Senior Software Test Engineer

Requisition ID:6375

Job Title:Senior Software Test Engineer

Job Country:United States (US)

Here at Avanos Medical, we passionately believe in three things:

• Making a difference in our products, services and offers, never ceasing to fight for groundbreaking solutions in everything we do;
• Making a difference in how we work and collaborate, constantly nurturing our nimble culture of innovation;
• Having an impact on the healthcare challenges we all face, and the lives of people and communities around the world.

At Avanos you will find an environment that strives to be independent and different, one that supports and inspires you to excel and to help change what medical devices can deliver, now and in the future.

Avanos is a medical device company focused on delivering clinically superior breakthrough solutions that will help patients get back to the things that matter.We are committed to creating the next generation of innovative healthcare solutions which will address our most important healthcare needs, such as reducing the use of opioids while helping patients move from surgery to recovery. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we develop, manufacture and market recognized brands in more than 90 countries. Avanos Medical is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AVNS. For more information, visit www.avanos.com.

The Role

Overview

As a Senior Software Test Engineer in our R&D Medical Device New Product Development team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safety, performance, and reliability of cutting-edge medical device software. You will leverage your expertise in embedded systems testing, test automation, and regulatory compliance to help bring innovative medical technologies to market.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with the program leader, external partners, cross-functional teams, and sub teams to participate in the creation of innovative medical device products.
• Develop and execute comprehensive software test plans, protocols, and reports to ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Design and implement scalable test automation frameworks to improve software validation efficiency.
• Plan software test resources (internal or external) and provide schedule estimates.
• Translate customer and marketing, product and software requirements into tests which can be successfully verified, validated, and launched.
• Present at design reviews; documents and resolves issues as directed.
• Mentor less senior team members and peer review software artifacts including requirement specifications, risk analyses, etc. for testability and traceability.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with partners in the Quality and Operations organizations to work to ensure smooth and timely product introductions.

Your qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering or similar field.
• 7 years of experiencein device software testing.
• Strong technical understanding of how to test embedded software, firmware, and hardware interactions, including RTOS (Real Time Operating System).
• Experience with automated testing of embedded systems software.
• Flexibility to work both in a stage gate/ waterfall and an Agile development model environment.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational, problem solving, and communication skills (both written and oral).
• Passion for new product development, willingness to learn new technologies.
• Ability to travel up to 5-10% at times, some international.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering or similar field.
• Direct Medical Device experience including working knowledge and application of IEC 62304, FDA Software Guidance, ISO 60601, ISO 13485 development processes and standards (or similar).
• Experience with automated testing of QT using tools such as Squish and Cucumber.
• Hands on experience with standard lab equipment such as oscilloscope, logic analyzer, JTAG and hardware debugging platforms.
• Familiarity of requirement management tools such as JAMA, and agile development tools such as Azure DevOps or JIRA.

Salary Range:

The anticipated average base pay range for this position is $86,657 - $144,503. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the base posted.

Avanos Medical is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a current employee of Avanos, please apply here .

Join us at Avanos
Join us and you can make a difference in our products, solutions and our culture. Most of all, you can make a difference in the lives, people, and communities around the world.

Make your career count
Our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of others begins with our employees - through a comprehensive and competitive range of benefits. We provide more than just a salary - our Total Rewards package encompasses everything you receive as an employee; your pay, health care benefits, retirement plans and work/life benefits.

Avanos offers a generous 401(k) employer match of 100% of each pretax dollar you contribute on the first 4% and 50% of the next 2% of pay contributed with immediate vesting.

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