Senior Software Test Engineer

Abbott • Milpitas, CA

7d • $90,000 - $180,000

About The Position

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. At Abbott, we believe people with diabetes should have the freedom to enjoy active lives. That’s why we’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health more effectively and comfortably, with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology. Our Diabetes division in Milpitas, CA, currently has an opportunity for a Senior Software Test Engineer.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in a scientific, technical, or engineering discipline.
• 5 years’ experience in Software Testing and/or Software Quality Assurance.
• 2 years’ experience of working in a regulated industry
• Must be technically strong and have experience testing mobile applications
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Medical Device experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in an agile development environment preferred.
• Experience with embedded systems and integration testing with external systems preferred
• Cyber security, medical mobile applications or cloud computing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Complete software testing and activities for development user stories within an Agile SDLC process
• Review System Specifications/Requirements documents, user stories and create verification test cases (based on those requirements) and execute test cases.
• Investigate and report unexpected events, issues or software bugs.
• Verify fixes
• Perform exploratory testing, system level end to end testing, develop test datasets and execute automation scripts (to ensure application software releases are of high quality)
• Create verification and validation test plans, test reports, trace matrices and review with relevant stakeholders (dev and quality)
• Review deliverables/activities as identified in the test plans for accuracy, consistency, completeness and compliance.
• Ensure adequate test coverage for every release
• Review code diff analysis and develop robust regression test strategy
• Mentor and provide day to day guidance to the junior members of the software test team.
• Review work to ensure compliance and quality
• Provide feedback and suggest improvements to the Agile SDLC process

Benefits

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees