Manager, Test Automation

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HIP Health Insurance (HealthInvestment

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott is pursuing a Manager, Test Automation to scale automated testing across a globally distributed engineering organization. The role leads the design and implementation of automated testing for Lingo platforms, CGM and biosensor data pipelines, and AI/ML services to ensure safe, reliable releases and a strong user experience.

You will own the automation strategy, define what and how to automate, and integrate it into CI/CD, while coaching engineers and aligning across time zones.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software quality or test automation, with leadership experience.
• Hands-on in building automated test frameworks and infrastructure.
• Experience testing consumer-facing apps at scale and API/service level testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead a test automation team in a globally distributed environment with clear priorities.
• Design and evolve automation frameworks for mobile, backend services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD to provide fast, actionable feedback.
• Define automation coverage strategy and release readiness criteria with Eng & Product.
• Own test data, environments, and tooling to support continuous releases.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and best-practice guidance.

Skills

Test automation leadership

Mobile automation (iOS/Android)

API testing

CI/CD

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

PyTest

Playwright

Jest

R

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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.

• 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

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.

We are looking for a Manager, Test Automation to help accelerate growth on a globally distributed team. In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and scaling of our automated testing capabilities across our engineering organization, while managing and developing a test automation and quality engineering team. You will partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Data teams to ensure automated quality signals are fast, reliable, and actionable, and that our releases maintain a high bar for safety, reliability, and user experience. The role requires a hands‑on leader who enjoys building automation, coaching engineers, and improving quality systems through pragmatic process and tooling.

You will own the test automation strategy across Lingo's platforms, mobile applications, CGM and biosensor data pipelines, AI/ML services, and the broader consumer platform. You'll help define what to automate, how to automate it, and how to integrate automation into CI/CD so teams can ship frequently with confidence. You will also manage and develop a team of automation and quality engineers, aligning execution across time zones with consistent standards, tooling, and reporting.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead a test automation team in a globally distributed environment, setting clear priorities, delivery plans, and a sustainable operating rhythm.
• Design and evolve automation frameworks for mobile (iOS/Android), backend services, APIs, and data pipelines, with an emphasis on reliability, maintainability, and speed.
• Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines to provide fast, actionable feedback and reduce time-to-detect regressions.
• Establish automation coverage strategy (what to test where), quality gates, and release readiness criteria in partnership with Engineering and Product.
• Own test data, environments, and tooling required to support continuous releases across mobile and platform surfaces.
• Coach and develop engineers through code reviews, technical mentorship, and best-practice guidance for test design and automation patterns.
• Partner with teams building biosensor/CGM ingestion and analytics to validate data integrity and reliability through automated checks and monitoring.
• Support test-related compliance and audit readiness by producing clear, maintainable evidence from automated pipelines and structured test documentation.
• Champion shift-left quality practices by helping teams bake testability into design and development workflows.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years in software quality, test automation, or software engineering, including 3+ years leading, managing, and developing engineers.
• Strong hands‑on experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks and infrastructure (not just running manual test teams), with the ability to guide architecture and standards.
• Experience with mobile automation (iOS and/or Android) and testing consumer-facing applications at scale.
• Experience with API and service-level testing, including contract testing and integration testing patterns.
• Hands on experience building scalable automation frameworks (e.g., PyTest, Playwright, Jest, R