As a Senior Enterprise Software Test Engineer at Medtronic's Acute Care Monitoring (ACM) team in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of software for cutting-edge medical devices. You will operate across all phases of the software development lifecycle, contributing to both manual and automated verification and validation efforts for Desktop, Web, Mobile, and Embedded applications. Working within a fast-paced, regulated environment, you will help clinicians reduce serious respiratory and perioperative complications, directly impacting patient lives globally.
A Day in the Life
You will drive software quality and patient safety by:
- Operating in all phases and contributing to all activities of the software development process.
- Reading, analyzing, and thoroughly understanding product requirements.
- Actively participating in story grooming sessions to ensure clear and testable requirements.
- Participating in test case documentation and reviews, ensuring comprehensive coverage.
- Learning and understanding software standards for Medical devices, specifically IEC 60601-1, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and applicable FDA standards.
- Working under general direction and collaboratively with internal and external partners across global R&D teams.
- Performing Software Verification & Validation (V&V) using both manual and automation methodologies.
- Being proficient in automation testing of Desktop, Web, and Mobile applications using the latest tools and technologies (e.g., LabVIEW, Selenium, Appium).
- Being flexible and capable of performing both Manual and Automation testing as needed.
- Working in a cross-functional Agile team to test software for new and existing medical device products.
- Thoughtfully developing testing strategies and protocols with state-of-the-art software best practices.
- Reviewing test designs and validating test scripts for the verification of software used in Acute Care Monitoring.
- Participating in reviews of requirements, design, implementation, and testing to ensure quality standards are met.
- Developing, documenting, and testing software to ensure it meets end-user needs and business goals.
- Providing support for Non-Product Tool Validation (NPTV).
- Documenting results of defect analysis and providing support to development teams.
- Participating in other quality assurance functions, including static code analysis, risk/hazard analysis, and test automation development.
- Meeting key business KPIs and project metrics.
- Mentoring other V&V team members when needed.
Required Knowledge and Experience
- B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech. in Computer Science, Biotechnology, Biomedical, Electronics, or Electrical Engineering.
- 10 to 12 years of experience in Embedded Software Verification & Validation, with at least two (2) years of experience in the medical device/medical IT or regulated industry.
- Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python and C#.
- Solid understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and techniques.
- Ability to develop and implement automated test scripts for Desktop, Web, Mobile, and Embedded applications using industry-standard tools and frameworks.
- Experience in both white-box and black-box testing, with strong debugging skills.
- Experience working in a structured software development environment following a well-defined process (e.g., Agile or Lean).
- Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with tools such as JIRA, Polarion, and other relevant project and test management tools.
- Knowledge of LabVIEW, Selenium, and Appium.
- Experience in hardware/software interfacing and design issues.
- Experience/knowledge of networking protocols and standard embedded communication protocols (e.g., SERIAL UART, USB, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi).
- Experience with continuous integration and deployment tools (e.g., GitLab).
- Awareness of medical device standards, including IEC 60601-1, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and applicable FDA standards.
- Design/development experience working with regulated medical devices.
- Experience working within a regulated environment.
- Experience with software version control tools.
- Possesses qualities such as being positive, maintaining high standards, resilience, openness, and creativity.
- Quality focus, willingness to learn, versatility, and adaptability.
Principal Working Relationship: You will report to an Associate Engineering Manager/Engineering Manager, R&D, and interact with Test Leads, other developers, V&V engineers, internal partners, and stakeholders across global sites.
