Senior Embedded QA Engineer – Medical Devices (Hybrid)

MiniMed; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Short-term incentive (STI)

Job summary

MiniMed is seeking a Senior Software Quality Engineer in Northridge, CA to drive embedded firmware quality, participate in risk assessments, and lead QMS deliverables within our core product team. You will collaborate with Regulatory, R&D, Marketing, Medical Safety, and post-market Quality to implement continuous improvement strategies.

The role requires a strong background in design controls, risk management, and software lifecycle processes within a regulated medical device environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science or Technical field with 4+ years of relevant experience in Quality, Engineering and/or Software Development OR Advanced Degree in Engineering, Science or Technical field with 2+ years of relevant experience in Quality, Engineering and/or Software Development.

Responsibilities

• Participate in product risk management activities including software FMEA and hazard analyses.
• Drive quality compliance with R&D, including design controls, risk management, and change control processes.
• Review design input/output artifacts, requirements, design docs, code reviews, and verification/validation reports.
• Manage and triage software issues with R&D.
• Support Quality Management System reviews of SOPs aligning with US and international standards.
• Ensure requirement traceability is met and documented.

Skills

Embedded firmware

FMEA

Risk management

Design controls

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Science/Technical field

Advanced degree in Engineering/Science/Technical field

Job description

MiniMed is seeking a Senior Software Quality Engineer in Northridge, CA to drive embedded firmware quality, participate in risk assessments, and lead QMS deliverables within our core product team. You will collaborate with Regulatory, R&D, Marketing, Medical Safety, and post-market Quality to implement continuous improvement strategies.

The role requires a strong background in design controls, risk management, and software lifecycle processes within a regulated medical device environment.