Intuitive Surgical-posted 3 months ago
Senior
Sunnyvale, CA
5,001-10,000 employees
Miscellaneous Manufacturing

As a Senior Software Test Engineer within the Future Forward engineering team, you will be responsible for all aspects of software testing. You will partner with the development and clinical teams to develop procedures leading up to the full verification of the system software for a novel surgical robot architecture. The primary function of this position is to own all aspects of system verification for robotic surgical systems, including ownership of the top-level test strategy, design, development, and execution of test protocols, test report generation, and defect management. The successful candidate must excel in a focused, high-energy small-team environment. The position will require close collaboration with cross-functional teams, including but not limited to product development teams, clinical team, systems analysts, design team, quality, and regulatory teams. Quick learning and a desire to understand requirements from a user's and engineering's perspective are essential to become a valuable system developer. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required. Your responsibilities will encompass all aspects related to the system software verification, ranging from a clear understanding of the system architecture design and risk analysis to ownership of requirements discussions and change impact analysis. You will understand the system from both a technical perspective and the user's viewpoint, and drive definition and development of robust test strategy, as well as recommend design improvements.

  • Designing, developing, and executing test scripts and protocols for functional software verification for complex robotic surgical systems.
  • Generating test reports and complete requirement tracing for all requirements under test.
  • Logging and managing issues found within the issue tracking system; working with software and cross-functional teams to identify the root cause and assess the impact of each issue.
  • Contributing to requirements discussions and providing inputs from system test engineering perspective.
  • Participating in design change reviews and provide feedback on test impact and regression analysis.
  • Analyzing test data, identify non-conformance trends, generate concise executive summaries, and recommend design improvements.
  • Execution of the verification protocols of robotic surgical systems and instruments.
  • Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or adjacent technical field.
  • A minimum of 8 years of experience in testing complex electro-mechanical or robotic systems (6 years for Master's degree holders).
  • Strong skills in defining test methods based on a deep understanding of requirements, specifications and system software architecture.
  • Strong experience in the planning and execution of Verification and Validation (V&V) activities for medical devices, under quality and regulatory compliance.
  • Strong foundation in system engineering, Software Quality Assurance (SQA), software design principles.
  • First-principles thinking and in-depth knowledge of failure mode and risk analysis processes.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and debugging of complex embedded software and electromechanical systems.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
  • Experience with Python, Matlab, JavaScript, or other scripting language.
  • Experience with Unit Test frameworks.
  • Experience with Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testing.
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