Senior Specialist I - Test Automation

Job TitleSenior Specialist I - Test Automation

Job Description

Designs, develops, evaluates, and conducts integration, Automated testing, and verification activities of (elements of) products with focus on mechanical, electrical and (embedded) software aspects and concludes this with formal reporting. Defines, implements, and maintains reliable and reproducible testing methodologies and equipment, ensuring compliance with quality requirements.

Job Description

• Lead system testing & Automation activities on regulated medical devices

• Applies comprehensive knowledge of software quality concepts within the software development lifecycle

• Perform in-depth impact analysis of the system and requirement

• Provide the effort estimation for the responsible area

• Develop test plans and strategies on the responsible area

• Drive the implementation of test plans and test strategies

• Lead test case development and peer review process on the responsible area

• Lead test case execution process and generate test reports on the responsible area

• Drive STE deliverables to meet project schedule

• Train and mentor other testers on automation as Subject Matter Expert (SME)

• Provide weekly status update to management on team progress

• Participate in project core team meetings

• Participate in design & code reviews and technical documentation reviews

• Drive the automation work within the team & aim to achieve committed automation coverage

• Provide status update to management on overall test and automation progress

Role Competency:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other relevant discipline

• 9+ years of experience on test discipline, test strategy, test automation

• Prior experience of playing the role of test lead is preferred

• Hands on Experience with automation framework development is preferred

• Experience in healthcare product /System testing is preferred

• Very strong Programming skills (preferably C#) is required.

• Good experience on automation tools, scripting languages is required

• Experience with BDD, Gherkin, Specflow is a must.

• Strong experience in application life cycle management tools like ALM/PTC/TFS used for Verification activities

• Good understanding of the defect management procedures and tools.

• Good understanding of configuration management & related tools is required.

• Expertise in test strategy, test design skills and able to guide the team on these.

• Strong knowledge on the healthcare standards and its relevance to verification and validation activities.

• Good understanding/experience of the healthcare/Interoperability standards is advantage.

• Good knowledge in DICOM, ISO and IEC standards is required.

• Possess strong regulatory knowledge(Ex: FDA, 510K etc)

Personal Characteristics:

• Excellent communication and documentation skills

• Openness to collaborate in interest of project/organization.

• Proactive and self-driven, possesses due sense of urgency                 

• Shall be very good technically; possess systems mindset and good problem solving abilities.

• Working with multisite teams, Quality conscious and & customer Oriented

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