Senior Software Test Engineer

at  Boston Scientific Corporation

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree along with 7+ years of software test engineer or related experience or 5+ years with a master’s degree or advanced degree, preferably BS/MS in Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or equivalent.
• In-depth knowledge of software development life cycle and test methodology.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• A strong product quality and test lead experience preferably in medical device domain.
• A natural attention to detail and a penchant for organizing and documenting.
• A good learner who can master complex software and quickly adapt to new tools and technologies.
• Experience working in Agile Scrum development environment.
• Ability to think logically and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Ability to work independently as well as work collaboratively as part of a team.
• Demonstrated experience communicating both technical and non-technical information across teams and departments.
• Follow company policy regarding ISO and FDA documentation and compliance for medical devices.
  Requisition ID: 580841
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ABOUT THIS ROLE:

The Senior Software Test Engineer will join a highly effective product quality team, working side-by-side with developers in an Agile environment, provides technical guidelines to product test teams, working closely with managers, test leads and engineers globally by developing test cases for a wide range of software components, including user interface, algorithms, and back-end data handling. The position will also include writing or updating test cases, manual execution of tests, and interacting with a variety of electronic equipment in the lab. Besides manual testing, the candidate would be involved working in executing tests in automation. Our tools include Jira, Jama, Jenkins, and knowledge of Linux environments and workstations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, develop and execute test cases to ensure the quality of the product by proving system functionality, verify business and user requirements are met in Electrophysiology domain area.
• Manual execution of tests or execute automated test scripts.
• Ensure that tests have been conducted in accordance with written procedures.
• Document test results and write test reports.
• Diagnose problems and report bugs and enhancements in a bug tracking system.
• Provide technical guidelines, share knowledge, and demonstrate product areas to other team members on ad hoc basis.
• Acting as test lead for projects in determining test methodology, test strategy and test data setup.
• Participate in daily scrum meetings, product review meetings, bug triage meetings etc.
• Work closely with software development team, hardware engineering team, field support team, and other cross-functional teams.