Software Test Engineer II - CP

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The Software Test Engineer will focus on supporting medical device software testing for the Embedded System. The position is a hands-on test development & individual contributor role with a dynamic set of responsibilities in a complex software system including test design & development, design of test automation framework, test scripts development and test execution.

Job Responsibilities

• Plan, Develop and execute software testing (both manual and automated – White/Black Box) for Embedded medical devices, based on context and risks associated with the project.
• Participate in test activities, incident management and tracking – with both on or offsite test resources.
• Flexible to move across projects based on Priority and Business needs
• Create test reports suitable for submission to regulatory authorities to demonstrate that software is validated, and all requirements are verified.
• Responsible for ensuring that the software development process follows established procedures, standards and plans. And the risk associated with the software is identified, analyzed and managed appropriately.
• Participate in other quality assurance functions, including, but not limited to, supporting compliance audits, test automation strategy and development.
• Active Participation in team meetings, discussions and customer meetings.
• Involvement in Innovation, technical discussion’s, product/process improvements and Kaizens.

Minimum Qualifications & Specialized Knowledge required

• ME/MTech/BE/BTech in Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field.
• 4-8 years of experience in embedded systems testing, with a preference for experience in the medical device domain
• Strong hands-on knowledge in python scripting in an embedded environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and works well in a tightly coupled team

Nice to Haves

• Experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, serial port analyzers, multi-meters and general lab measurement equipment.
• Membership in one or more professional societies and/or professional certification (e.g. CSQE, CSTE, etc.). 
• Familiarity with FDA regulations and recommended practices regarding software (21CFR 820.30, IEC 62304:2015, ISO 14971:2012).
• Understand Requirements Management, configuration management and defect tracking concepts.

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here  

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here