Tester Quality Assurance Engineering
MerativeAbout the role
The Product Quality Assurance (PQA) Engineer is responsible for verification and validation of the Merge Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) platform and associated imaging workflows. The role provides independent quality oversight throughout the software development lifecycle and ensures that released software meets functional, performance, interoperability, deployment, upgrade, and compliance requirements.
The PQA Engineer collaborates closely with Development, Product Management, DevOps, Solution Architecture, Implementation Engineering, and Support teams to validate that VNA releases are ready for customer deployment. Responsibilities include system testing, integration testing, installation qualification, upgrade validation, defect verification, release readiness assessment, and generation of objective test evidence required by quality processes.
Key Responsibilities
Verification & Validation
Develop and execute Verification and Validation (V&V) strategies, plans, and test cases.
Validate that product requirements and user workflows are fully tested and traceable.
Generate objective evidence supporting release approval decisions.
Participate in risk-based testing activities and release readiness reviews.
System & Integration Testing
Perform end-to-end testing of VNA features and workflows.
Validate integration between application services, databases, storage components, and external healthcare systems.
Execute regression testing to ensure existing functionality remains unaffected by software changes.
Verify defect resolutions and perform impact assessments.
Installation & Upgrade Qualification
Validate new product installations.
Validate customer upgrade paths across supported VNA releases.
Verify installation and upgrade documentation for accuracy and completeness.
Ensure configuration settings, workflows, and customer data remain functional following upgrades.
Participate in First Unit Build (FUB) qualification activities.
Release Qualification & Readiness
Support formal and informal release verification activities.
Assess production readiness of release candidates.
Identify quality risks and communicate findings to stakeholders.
Collaborate with Development and DevOps teams to resolve release-blocking issues.
Performance & Scalability Validation
Execute performance and repeatability testing.
Analyze application throughput, response time, CPU utilization, memory utilization, and system stability.
Identify performance bottlenecks and collaborate with engineering teams on corrective act
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