, and ensuring compliance with quality standards. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in software engineering, particularly in automated testing within the medical field.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in software engineering.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with software development methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Perform software project activities for medical devices.
• Develop automated test procedures and execute tests.
• Collaborate to understand clinical requirements.

Skills

Python

Software Testing

Quality Assurance

Automation

Risk Analysis

Education

Bachelors Degree in Software engineering or related field

Job description

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Sylmar, California Contract Sep 22, 2023

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Their portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional’s, and branded generic medicines. Their 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

This position works out of Sylmar, California location in the Abbott Cardiac Rhythm Management division. Their medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Management, breakthrough medical technologies help restore people's health so they can get back to living their best lives, faster. They focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats. Abbott Cardiac Rhythm Management solution comprises an extensive portfolio of products designed to help you provide a complete management continuum and keep your heart healthy.

Job Summary

Perform specialized level software project activities in areas such as Development, Tools, Test, Requirements, and/or related areas for medical devices. Analyze requirements, plan, and schedule data, update and maintain different software specifications based on analysis of specifications, needs and improvements, and/or code based on strategic analysis. Exercise level appropriate technical judgement in planning, organizing, performing and/or coordinate engineer work. Work collaboratively to understand the clinical requirements of the software products and create test designs specific to those requirements. Create automated test designs and test scripts using python, to simulate clinical workflows related to cardiac arrhythmias by applying knowledge and understanding of medical device testing in Class II medical Devices such as ICD’s, Pacemakers. Conduct formal reviews of test designs and test scripts to comply with Quality Management Systems. Execute tests cases using various in-house and COTS tools.

Job Responsibilities

• Understand product requirements and use cases, and work on verification applications for Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) remote care in the areas including but not limited to - technical requirements development, identify test strategy, development of test design, test cases, test procedures and scripts, and test execution.
• Independently develop, debug and maintain automated test procedures
• Trains/mentors others on the teams
• Participates in and supports the implementation, development, enhancements, and modifications to software test scripts, and procedures
• Debugs, troubleshoots, and isolates software problems as well as offers strategic solutions, analysis, and advice regarding identified issues for future development
• Identifies parameters, structure, and critical test components
• Writes, updates, or executes test design, test cases, as well as test procedures (automated, semi-automated or manual) and analyzes and reports test results
• Contributes to and supports writing, updating, developing and maintaining
• Hazard/Risk/Cyber Security analysis specifications and cybersecurity testing
• Working from requirement specifications, develops, maintains, and updates test requirements and design/test protocols
• Presents at design reviews; documents and resolves issues
• Perform analysis and defect repair of one or more issues in the applications, as well as perform root cause analysis and identify corrective and preventive actions to address current and future issues.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
  
  

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in Software engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 6 years of progressively more responsible work experience in a range of software engineering disciplines using a variety of programming methods
• Experience with Python is required
• Experience with formal software development methodologies, and source code management is recommended
• Experience with unit- and integration-level testing and automated testing is recommended
• Experience with testing software within implantable medical devices is desired
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail
• Experience with testing software within implantable medical devices is desired.
  
  

This job description will be reviewed periodically and is subject to change by management.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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