Software Quality Engineer -Contract located near Boston, MA
Medical Engineering Consultants (MEC) support medical device and pharmaceutical companies to be more efficient and productive by providing resources, knowledge, and expertise to augment and supplement to their work. Our vision is to closely align our clients’ needs with the best resources available in the marketplace. We take proactive, preventative, and corrective action and create a roadmap for ongoing future improvement by identifying, integrating, and executing sustainable solutions that validate processes, ensure fully compliant quality systems, and close gaps between current and FDA expected stages.
MEC offers companies short or long-term support — from high-end leaders, managers and consultants to skill-set Engineering staff and SME’s (Subject Matter Experts).
MEC's mission is to inspire positive cultural change from within, and always exceed our clients’ expectations.
About This Role
The software test engineer will join a highly effective product quality team side-by-side with developers in an Agile environment developing test cases for a wide range of software components including user interface algorithms and back-end data handling. The position will also include writing or updating test cases manual execution of tests and interacting with a variety of electronic equipment in the lab. Besides manual testing the candidate would be involved working in test automation which requires coding skills in Python or other programming languages in Linux environment.
Responsibilities include: -
- Design develop and execute test cases to ensure the quality of the product by proving system functionality verify business and user requirements are met in Electrophysiology domain area.
- - Manual execution of tests or execute automated test scripts. - Create execute automated test scripts. -
- Debug and fix issues on the automated test scripts within its verification points - Debug and fix issues that may be related to the automation framework. - Execute automation runs to test JIRA items and coordinate with multiple scrum teams -
- Design and develop new websites to support test automation -
- Ensure that tests have been conducted in accordance with written procedures. - Document test results and write test reports. -
- Diagnose problems and report bugs and enhancements in a bug tracking system. -
- Share knowledge and demonstrate product areas to other team members on ad hoc basis. -
- Assist in determining test methodology test strategy and test data setup. - Participate in daily scrum meetings product review meetings bug triage meetings etc. -
- Work closely with software development team hardware engineering team field support team and other cross-functional teams.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree along with 3 years of software test engineer or related experience or 1 years with a masters degree or advanced degree preferably BS/MS in Computer Science Biomedical Engineering or equivalent.
- - Prior programming experience in Python is required. -
- Experience with test automation tools such as Selenium and Squish.
- - Prior experience with source code management tool such as Git and BitBucket. -
- Experience working in Agile Scrum development environment. -
- Strong written and verbal communication skills. -
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Preferred Qualifications - A strong product quality and testing experience preferably in medical device domain. -
- Working knowledge of test automation under Linux/Unix environment.
- A natural attention to detail and a penchant for organizing and documenting. - A good learner who can master complex software and quickly adapt to new tools and technologies. -
- Experience working in Agile Scrum development environment. -
- Ability to think logically and analytically in a problem-solving environment. -
- Ability to work independently as well as work collaboratively as part of a team. -
- Follow company policy regarding ISO and FDA documentation and compliance for medical device.
MEC does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Medical Engineering Consultants (MEC) and will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.
- Sponsorship is not available for this position
Check us out at www.medicalengineeringconsultants.com
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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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