Remote Software Verification Manager, Medical Software

Sonova USA Inc.; California; Remote; USD 114,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401k plan with company match

Company paid life/AD&D insurance

Disability coverage (STD/LTD)

Job summary

Sonova USA Inc. in Valencia, CA is seeking a Software Verification Manager to lead verification and testing for regulated medical software products.

You will build and develop a high-performing team, define verification strategies, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure quality across development, enhancements, and sustaining releases. The role emphasizes audits, regulatory submissions, and Design History File documentation, with a hybrid/remote work model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software testing, software verification, software quality assurance, or related software quality roles.
• 5+ years of management experience in software verification, software QA, SDET, or software testing teams.
• Experience supporting regulated medical software products.
• Strong understanding of software verification methodologies and quality practices.
• Experience with requirements-based testing, traceability, risk-based testing, and controlled documentation.
• Hands-on experience designing, executing, and reviewing software test cases.
• Experience with manual and automated testing environments.
• Strong collaboration skills across engineering, quality, regulatory, and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead software verification activities across multiple regulated medical software products.
• Manage, coach, and develop Software Test Engineers, SDETs, and Manual Test Engineers.
• Define verification strategies and ensure comprehensive test coverage across functional, integration, system, regression, acceptance, exploratory, interface, and cybersecurity testing.
• Review requirements, specifications, architecture, and risk documentation to establish verification scope.
• Ensure requirements-based testing, risk-based testing, bidirectional traceability, and defensible verification evidence.
• Develop and approve verification plans, protocols, traceability matrices, test cases, verification reports, and controlled quality documentation.
• Participate in hands-on testing, including test case development, execution, defect investigation, and result analysis when needed.
• Lead defect management, regression planning, retesting, and issue resolution.
• Oversee manual and automated testing strategies while improving automation effectiveness.
• Support audits, regulatory submissions, notified body reviews, and Design History File documentation.
• Partner closely with Software Engineering, Firmware, Hardware, Systems Engineering, Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Cybersecurity, Product Management, Manufacturing, and Operations.
• Drive continuous improvement of verification processes, documentation quality, team performance, and overall software quality.

Skills

Software verification

Software QA

SDET/QA management

Regulated medical software

Requirements-based testing

Traceability

Risk-based testing

Test case design

Manual testing

Automated testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Electrical Engineering

Job description

Sonova USA Inc. in Valencia, CA is seeking a Software Verification Manager to lead verification and testing for regulated medical software products.

You will build and develop a high-performing team, define verification strategies, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure quality across development, enhancements, and sustaining releases. The role emphasizes audits, regulatory submissions, and Design History File documentation, with a hybrid/remote work model.