Principal SDET - Performance Test Engineer

Requisition ID:  33941  

 

At Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, our 7,000+ global associates proud to come to work each day, knowing that what we do impacts the lives of patients around the world. For Terumo, for Everyone, Everywhere.

 

We make medical devices and related products that are used to collect, separate, manufacture and process various components of blood and cells. With our innovative technologies and service offerings, we touch a patient’s life every second of every day and are committed to continuing to increase the number of patients we serve. Advancing healthcare with heart.

 

 

With some of the best and brightest minds in the industry, an unmatched global footprint, comprehensive benefits and a distinct culture, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is a great place to work, grow and be part of a team that is focused on making a difference. Join us and help shape wherever we go next. You create your future and ours.

JOB TITLE: Principal SDET – Performance Test Engineer

 

JOB SUMMARY

The Principal SDET - Performance Test Engineer holds a vital role in our medical device company, committed to improving patient outcomes through cutting-edge, life-saving technology. This position demands close collaboration with architects and team leaders, where the individual will provide technical leadership and drive organizational change. This position’s core responsibilities include performance testing strategy and planning, design and development of automated scripts, execution of testing, analyzing results, and metrics reporting for TBCT software systems developed within the R&D department, ensuring that we successfully exceed performance requirements and maximize our business effectiveness. This role will effectively collaborate with internal and external teams, business and IT management, consultants, and other stakeholders to ensure performance requirements are met. This role will routinely exercise independent judgment in developing effective methods, techniques and criteria for achieving objectives. This role will use deep experience to develop strategy and set direction.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Conducts comprehensive performance testing across our entire software product portfolio including medical devices with embedded software and associated managing Web applications.
• Design and lead the technical development, direction and effectiveness of the functional group.
• Meet software performance requirements and overall business objectives by tracking and reporting performance test results, performance metrics (response times, error rates, throughput, CPU and memory utilization, latency, etc).
• Remain hands-on, contributing to multiple codebases, while also providing technical leadership within the Agile teams.
• Works beyond routine nature of tasks. Is forward thinking; designing efficient and effective solutions through thoughtful planning.
• Collaborate with the architects  to drive performance testing standards and optimize performance, scalability and reliability.
• Design and execute various non-functional test scenarios for performance, load, scalability, reliability, and endurance testing.
• Utilize data analytics to determine product usage characteristics and patterns.
• Implement and maintain software automation tools based on software development technologies.
• Advise functional group on software test automation feasibility, implementation, process improvements and maintenance plans.
• Demonstrates expert level computer science fundamentals such as design patterns,  data structures, OOP and software design.
• Demonstrates expert level application of Source Code Management tools.
• Designs frameworks and implements design patterns to support performance testing.
• Supports performance testing activities at all levels of the test pyramid.
• Coordinates with third-party partners in developing and executing performance testing.
• Collaborates across teams to enhance Continuous integration/ Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) techniques across teams.
• Trains and coaches functional group on developing automated software performance tests and creating build pipelines.
• Identify test data requirements and design, develop and manage dynamic software test data creation.
• Organizes and controls the software testing proce