V&V Engineer

Quality Ai; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses via client and employee refer-

QualityAI Tech academy training

Global career opportunities

Diversity and inclusion

Job summary

QualityAI in Santa Clara, CA seeks a V&V Engineer to lead validation activities for medical devices. The role focuses on writing test procedures, executing plans, and ensuring quality across the software development lifecycle.

3 days onsite in Santa Clara, collaboration with software teams, and ownership of test infrastructure are key aspects. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in software development, agile experience, and a strong background in medical device verification and validation, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software or related engineering field.
• 5+ years in all phases of software development life cycle.
• Experience with design controls in regulated environments, ISO 13485 and 21 CFR 820 is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Write test procedures, test reports, and test plans; execute tests and log defects.
• Collaborate with software teams to devise effective test strategies.
• Review test plans, protocols, and scripts; ensure thorough validation for medical devices.
• Work with cross-functional groups to improve test infrastructure and data analysis.

Skills

Manual/Functional experience

Agile methodologies

Product owner

Jira

Test planning

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s in Software or Electrical/Electronics Engineering

Tools

Software branching

Version control

Job description

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V&V Engineer

Date: 16 Oct 2026 Company: QualityAI Country/Region: US

Are you interested in working with the World’s leading AI-powered Quality Engineering Company? Ready to advance your career, team up with global thought leaders across industries and make a difference every day? Join us at QualityAI!
We are looking for a V&V Engineer (Validation Engineer for Medical Devices) to join our growing team in Santa Clara, CA!

Location: Santa Clara, CA (3 days onsite)

Position Overview
The Software Test Engineer will be responsible for writing test procedures, test reports, executing test plans and filing bugs. The candidate must be comfortable working with sophisticated electro-mechanical systems, deploying new software releases and running the test protocols on the systems. The candidate will work in close relationship with the software team and other stakeholders to improve the test infrastructure, data collection, data analysis and measure software product quality and performance throughout the software development lifecycle. We are looking for a candidate that can work independently but also function well within a team and with other functional groups, is detailed, highly motivated and willing to take responsibility & ownership.
Responsibilities:

• Uses advanced knowledge of applications and application testing in identifying, evaluating, and resolving highly complex test problems.
• Responsible for handling highly complex quality assurance and test environment problems and issues.
• Analyzes application specific software and performs ambiguity reviews of business requirements and technical functional specification documents.
• Works with development teams to understand and review technical design to devise effective test strategy and is flexible enough to source out this information even without formal requirements
• Writes detailed test plans/test protocols, test cases, test scripts and test scenarios
• Executes test protocols, test cases, test scripts and scenarios and log/follow-up on defects.
• Perform thorough review of test plans/test protocols, test cases, test scripts and test scenarios.
• Works with other functional groups, and team members.

Required Skills & Experience:

Top Must Haves:
1. Manual/Functional experience - ~5+ years experience
2. Experience on medical device verification and validation
Ideal: Experience in surgical robotics

• 5+ years of experience working in all aspects of software development from concept and requirements through development, testing, traceability, release, and maintenance.
• 5+ years of experience in Agile methodologies.
• 3+ years of experience as a software product owner or technical program/project manager
• Experience writing software requirements and user stories, and prioritizing stories based on customer and business needs.
• Experience working with design controls in a regulated environment.
• Experience working with competing priorities from multiple teams.
• Experience with Jira and software branching.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills.
• Strong project and time management skills.
  Preferred Skills & Experience:
  1. Knowledge on Windows and Linux operating systems
  2. Additional years of experience, experience with robotics systems
  3. Software testing for sophisticated electro-mechanical systems (Medical device preferred).
  4. Ability to work in a regulated environment in compliance to ISO 13485 and 21 CFR 820.

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s in Software (or) Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or related field

Benefits:

Why QualityAI?
QualityAI is an AI-first quality engineering company helping enterprises deploy and scale complex systems with greater confidence. Operating across data, models, platforms, infrastructure, and operational environments, the company provides assurance and engineering expertise that helps organizations ensure systems perform reliably in real-world conditions.

Formerly Qualitest, QualityAI supports global enterprises across regulated and technology-driven industries, combining deep engineering heritage with AI-enabled delivery, operational assurance, and lifecycle expertise to help clients achieve certainty at go-live.

• Be a part of a company who strives to support for diversity and inclusion in the workplace - we are one, we are many at QualityAI. Celebrate culture, share knowledge with engineers from around the globe, and inspire each other through our differences.
• Local and global opportunities - we offer you internal rotation and international mobility opportunities to grow your career.
• Clear view of your career and progression with the company - QualityAI is growing massively (since Jan 2021 - added more than 2000 engineers) and giving you the opportunity to grow with us.
• Work hard and play harder with our flexible and casual culture. Take a break from work and join an employee event, or enjoy the amenities and games provided from one of our Employees Centers.
• Never stop experimenting and learning with QualityAI Tech academy: 3000+ training courses, mentorship programs, technical tribes, sponsored certifications, leadership programs and much more.
• Earn bonuses via our Client Referral and Employee Referral Program’s. Refer and earn - tap your network for net-worth.
• The salary range for the role is $90,000 - $100,000.

Intrigued to find more about us?

• Visit our website at https://www.quality-ai.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualityaigroup