Job Title - Principal Software Engineer/ Principal TEST ENGINEER

Job Location - Lafayette, Colorado

Job Description -

Top 3 technical skills that required for the role:

1. National Instruments LabVIEW Expertise
2. PCBA Experience
3. National Instruments TestStand

A Day in the Life

The Principal Test Engineer is a member of the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team. Activities for this role are primarily focused around becoming a subject matter expert on an existing platform of automated testers fundamental to Medtronic’s generator manufacturing line. The testers are built using National Instruments / Emerson’s LabVIEW and TestStand and will require new updates, component replacement, and ongoing support. This role will also support interacting with other legacy test systems on our LigaSure device lines and the Ultrasonic platform production lines. These activities will contribute to best-in-class quality, manufacturability, testability, and serviceability for Surgical Innovations products.

Responsibilities Include:

• Work mostly as an independent actor responsible for the debug and upgrades of both hardware and software used for product tests.
• Work as a team member following best practices for the validation and verification of test systems.
• Be a contributing software development engineer in the improvement of automated test systems.
• Help in the definition and creation of techniques for software regression testing.
• Contribute to code and design reviews of New Product Systems.
• Contribute to the maintenance and updates to manufacturing test strategy, test methodology, and test platforms for complex Medtronic products.
• Contribute to manufacturing process development and validation in compliance with company policies and procedures including the creation and execution of IQ/OQ/PQ protocols.
• Develop and execute engineering verification and validation protocols for software-controlled systems.
• Stay abreast of advances in latest technologies related to manufacturing tests.
• Any other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Must Have: Minimum Qualifications

• Expertise with NI LabVIEW
• Expertise with NI TestStand
• Capability of working within, understanding, and evolving an existing code framework
• Experience with CompactRIO (cRIO) systems
• Experience with LabVIEW Real-Time
• Experience with LabVIEW FPGA
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to use all Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio

Nice to Have

• Medical Device experience, QSR experience, and familiarity with change control processes in a regulated environment.
• Experience with the Validation of software in a regulated industry
• Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) practices
• Design of automated software-controlled test equipment
• Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD) and/or Certified TestStand Developer (CTD)
• Experience with Various Communication Protocols (RS-232, RS-485, GPIB, TCP/IP, Ether CAT, EtherNet/IP, etc.)
• Experience with the test and validation of visual display interfaces
• SQL experience
• Experience with Allen Bradley or other PLC based systems
• C, C++, and/or C# experience
• Visual Basic experience
• Demonstrated experience with application of principles of Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Familiarity with Agile XP or Scrum software development methods and practices