Senior Firmware Test Engineer – Regulated Medical Device QA

tactilemedical; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 94,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

PTO

Parental leave

Family medical leave

Stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Tactile Medical is seeking a Senior Firmware Test Engineer to help ensure safe, reliable, and release-ready regulated medical device products. You will verify embedded software behavior and connected-device workflows across firmware, mobile, and cloud touchpoints.

Join a team that designs at-home therapy devices and partners with firmware engineers to build automated coverage, document verification evidence, and resolve issues before they reach patients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of progressive experience testing firmware, embedded software, device software, or software-controlled products.
• Strong ability to design test approaches, develop automated tests or scripts, analyze test results, and improve repeatability across firmware and device test environments.
• Hands-on regulated medical device software verification experience, including creation or review of test protocols, test cases, traceability, objective evidence, and release documentation.
• Working knowledge of IEC 62304, ISO 14971, design controls, requirements management, software verification, and regulated product development documentation.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead execution of risk-based firmware and device software testing for regulated medical device products.
• Develop and maintain automated tests, test tools, scripts, fixtures, and repeatable test environments that improve coverage, consistency, and execution efficiency.
• Create and maintain clear verification documentation, including test protocols, test cases, traceability, objective evidence, results summaries, and release-supporting records.
• Support software verification activities in alignment with IEC 62304, ISO 14971, design controls, requirements management, and regulated software documentation practices.
• Collaborate with firmware, mobile, and cloud engineering teams to test Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity using mobile devices, including provisioning, connection reliability, data exchange, and connected device workflows.
• Drive defect investigation by reproducing issues, analyzing logs and device behavior, supporting root cause analysis, and communicating test findings to engineering partners.
• Strengthen firmware test practices through test reviews, mentoring, automation improvements, documentation discipline, and coordination with internal and offshore contributors.

Skills

Firmware testing

Embedded software

Test automation

Regulated software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

CI/CD

HIL

Test framework

Job description

Tactile Medical is seeking a Senior Firmware Test Engineer to help ensure safe, reliable, and release-ready regulated medical device products. You will verify embedded software behavior and connected-device workflows across firmware, mobile, and cloud touchpoints.

Join a team that designs at-home therapy devices and partners with firmware engineers to build automated coverage, document verification evidence, and resolve issues before they reach patients.