Sr. Software Automation Engineer

Medtronic•Lafayette, CO

1d•$124,800 - $187,200•Onsite

About The Position

Medtronic Neuroscience is focused on transforming care for patients with neurological, spinal, and chronic pain conditions. Through meaningful innovation and strong clinical partnerships, we help clinicians deliver therapies that improve lives and expand what is possible in-patient care. Cranial & Spinal Technologies advances surgical care for patients with spine and cranial conditions. We develop innovative solutions that help clinicians plan, navigate, and deliver procedures with accuracy, efficiency, and patient outcomes in mind. This position has the responsibility and authority to develop and perform test automation verification & validation activities for software and systems to ensure Medtronic’s cutting-edge medical products meet our user’s needs and our quality and reliability standards. This position requires technical expertise to independently determine and develop approaches to solve complex technical problems with ingenuity and creativity. Work is performed under limited direction.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering with 4 years of relevant experience OR a Masters Degree with 2 years of relevant experience OR PhD
Experience with software design, development, debug and test practices
Advanced proficiency with Python including OOP, data structures, file I/O
Software development or testing experience in the medical industry or other regulated industry
Experience developing and/or testing GUI applications and Medical Devices

Nice To Haves

Test Automation Architecture: Designing scalable, maintainable test frameworks
Strong experience with pytest (markers, fixtures, parametrization) and unittest
Experience with Cypress, Jest, JavaScript, Python, JSON, CSV, and Excel file processing using pandas and openpyxl
CI/CD Pipelines: Setting up automated test execution and reporting
TensorFlow/Machine Learning: Experience with ML libraries for analysis
Parallel Processing: Understanding of Python multiprocessing module for CPU-intensive CAD comparison tasks
Able to handle multiple tasks/projects and manage priorities.
Strong knowledge of modern, iterative software design processes and development practices including agile and test-driven development.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with business and technical stakeholders to help facilitate cross functional communications.
Linux/Unix: Comfortable with shell scripting (bash), command-line tools, and virtual environments
Project management skills including planning, estimation and requirements management.
Understanding of FDA Quality System Regulations (QSR).
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Responsibilities

Develop comprehensive test strategies including requirements traceability matrices, test architecture design (unit/integration/system), and data-driven testing approaches
Designing, developing, testing, maintaining and documenting/validating software testing components and applications.
Participate in all phases of product development as needed such as reviewing requirements, design, usability, risk assessment, and testing execution.
Contributes to the completion of work group objectives through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.
Interfacing with mechanical, electrical, systems, software and test engineers.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives for test automation infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, test data management, and testing efficiency metrics
Participate in defect tracking and analysis.
Troubleshoot, debug, maintain, and support existing products.
Effectively communicate findings, problems and solutions to project teams and stakeholders.
Collaborate and maintain excellent working relationships with team members and stakeholders.
May manage projects requiring delegation of work and review of work products.
Follow Medtronic Navigation product development standards and practices.
All activities must be performed in compliance with the Quality System.
Performs duties in compliance with environmental, health and safety related site rules, policies and governmental regulations.