Intern, R&T - Software

Overview

With the help from other development and test engineers in the team, you will apply software development and test skillset to develop and verify mobile app being developed in the department. You will thrive in an inter-disciplinary team environment comprising researchers, clinicians, and engineers who are passionate about translating novel concepts for merging cochlear prosthetic devices with the connected world of today to practical solutions for connecting patients to the world of sound.

What you'll do:

The Software Intern will help be responsible for all aspects of Quality Assurance across multiple software development projects, including both manual and automated testing.

• Help ensure the delivery of high-quality software on time

• Proactively and effectively communicate with team members, software developers, and management regarding QA status and deliverables, highlighting risks and issues

• Execute detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases

• Identify coverage deficiencies and enhance the test coverage

• Review test plans/cases with developers and manager to ensure consistency and adherence to functional requirement documents

• Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs

• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved

• Follow standard testing procedures and provide recommendations for improvement

• Be assigned a personal mentor for daily support and guidance

Travelling Requirement: N/A

What you bring to the team:

Education

• B.S in Computer Science or related discipline or in progress achieving such degree

Nice to Have

• B.S or M.S in Computer Science or related discipline

Work Experience

Nice to Have

• Previous internship experience or working experience in related field.

Personal Competencies

• Strong commitment to taking accountability and generating timely high-quality results.

• Ability to advance initiatives with minimal supervision.

• Ability to deal with ambiguity.

• Self-starter.

• Team player who exhibits effective interpersonal skills with a collaborative style.

• Ability to react quickly to a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment

Social Competencies

• Good communication skills (speaking and listening).

• Collaborative mindset that welcomes input and contributions from diverse colleagues.

Leadership Competencies

• Strong organizational skills and collaborative mindset.

Professional Competencies

• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Language(s)/ Level

• English / advanced

IT Skills

• MATLAB, Python, Mobile app dev and test, Familiarity of iOS and Android platform. Microsoft Office Suite applications

Nice to Have

• Development experience for Kotin, Swift, C# or equivalent

Further Requirements

• Strong interest in software quality assurance

• Someone who wants to jump in and learn new skills and immediately apply them to real world problems

Our offer:

• Exciting and challenging work environment

• Comprehensive benefits package

• Training and development opportunities - we believe every employee deserves a development plan. Come, learn, and grow with us!

Don't meet all the criteria? If you're willing to go all in and learn we'd love to hear from you!

We love to work with great people and strongly believe that a diverse team makes us better. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of race, color, creed/religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, mental or physical disability.

We thank all applicants in advance; however only individuals selected for an interview will be contacted. All applications will be kept confidential. Sonova is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to complete the application and/or interview process should notify the Senior Manager, Human Resources.

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer

We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place. We guaranteeevery person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate's ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.