Principal Test Automation

Job Description:
The Test Automation Architect will provide advanced technological solutions for Automating Tests for large and highly complex software for medical images (3D Shape models and geometry) and ECG signals. The Test Automation Architect is accountable for Test Architecture decisions at the solution level and driving software testing strategy across all Electrophysiology Products working with cross-functional teams. enabling quality, security, scalability of highly integrated products

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining, building & implementing Test architecture/ Test Automation development standards that are consistent across all EP products.
• Responsible for the construction of a new framework and tools to help augment existing automation frameworks. Additionally, will be working closely with the DevOps team to include automated tests and testing infrastructure into the DevOps pipeline strategically.
• Assess the gaps in current test coverage and build a testing strategy on filling the gaps on tests/Test code such as Smoke, Regression, System Acceptance solution.
• Design/ build/ refactor test automation framework, harnesses, and code libraries to enable the team to use and enhance them across successive projects, thereby improving automation development quality, reusability, efficiency, and team productivity.
• Work with development engineers/ architects to identify technical needs of testing Infrastructure and drive to closure on problems found, including recreating failures and verifying fixes.
• Provide technical and process leadership to project teams to plan and execute integration and verification testing in a scrum environment.
• Monitor industry trends and project retrospectives to support continuous improvement of test engineering activities such as test-driven requirements, traceability, continuous integration, and automation.
• Lead and contribute to strategic projects as assigned.
• Develop and implement solutions for improving Software quality and reducing defect leakage.
• Supports implementation and enhancements of test automation tools and emulators.
• Develop solutions to solve extremely complex problems in the test automation framework.
• Implement new tools, techniques, and processes to reduce test maintenance effort.
• Implement dynamic solutions to increase code coverage in the automation framework.
• Debugs, troubleshoots, and isolates software problems and offers strategic advice regarding identified issues for future development.
• Test aspects of new projects or algorithms to evaluate prototypes and validate output to meet intended use requirements.
• Comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Computer, Electrical, or Software), Computer Science, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in software testing or development, with increasing levels of responsibility leading to technical leadership.
• 4+ years of FDA regulated industry experience.
• Strong understanding of integration, verification and validation testing techniques, including continuous integration and white-box, black-box, coverage, reliability, and regression testing.
• Experience in medical device development/testing and/or other highly regulated industry.
• Strong experience in Python, Open GL, Squish, Docker / Docker-Compose, Testing Frameworks, SQL, Databases, Postgres, Python Web Frameworks (Flask, Django), Data Science / Processing
• Experience in Task Scheduling / Distributed Tasks (RabbitMQ, Celery).
• Experience with software test strategy which includes test hierarchy, test design, test levels and test methods.
• Experience with software development lifecycle management tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive hands-on experience in development of software test strategy which includes test hierarchy, test design, test levels and test methods for medical systems.
• Master’s Degree in Engineering (Computer, Electrical, Computer Systems, or Software), Computer Science, or related discipline.
• FDA regulated industry experience.
• Organized, on-time, and detailed project management skills including project leadership.
• Experience with Windows and LINUX operating systems.
• Strong technical skill set, including spreadsheet, word processing, PowerPoint, and specialized applications.
• Excellent documentation skills in delivering information that adds value to management’s decision-making process.
• Experienced in quantitative, analytical, organizational, and follow-up skills.

• Polished communicator – written documentation and oral presentations/ discussions/ meetings.

• Excellent reputation for building relationships across various levels of an organization.
• Energized attitude.