Software Test Manager

Werfen - Bedford - 180 Hartwell Road Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 United States

Country

United States

Shift

1st

Werfen

Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. We are a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics in the areas of Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Transfusion, Autoimmunity, and Transplant. Through our Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) business line, we research, develop, and manufacture customized assays and biomaterials. We operate directly in 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors.

Our Headquarters and Technology Centers are located in the US and Europe, and our workforce is more than 7,000 strong.

Our success comes from a specific focus in these rapidly evolving diagnostic areas, our commitment to customers, and our dedication to innovation and quality. We’re passionate about providing healthcare professionals the most valuable and complete solutions to improve hospital efficiency and enhance patient care.

Job Summary

Leads the development and execution strategy for software testing, software qualification as well as test automation. Manages a technical team consisting of software developers as well as software testers.

Key Accountabilities

• Drives the test strategy aligned with Werfen’s Design Controls.
• Collaborates with the software leadership team to define an overall qualification strategy.
• Provides software technical leadership on Software Test Automation Center of Excellence.
• Drives the proliferation of continuous integration testing.
• Collaborates with peers to define and evolve software qualification processes (including test creation, traceability, automated DHF artifact creation, i.e., verification structure report)
• Owns Software Test Automation frameworks and design supported by Test Automation Architect.
• Supports Software development team in evaluation and investigation, of software defects.
• Provides level of effort for assigned software testing activities; tracks personal estimates over time to improve accuracy
• People Management – Career planning, performance management, staffing
• Follows project and corporate software plans, standards, and procedures to perform software testing and test automation. This includes participating in requirements review, automation framework design, test case reviews, and team meetings.
• Estalish best practices and key principals pertaining to testing/verification and test automation.

Networking/Key Relationships

• Software Development
• Hardware Engineering
• Program Management
• Any other based on departmental

Minimum Knowledge & Experience required for the position:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/ Engineering plus a minimum of 10 years of related experience or Master's Degree plus a minimum of 8 years of related experience or waiver based on experience.

Skills & Capabilities:

• Software Testing Domain expertise
• Expertise in Design Controls preferably in Medical device domain
• 10+ years' Test and Test Automation related software engineering experience and a hands-on Technical Lead with proficiency in Python, C++, PyTest Framework, UI Test Automation framework like Squish
• Non-functional testing approach and methods
• Experience in testing Embedded Software including Firmware with relevant automation frameworks
• Experienced Engineer skilled in Functional and Technical Coaching with hands-on coaching experience
• Ability to operate instrumentation.
• Possesses strong written and oral communications skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment of software developers and testers.
• Experience testing complex systems.

Travel Requirements:

• < 5% of the time

People Manager

Core Competencies:

Building Talent

• Planning and supporting the…