Mobile Software Engineer

at  Abbott Laboratories

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

• Work on verification and validation test designs, test scripts and test execution for CRM’s mobile software on Android and iOS platforms. Ensuring that all product development conforms to design specifications and coding standards for medical devices.
• Design and implement test scripts in programming languages such as C#, C++, Java and/or Python. Demonstrate good understanding and application of object-oriented programming principles per Abbott’s quality system practices and policies.
• Define and execute automation testing and integration testing strategy for one or more components and/or features.
• Ensure traceability and compliance of code implementation with software requirements.
• Contribute to assessment on existing designs for new or changing requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance verification and validation test artifacts including test plans and strategies, test protocols and interfaces, and implementing, troubleshooting, and maintaining automated, semi-automated and manual test code and scripts. Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities.
• Setup and configure test equipment including devices, test servers and tools. Troubleshoot and resolve issues with test setups to ensure this does not impact test execution and results.
• Develop a good understanding of the business requirements, customer workflows, data interfaces and product behavior prior to developing test designs and test scripts.
• Participate in gathering and analysis of debug information towards finding the root cause of issues encountered with the mobile software and/or test code.
• Participate in assessment, evaluation and deployment of new tools and test frameworks for mobile software testing.
• Assist in the evaluation of selected designs as required through testing and full documentation of the results.
• Work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Exercise judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Ensuring that standards and safety regulations are observed. Addressing and discussing issues and proposed solutions with superiors.
• Apply best QA practices to remove daily blockers.
• Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.