Abbott Careers – Hiring Software Test Engineer

Abbott Careers – Description:

A healthy heart is essential to good health. That’s why we’re committed to advancing treatments for people with cardiovascular disease. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, our breakthrough medical technologies help restore people’s health so they can get back to living their best lives, faster. We focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

Our location in Mumbai (Andheri/BKC) currently has an opportunity for a Software Test Engineer II.

About the team:

Working under limited supervision, perform specialized level software project activities in areas of software testing for medical devices. Exercise appropriate technical judgement in planning, performing and/or coordinating verification work. Work collaboratively to analyze and understand the requirements of the software products and create test designs and automated test scripts specific to those requirements using C# to simulate clinical workflows for Class II, Class III medical devices such as heart monitors, pacemakers, defibrillators by applying knowledge and understanding of medical device testing. Conduct for- mal reviews of test designs and test scripts to comply with Quality Management Systems.  Execute tests cases using various in-house and COTS tools.

Main Responsibilities / What will you do?

• Complete software testing and activities for development user stories within an Agile SDLC process
• Review System Specifications/Requirements documents, user stories and create verification test cases (based on those requirements) and execute test cases.
• Investigate and report unexpected events, issues or software bugs. Verify fixes.
• Perform exploratory testing, system level end to end testing, develop test datasets and execute automation scripts (to ensure application software releases are of high quality)
• Create verification and validation test plans, test reports, trace matrices and review with relevant stakeholders (development and quality)
• Working from requirement specifications, develops, maintains, and updates detailed design and interface specifications.
• Participates in and supports the implementation, development, enhancements, and modifications to software source code, scripts, and procedures.
• Debugs, troubleshoots, and isolates software problems as well as offers strategic solutions, analysis, and advice regarding identified issues for future development.
• Writes, updates, or executes test design, test cases, and test procedures (automated, semi-automated, or manual) and analyzes and reports test results.
• Contributes to and supports gathering, analyzing, and verifying requirements
• Contributes to and supports root-cause analysis of failures.
• Supports implementation, enhancements, and modifications to test cases, procedures, scripts, and code.
• Presents at design reviews; documents and resolves issues as directed.
• Perform specialized level software project activities in areas such as development, verification, requirements, and/or related areas for medical devices.
• Analyze and understand requirements and design details and create test designs specific to those requirements.
• Create manual and automated test scripts using C# to simulate clinical workflows related to Class III and Class II medical Devices such as ICDs, Pacemakers and Heart Monitors. Also, debug / troubleshoot test scripts to ensure development of robust tests. Report, investigate and reproduce application defects.
• Conduct formal reviews of test designs and test scripts to comply with Quality Management Systems.
• Execute tests cases using various in-house and COTS tools.

Abbott Careers – Your experience/ What will you bring?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field with 4+ years of related experience.
• Experience with a programming language (C#, Java, C++, C, Python preferred)
• Experience in writing automated test scripts in C# / Java / other similar programming languages.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail
• Experience with automated testing.
• Experience in Medical Device domain.