Associate Director, Test Engineering

Abbott • Alameda, CA

2d • $148,700 - $297,300 • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott’s Lingo team is building a health platform that combines continuous biosensor data, real-time analytics, and personalized insights. The platform processes millions of sensor readings each day and supports consumers and partners worldwide through cloud-native, enterprise-grade systems.

The Associate Director, Test Engineering will build and lead a globally distributed software test engineering function supporting Lingo’s growth across the U.S., Spain, and India. This hands-on leadership role owns the end-to-end software testing strategy across Lingo’s platforms, mobile applications, CGM and biosensor data pipelines, AI/ML models, and consumer platform. The role will develop a unified quality culture and ensure consistent standards and ownership across regions.

The position can work from Abbott’s Alameda, California location. The role reports no direct reporting relationship in the posting. Travel is listed as 5% of the time, and the work shift is described as standard.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 15 years of experience in software or test engineering, including 5 or more years leading and scaling engineering managers and global quality teams.
• Demonstrated experience building quality engineering functions, including hiring, organizational design, tooling strategy, and culture development across distributed teams.
• Hands-on experience in mobile quality engineering for iOS and/or Android, including testing consumer-facing applications at scale.
• Experience developing quality strategy for data-intensive platforms, such as IoT, sensor data pipelines, or real-time data processing systems.
• Proficiency with modern automation frameworks for mobile (Appium, XCTest, Espresso), APIs (REST Assured, Postman, Pact), and pipeline testing.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD systems and experience integrating automated quality signals into engineering delivery workflows.
• Experience owning quality compliance in a regulated environment, with working knowledge of IEC 62304, ISO 13485, 21 CFR Part 820, and related standards.
• Strong executive communication skills and ability to represent quality engineering to senior leaders and external stakeholders across cultures and time zones.
• Proven ability to lead through influence in a fast-paced, cross-functional consumer technology environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience scaling engineering teams across U.S., European, and Asian geographies, with sensitivity to cross-cultural leadership and distributed team dynamics.
• Background in AI/ML system testing, including model validation, drift detection, and testing probabilistic outputs in consumer health contexts.
• Experience with CGM, bio-wearable, or medical device software quality, particularly where hardware and software quality intersect.
• Experience supporting Regulatory Affairs or Quality Assurance teams during FDA or CE mark audits in consumer health or digital health.
• Background in non-functional and performance testing tools such as Locust, JMeter, Gatling, or k6, applied to high-throughput consumer data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale a distributed software test engineering team across the U.S., Spain, and India, including hiring strategy, team structure, and operating model.
• Create a unified quality engineering culture across geographies with consistent standards, tools, and ownership.
• Define career paths, mentorship frameworks, and performance expectations for global quality engineering talent.
• Oversee test function staffing, resource planning, budgeting, tooling, test platforms, and third-party vendor relationships across regions.
• Own the quality architecture and test strategy across iOS and Android applications, CGM and biosensor data ingestion pipelines, AI/ML inference services, and backend platform services.
• Lead verification strategy for biosensor and CGM data integrity, ensuring data is accurate, reliable, and auditable from wearable hardware through consumer-facing insights.
• Build and maintain testing infrastructure for continuous, high-frequency releases across mobile and platform surfaces.
• Establish standards for CI/CD integration of automated test suites and ensure quality signals are fast, reliable, and actionable.
• Promote shift-left testing by embedding quality considerations into design and development.
• Serve as the primary engineering owner for test-related compliance activities, including audit readiness, CAPA responses, and regulatory evidence.
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs and Legal to align test engineering practices with applicable FDA, HIPAA, and GDPR requirements.
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical, consistently implemented engineering standards.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Potential eligibility for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, an affordable and convenient path to earning a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director