Senior Software Test Engineer (Project Management)

About Us

Founded in 1908, Merz is a successful, family-owned specialty healthcare company with a rich history. As a leading global aesthetics business, our award-winning portfolio of injectables, devices, and skincare products empowers healthcare professionals to enhance confidence through aesthetic medicine. Our purpose is to fuel confidence by helping people look better, feel better, and live better. We believe you do not have to choose between living life and making a living. Live your best life with Merz Aesthetics.

A Brief Overview

Provide technical and engineering work for R&D department as directed by the Sr. Manager, Software Engineering. This position will be responsible for developing both manual and automated testing and implementing them in industry standard testing frameworks. The position will be responsible to create test plan/protocol documents (both manual and automated testing) for both full verification and regression testing, execute the test plans, obtain and document the test results including test objective evidence datasheets, perform complete requirements tracing, according to department standards and SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Software Test:

  • Responsible for evaluating software using automated or manual testing methods and analyzing the results.
  • Creating testing procedures to evaluate the performance of the software.
  • Building software testing programs that automate testing processes for “Desktop application” running in Windows.
  • Running the software testing procedures to evaluate the software.
  • Documenting all testing procedures according to department standards and SOPs.
  • Reporting bugs and making recommendations to improve the software product.
  • Retesting software after bugs are fixed to ensure the program works properly.
  • Attending meetings with the development team, stakeholders, and other groups.
  • Perform software testing against the requirements on the medical device and emulator.
  • Perform software unit testing for software test tools.
  • Perform code Analysis, Profiling, and Debugging on software tools used for testing of the “Desktop Application” hosted on medical device.
  • Perform code review on Desktop Application hosted on medical device

• Software Requirements:

  • Provide input to the software requirements for the host application and software tools.

• Software Development:

  • Architecting software test automation tool for Desktop Application hosted on medical device. Implement the software test automation tools for the medical device host application.

• Software Documentation:

  • Responsible for documenting the test protocols, test results, and performing full requirements traceability, according to FDA 510K documentation requirements.
  • Responsible for writing software requirements and specification documents for the test tools developed in-house.

• System Software Data Measurement:

  • Responsible for making observations, taking measurement using laboratory equipment and tools, data processing, statistical analysis and carrying out test protocols.

• Software Debugging and Troubleshooting:

  • Responsible for testing, system software debugging and troubleshooting the software in SW development tools (E.g., Visual Studio).

• Software Engineering:

  • Work with software development in identifying the root cause to the software issues, preparing test cases, plans and procedures.

• Leadership:

  • Approach to working technical issues that supports a schedule-oriented mindset and work ethic.

• Further Tasks:

  • Design reviews of the test tools, forms processing for software releases, documentation, other as assigned. This position requires the individual to be on-site

• All other duties as assigned:

  • Perform other duties as assigned based on business needs

Technical & Functional Skills

• Proficient with automation tools (E.g., Selenium, Appium or equivalent) used to automate software testing for “Desktop Application” hosted on the medical device. Demonstration of the previous experience in this domain is required.
• Proficient in writing tests automation with programming languages (Python, Bash, Java or equivalent)
• Ability to perform code reviews in C/C++
• Ability to foster innovation in software testing
• Proficient with Windows Operating System
• Proficient with using Atlassian Jira and BitBucket
• Proficient with developing software test protocol documentation and test results capture for medical device are required Need to demonstrate these skillsets through previous experiences
• Experience with testing software hosted on medical device. Medical devices standards like IEC62304
• Experience designing and running unit tests    

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Physics, Math, Electrical Engineering.
• Total of 11+ years of experience in software development for automating software tests and develop/execute software test plan
• Ability to course correct as needed due to changing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge on B-Mode Ultrasound is plus
• Design experience with real-time systems, and standard Windows applications
• Knowledge of FDA cybersecurity requirements, NIST, GDPR, EU ENISA                                                                                                                                     

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Software QA, Testing and Release