Senior Software Test Engineer

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 LifeAs Senior Software Test Engineer, you will be a member of the Engineering R&D team working on the software verification activities of medical devices, work closely with other members of the engineering staff to provide technical solutions to engineering problems, you will participate in the creation of Test plan, Test cases/procedures, Test executions, Test report creations and other project artifacts.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Participates, as a member of software project or sub-project team(s), in the verification of software applications for product / test tools.
• Adheres to defined verification plans and procedures.
• Responsible for defining and implementing test strategies of medical devices.
• Generates high-quality work products.
• Participates in review of requirements, development of test case/procedure and execution of test protocol activities and prepare plan documents and test reports.
• Functions well in a team environment especially in agile environment.
• Demonstrates good documentation practices.
• Reports to the Sr. Engineering Supervisor/Engineering Manager.
• Accountable to Project Manager(s) for project-related responsibilities.
• Frequent interaction with team members from other disciplines, particularly Software development and Hardware engineers. 
• Possible interaction with clinicians, third-party vendors, manufacturers, subcontractors, and other users.
• Coordination with other scrum teams to get the dependencies and issues resolved.

Required Knowledge and Experience:                                                                                                

• BE/BTech OR ME/MTech with Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering with 8 to 12 years of Embedded software verification experience for safety critical systems.
• Experience in test automation framework (MIL, SIL and HIL).
• Experience in setting up the testing environment for embedded systems.
• Experience in strong Python Programming.
• Experience in defining the testing strategies for embedded software.
• Hands on experience on MATLAB/SIMULINK.
• Experience performing risk management analysis of software (e.g., SW FMEA).
• Familiarity with real-time operating systems such as QNX/VXWORKS/LINUX.
• Experience in tools like JAMA, STASH/BITBUCKET/GIT/JIRA/CONFLUENCE/BAMBOO.
• Good knowledge of agile principles and good experience in working in agile environment.
• Hands on experience on C++ nice to have.
• Experience in Medical Domain nice to have.

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 95,000+ 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