Senior Software QA Engineer

Company Description

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

The Engineering Digital, Data Development (D3) Group designs, builds, deploys medical grade software, data infrastructure and applications to enable remote collaboration, device communications,  collection and analysis of medical device machine data from thousands of systems deployed world-wide.

The ideal candidate for the position of Senior Software QA Engineer will have proven experience in Networking, Product Infrastructure, Product release of software applications, Networking implementations and services, and Windows Platforms.

This position would be responsible for operating within fast-paced initiatives in primarily an Agile development environment This position requires an individual with strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with highly technical peers, and the capability to manage workload among changing priorities, alternating between hands on validation testing, root cause analysis, and troubleshooting.

Roles and Responsibilities:

This position has responsibility and authority for:

• Ownership in design, development of test plans/protocols for functional SW verification of Hub Applications, high level networking, and Windows Platforms
• Embedded software testing, medical device design controls testing
• Build detailed test plans and release project plans
• Write detailed low-level test cases and test executions
• Perform test executions and provide detailed results
• Provide in-depth feedback to Development on requirement/specification clarity and understanding to support proper testing method development
• Act as a core team member of the software QA and dev teams during product definition and design phases enforcing design aspects for test tools and automation needs.
• Assure proper root cause analysis and drive timely issue resolution of Product Issues
• Execution and support for Product Verification and Validation
• Identify areas for product and process improvements and make recommendations
• Escalation of  issues to internal engineering groups as appropriate

Qualifications

Skill/Job Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline desired
• A minimum 5+ years experience with leading SQA programs and strategies
• Good understanding of SDLC and best practices of QA and software development
• Understanding of design control and design validation
• Strong understanding of networking applications (Network Disturbance tools, port scanning, network robustness, packet captures, etc.)
• High-level understanding of Automation Development & Scripting (Python, batch, shell, Jenkins, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of Windows & Linux Operating systems and Virtualization
• Experience with JIRA, Test management software/applications, Postman, and network disturbance tools
• Technical experience and strong command of industry trends and ability to apply those for desired outcomes
• Excellent communication (written, verbal, and presentation) skills, and advanced problem-solving orientation and decision-making skills. Proven ability to develop, present and justify positions to all levels within the company
• Ability to work