Software Quality Engineer

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

A healthy heart is essential to good health. That’s why we’re committed to advancing treatments for people with cardiovascular disease. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, our breakthrough medical technologies help restore people’s health so they can get back to living their best lives, faster. We focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

We are seeking a high caliber Software
** Quality Engineer
** supportingthedesignanddevelopmentofcompanyproducts(mainly mobile apps),softwarereliability,developingandmaintainingprocessesandprocedures,andassuringadherencetothesoftwaredevelopmentlifecycleacross

Abbott.

They will be responsibleformaintainingastrongcollaborativepartnershipwithcross-functionalteammembersthatfacilitatesorganizationalsuccessbyprotectingpatient/usersafetyandmeetingbusinessneeds.

• Execute and support on-time completion of Quality Engineering deliverables: test plans (manual an automated), test scripts (manual and automated), test reports
• Manage test planning and execution efforts by a combined, team of testers located onsite and/or offshore
• Design and develop test automation frameworks, as needed (mostly for web and mobile applications)
• Gain familiarity with testing methodology, processes, tools, templates, environment, and work with cross functional teams to complete tasks assigned
• Explain the testing methodology, processes, tools, templates, environment, and concepts to the team members, and cross-functional teams at large
• Create and manage testing schedule and work plan
• Coordinate test planning efforts
• Support on-time execution of Quality Plans
• Train to development and documentation of standard operating procedures, specifications and test procedures
• Design Verification and Validation test planning & execution, including active cross-functional root-cause analysis investigation & resolution activities (using manual test cases, or developing test automation scripts)
• Participate in reviews for System and Software requirements, Software and Firmware design, and code inspection, using static testing and TDD practices
• Reviews test protocols and test results provided by another functional group.
• Support product Risk Management activities
• Bring forth ideas and implement quality tools that improve the software design reviews.
• Bring forth ideas and implement testing tools that improve the software testing lifecycle.
• Ensure DHF content completion, integrity, and regulatory & standards compliance; collaboratively communicating & resolving gaps
• Support internal & external audit and related responses
• Support the establishment of objective, measurable and verifiable customer and product requirements
• Complete Document Change Request Reviews in a timely and objective manner
• Additional duties may be identified by functional management based on the current project/business objectives.
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

• Bachelor level degree in Computer science, software engineering or a closely related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum of 2-5+ years of combined experience in software development, web-based, client-server,…