Software Test Engineer - Tech Lead

$95,000 - $190,000/Yr

Abbott Laboratories

Full-time - Mid Level

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The Lead Software Test Engineer at Abbott plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality and compliance of software products within the medical industry. This position involves mentoring junior team members, developing automated testing frameworks, and optimizing testing processes to enhance efficiency and scalability. The engineer will also be responsible for implementing CI/CD pipelines and collaborating with stakeholders to align technical requirements with business needs.

Responsibilities

• Review deliverables and activities as identified in the test plans for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and compliance.
• Mentor and provide day-to-day guidance to junior members of the software test team.
• Provide feedback and suggest improvements to the Agile SDLC process.
• Strategically incorporate automated testing into the SDLC.
• Evaluate new tools for adoption within the organization.
• Design, code, and manage automation scripts using Python.
• Develop comprehensive automated testing frameworks to support both unit and integration testing.
• Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines using Agile methodologies.
• Tailor automation solutions to meet the specific needs of the medical industry.
• Regularly review and optimize existing automation systems.
• Provide guidance and support to other team members on best practices in automation.
• Produce high-quality documentation for all automated systems and updates.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience, in a scientific, technical, or engineering discipline.
• 6 - 10 years' experience in Software Testing and/or Software Quality Assurance.
• Experience working as Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET).
• Must be technically strong and have experience testing mobile applications.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must have experience mentoring or leading other engineers.

Nice-to-haves

• 4 years' experience of working in a regulated industry.
• 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.

Benefits

• Free medical coverage for employees via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement and education benefits for further education.