Sr. System Test Engineer

Locations: Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Time Type: Full time

Posted On: Posted 5 Days Ago

Job Requisition ID: R9149

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 Medtronic Systems Engineering and Integration Test team helps bring new products to market which help people living with diabetes more easily and successfully manage their diabetes. At Medtronic Diabetes, we work in the challenging space where medical devices are in the hands of everyday people, and those people expect state-of-the-art technology to help make things easier and more connected. Patients, their loved ones, and their healthcare providers all rely on our products to help seamlessly manage diabetes daily.

As a Senior System Engineer, you will play a crucial role in driving projects through the required integration and test processes. Utilizing your strong engineering expertise, teamwork-oriented mindset, and commitment to achieving results, you will ensure the quality and reliability of our software, firmware, and system components. Your responsibilities will include leading testing efforts, coordinating with cross-functional teams, supporting various Systems Engineering Test activities—such as integration, verification, analysis, modeling, issue investigation & resolution, and documentation—and contributing to the continuous improvement of our development processes.

We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Key Responsibilities:

Integration and Verification Testing:

• Perform system testing activities and coordinate testing efforts with other team members.
• Write and assign test cases to the team, ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
• Perform functional and characterization testing.
• Conduct smoke testing to verify the stability and functionality of releases.
• Develop, review, and execute test plans and test cases based on new requirements for various system components, including pumps, sensors, mobile apps, web applications, and services.

Test Planning and Strategy:

• Plan, schedule, conduct, and monitor testing activities to meet project timelines.
• Develop and review verification strategies, test designs, test cases, and test tools to ensure the completeness and accuracy of documentation.
• Define and analyze use cases and use conditions to develop test concepts and methods.

Defect Management:

• Participate in defect review meetings to assess and prioritize issues.
• Follow up with the development team on existing bugs and issues to ensure timely resolution.
• Lead root cause analysis efforts and drive improvements into our software lifecycle processes.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Maintain frequent communication with program management, system analysts, scrum masters, development teams, technical support, and other test teams.
• Consult with technical leads on new feature design to ensure product testability and identify coverage gaps.
• Create and deliver training materials for team members to enhance their understanding and skills.

Tool Development and Utilization:

• Utilize existing tools and techniques to execute test cases efficiently.
• Build new tools for verification and testing to improve test automation and coverage.

Continuous Improvement:

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the software lifecycle processes to enhance product quality and team efficiency.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or scientific discipline and 4+ years experience in technical testing or engineering experience

OR

Advanced Degree in engineering or scientific discipline and 2+ years experience in technical testing or engineering experience

Nice to Have

• Demonstrated experience generating technical documentation such as engineering reports, test plans & procedures.
• Experience regularly testing with physical devices: breakout boards, pump, sensors, mobile phones.
• Experience with development in a regulated industry such as medical device, defense, or automotive.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of product development.

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.

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): $104,800.00 - $157,200.00. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). 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).

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.

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.