Senior Medical Device Test Engineer - Cloud & Apps

Abbott; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer to lead verification and validation across cloud and mobile platforms in a regulated medical device environment at our Alameda, CA site. The role focuses on ensuring product quality, regulatory compliance, and scalable delivery across teams.

You will develop verification strategies, design test plans and cases, and drive automation and CI/CD integrations to improve efficiency and coverage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience in software verification and quality engineering.
• 2+ years of experience in medical device software development under FDA 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, and IEC 62304.
• Strong expertise in medical device V&V, including defect management and requirements traceability.
• Experience identifying and implementing test automation opportunities across mobile, web, API, or similar platforms.
• Experience with modern CI/CD ecosystems (GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Harness).
• Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills, with a collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute end-to-end software verification for cloud services, mobile applications, and connected devices.
• Translate product and technical requirements into verification strategies, test plans, test cases, and execution plans.
• Develop, maintain, and improve verification plans, protocols, and reports in line with FDA 21 CFR, ISO 13485, IEC 62304.
• Partner with product managers, architects, developers, and quality teams to ensure testability and traceability of requirements.
• Support risk management activities, including risk analysis, defect triage, impact assessments, and root-cause investigations.
• Participate in design reviews and verify design inputs and outputs meet regulatory and quality expectations.
• Design and implement scalable manual and automated testing strategies across functional, integration, system, and regression testing.
• Contribute to and evolve test automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines; embed quality into delivery workflows.
• Drive continuous improvement across verification processes, tools, metrics, and automation coverage.
• Mentor and guide junior test engineers, promoting engineering discipline and regulatory excellence.

Skills

Software verification

Quality engineering

Test automation

CI/CD

Regulatory compliance

Documentation

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure Pipelines

Harness

Playwright

Jest

REST Assured

Job description

Abbott is seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer to lead verification and validation across cloud and mobile platforms in a regulated medical device environment at our Alameda, CA site. The role focuses on ensuring product quality, regulatory compliance, and scalable delivery across teams.

You will develop verification strategies, design test plans and cases, and drive automation and CI/CD integrations to improve efficiency and coverage.