Director of Verification and Validation

Midjourney • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

This role involves executing weekly system-level exploratory testing for scanners and supporting software, logging and triaging issues with clear reproduction steps. The position requires working with engineering to debug root causes and validate fixes. A key responsibility is maintaining the Design History File (DHF) and ensuring traceability between user needs, design requirements, tests, and results. The role also includes owning the practical test execution logistics, such as fixtures, test data, environments, and calibration artifacts, to ensure repeatability. Building a continuous testing strategy, incorporating automated tests where feasible alongside structured manual and system tests, is also part of the role. Additionally, the position will support Verification & Validation (V&V) activities, including coordination with external partners.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on testing instincts for complex electromechanical systems with substantial software.
• Ability to write clear bug reports and communicate risk/impact.
• Experience building and maintaining test plans/protocols.
• Comfort operating lab equipment and debugging across layers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience testing complex systems end-to-end (automation where it pays off, plus hands-on hardware/instrumentation).
• Experience in medical device or other safety-critical environments.
• Comfort translating risk into practical test coverage.

Responsibilities

• Execute weekly system-level exploratory testing across the scanner and supporting software.
• Log and triage issues with clear reproduction steps.
• Work with engineering to debug root cause and validate fixes.
• Help maintain the DHF and traceability between user needs, design requirements, tests, and results.
• Own practical test execution logistics (fixtures, test data, environments, calibration artifacts) and keep things repeatable.
• Help build the continuous testing strategy: automated tests where feasible, plus structured manual and system tests.
• Support V&V activities, including coordination with external partners as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed