Senior Software Verification Engineer

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Tech Center in Little Canada, MN in the EP division.

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the Senior Software Verification Engineer, you'll have the chance to join our Software Verification team. Use your extensive hands-on experience in development of software test strategy which includes test hierarchy, test design, test levels and test methods. The Senior Software Verification Engineer will bring testing expertise to the verification and validation of Abbott Electrophysiology capital equipment systems.  This individual will be responsible for designing, implementing and executing our test strategy and tests for a processing intensive, highly interactive complex medical system.  You will have day-to-day impact on workflow and software application associated with electrophysiology capital equipment systems.  Responsibilities include test strategy, requirements analysis, test design, test data creation, test execution, defect issue resolution.

What You’ll Work On

• Define and implement different software testing techniques to increase test coverage.
• Develop solutions that have significant improvements of processes and test development.
• Demonstrate good test architecture and software testing practice.
• As a senior team member, contribute significantly to completion of various project activities, from definition, reviewing software functional requirements, test development, code reviews, and final release according to medical device development processes.
• Work independently and as a team member to plan, write, and execute test cases according to Abbott practices, FDA regulatory, and ISO standard procedures.
• Participate in the requirements, hazard analysis, and design reviews for new features.
• Design new test suites for new features and functionality.
• Provide verification and validation perspective to R&D’s ongoing product development: requirements, product and test designs, defect reviews, user workflows, and field complaint investigations.
• Maintain expert status and continuing proficiency in the field of software test engineering.
• Perform dry runs and formal Verification activities as required.
• Setup and configure Test Equipment.
• Record and close defects found during V&V activities.
• Write technical reports and lead technical reviews with cross functional stakeholders.
• Act as a technical lead, mentoring other verification engineers on good verification principles.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Computer, Electrical, or Software), Computer Science, or related discipline.
• 6+ years of professional software test engineering experience preferably in a regulated industry.
• Experience with