Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

Careers that Change Lives

• Work in a cross-functional global team to test software for new CRDN medical device products.

• Contribute to successfully implementing System and Software test strategies for capital equipment with manual and automated test activities in an agile-scrum model.

• Participate in user story verification activities to ensure the software meets end-users' needs.

• Apply software test principles in implementing a shift-left approach with a behavior-driven development (BDD) state-of-the-art test approach.

• Participate in reviews of requirements, design, implement, and test to ensure quality standards are met.

• Develop manual/automated test cases including design, execution, verification, and traceability activities.

• Efficiently document software problems and collaborate with the development team in resolution activities.

• Contribute to automated test script development and test framework maintenance activities.

• Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of DevOps (Development-Operations) practices.

• Provide support for NPTV (Non-product tool validation).

• Demonstrate analytical skills in identifying unexpected, undesirable, or non-understood behavior in software and software interactions with hardware.

• Great individual contributor and a team player.

A Day in the Life

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Information Systems, Science, or a Technical field with 5 years of experience

• OR Advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Science, or a technical field with 3 years of experience

• Ability to support multiple US time zone to facilitate collaboration, as needed.

• Strong Agile process experience working in a structured software development environment.

• Experience conducting test activities with ALM (Application Life Cycle Management) tools such as TFS, Polarion, Codebeamer, or similar.

• Experience in Whitebox and Blackbox test automation, using Python.

• Proficient in JSON data structure and manipulation, using Python.

• Knowledge of embedded GUI-Functional test automation tools, e.g., Squish, TestComplete, or similar.

• Ability to generate quality metrics and periodically report for continuous quality improvements.

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Good understanding of version control systems and CI/CD pipeline understanding.

• Possess a working knowledge of IEC62304.

• Awareness of Medical Device standards IEC 60601-1, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and applicable FDA standards.

• Excellent debugging skills and problem-solving capabilities.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

Nice to Have

· Embedded-Linux QT-based development environment knowledge.

· Experience with Docker-Container DevOps practice.

· Experience building test framework libraries.

· Experience/Knowledge of Cyber Security testing (encryption, authentications, etc.)

· Test fixture/tool development experience.

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About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.  We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager, recruiter or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be sp