Sr. Test Engineer - Neuro Sci

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Operating Unit is a global leader and trusted partner for innovative ENT solutions that improve patient access, outcomes, and customer satisfaction. We partner with the ENT community to understand the needs of customers and patients, delivering solutions that improve lives as we embody a culture of accountability and trust.

Over the past 20 years, we have become the global market leader in three key segments - image-guided surgery, intraoperative nerve monitoring, and powered surgical instruments. We continue to launch valuable ENT solutions in these areas as well as tissue health and balloon sinus dilation.

A Day in the Life

The Senior Test Engineer is a key technical role in the R&D system solutions test integration team. This role will work as a member of a large multi-functional (hardware, software, electrical, mechanical, and systems) team in the Test development for Hardware and embedded software for ENT Products reflecting high professional standards. This role is responsible for ensuring that hardware and software used in the development, manufacturing, and as part of medical devices is developed and tested according to good design practices and follows the corresponding requirements set forth by local procedures, regulatory authorities, and notified bodies. This role will provide technical test leadership, deep subject matter expertise, technical/project oversight, and team member training/coaching.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Contributes towards the creation and review of functional requirements at the system, subsystem, and component level.
• Manage test expectations during the product development phases that include Design, Development, and Verification.
• Integrate Software and Hardware sub-systems to perform system verification in various environments and conditions including Cadaver labs, Operating room (OR), and In Office use.
• Design, Develop, and Execute Design verification test plans, and protocols, and prepare auditable test reports. Conduct technical assessment for Design Inputs (DI) resulting in viable verification strategies to satisfy the DIs.
• Adhere to internal quality processes and procedures, and produce quality artifacts such as Trace Matrices, Verification and Validation report Summaries, and other necessary documentation satisfying regulatory requirements.
• Develop and utilize new tools to assist in test automation efforts throughout the product development and maintenance processes.
• Develop the test fixtures (Automated or Semi-automated) and create needed validation documentation.
• Identify, report, and track hardware and software defects found as part of automated and manual design verification activities. Participate in identifying the root cause of defects and offer strategic advice in resolving them.
• Perform Design and Tech reviews ensuring requirements and Test coverage.
• Collaborate with the electronics lab technicians, mechanical group, electrical group, and new product development group in designing/building test fixtures needed for system verification activities.
• Generate specifications, test plans, and test reports for fixture validation purposes and release the same in PLM.
• Work within established development standards and methodologies, including agile development. Responsible for helping Hardware and Software teams deliver a working prototype at the end of each sprint and participating in Stakeholder demos.
• Represent the Test Integration group on all software and Hardware-related test integration decisions, acting as the team's representative in cross-functional meetings. Provide inputs on testability, execution of verification protocols, and design reviews while adhering to technical standards for the safety and essential performance of Medical Equipment.
• Assist the usability team by prepping the needed system for the VOC (Voice of Customer) demos, meeting user acceptance criteria, and ensuring workflow meets end-users expectations.

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC/NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Work with and provide technical leadership to other development engineers, lab technicians, and Junior test engineers.
• Ensure adherence to product specifications, industry standards, and quality and regulatory procedures and requirements.
• Create innovative technical test solutions which lead to the development and introduction of new technologies, products, and processes that support ongoing business objectives.
• Other duties as assigned with or without accommodation.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science & Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, or related Engineering discipline is required.
• 5+ years of Testing Engineering Experience with at least 2 years in Medical Device Software development and/or Embedded system Testing.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to read and understand System requirements, Electrical requirement specifications, Architecture, and detailed design documents.
• Ability to write Verification Plans, Test plans, regression plans, protocols, and reports.
• Ability to perform risk analysis.
• Skilled in the identification and debugging of software and hardware defects.
• Experience with software configuration management and bug-tracking utilities.
• Experience with automated testing environments (i.e., LabVIEW, Visual Studio, Ranorex, Jenkins, Arduino, etc.)
• Experience with programming languages (i.e., C, C++, C#, Python)
• Familiarity with CAN messaging and other communication protocols.
• Experience over a range of platforms (i.e., .Net Framework, DSP, DevOps, Ubuntu, etc.)
• Experience with unit test software concepts and utilities/harnesses
• Familiarity with electrical components and signal analysis.
• Experience with circuit designing and trouble shooting. Experience with electrical test equipment (i.e., Multimeters, Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, etc.)
• Able to work and communicate effectively with other engineers, designers, marketers, and suppliers to develop products from concept through commercialization in a cross-functional team.
• Skilled in the use of Office Products (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Power BI, Microsoft Project, etc.)
• Effective oral, written communication, and presentation skills. Exercises good judgment when communicating to all levels in the business organization.
• Excellent understanding of Systems Engineering
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Strong leadership and good team player

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):99,200 - 148,800

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

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About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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