Software Verification Manager, Medical Software

Sonova Group; Santa Clarita (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Company-paid life/AD&D insurance

Disability coverage

Paid time off including diversity day

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Sonova Group in Valencia, California, onsite, seeks a Software Verification Manager to lead verification and testing for regulated medical software, building a high‑performing team and driving quality across new product development, enhancements and sustaining releases.

You will mentor engineers, define verification strategies, ensure traceability and risk‑based testing, and support audits and regulatory submissions while partnering with hardware, firmware, systems, and regulatory teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years in software testing, software verification, QA, or related roles.
• 5+ years of management experience in software verification/testing teams.
• Experience supporting regulated medical software products.
• Experience with requirements-based testing, traceability and controlled documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead software verification activities across multiple regulated medical software products.
• Coach and develop Software Test Engineers, SDETs, and Manual Test Engineers.
• Define verification strategies and ensure comprehensive test coverage across various testing types.
• Review requirements, specifications, architecture, and risk docs to establish scope.
• Develop and approve verification plans, traceability matrices, test cases and reports.
• Participate in hands-on testing, defect investigation, and result analysis when needed.
• Lead defect management, regression planning, retesting and issue resolution.
• Oversee manual and automated testing strategies and improve automation effectiveness.
• Support audits, regulatory submissions, and Design History File documentation.
• Partner with Software Eng, Firmware, Hardware, QA, Regulatory Affairs, Product Mgmt, Manufacturing.

Skills

Software verification

Software QA

SDET

Test automation

Team leadership

Regulated medical software

Requirements tracing

Cybersecurity testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng/EE

Job description

Software Verification Manager, Medical Software

Valencia, California – Onsite

Join a global leader in medical technology where innovation, quality, and patient impact come together. We are seeking an experienced Software Verification Manager to lead software verification and testing activities for regulated medical software products. This is an outstanding opportunity to build and develop a high‑performing verification team while driving software quality across new product development, product enhancements, and sustaining releases.

What You’ll Do

• 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.

What You’ll Bring – Required 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IEC 62304, ISO 14971, ISO 13485, FDA QMSR, FDA software guidance, and medical device quality systems.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity testing and software security verification.
• Experience with BDD, Gherkin, automated regression testing, or modern test automation frameworks.
• Experience supporting international regulatory submissions, EU MDR, or notified body reviews.
• Experience improving software quality processes and verification efficiency.

Compensation is based on location and experience. This role’s pay range is between $114,000 to $175,000 and is also bonus eligible.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Health Savings, Health Reimbursement, Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Accounts and TeleHealth options
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Company‑paid life/AD&D insurance and supplemental coverage options
• Company‑paid short/long‑term disability coverage and buy‑ups
• Accident/Hospital indemnity coverage and legal/ID theft assistance
• PTO (including sick, vacation, floating Diversity Day, and paid holidays)
• Paid parental bonding leave
• Employee Assistance Program (24/7 mental health support hotline, counseling sessions)
• Robust internal career growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement
• Hearing aid discount for employees and family
• Internal social recognition platform
• Plan rules/offerings dependent upon group/company/location

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate’s ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.