Software Verification Engineer

About the role

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. Working at Abbott you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life.

The Opportunity

This position will work out of our Tech Center in St. Paul, MN. The Software Verification Engineer II will provide testing to Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) software verification team. This motivated and resourceful individual will have input into the day-to-day impact of defects, workflow and software application associated with electrophysiology capital equipment systems.

Responsibilities

• Work independently and as a team member to plan, write, and execute test cases according to Abbott practices, FDA regulatory, and ISO standard procedures.
• Performs requirements gathering, hazard analysis, and design reviews for new features.
• Design new test suites for new features and functionality.
• Provide verification and validation perspective to R&D’s ongoing product development : requirements, product and test designs defect reviews, user workflows, and field complaint investigations.
• Support implementation, enhancements, and modifications to test automation framework, automation tools, emulators, test scripts, and code.
• Identify parameters, structure, and critical test components.
• Write, update, or execute test design cases, as well as procedures, and report results.
• Perform dry runs and formal Verification activities as required.
• Setup and configure Test Equipment.
• Create and update Linux and Python scripts and execute them.
• Record and close defects found during V&V activities.
• Develop and maintain testing artefacts and other documents.
• Contribute to development of solutions that have significant improvements of processes and test development.
• Develop continuing proficiency in the field of software test engineering.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Computer, Electrical, or Software), Computer Science, or related discipline.
• 2+ years of professional software test engineering experience.
• Experience with software development lifecycle management tools.
• 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 the management’s decision‑making process.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ months of FDA regulated industry experience.
• Experienced in quantitative, analytical, organizational, and follow‑up skills.
• Polished communicator - written documentation and oral presentations/ discussions/ meetings.
• Excellent