Manager Test Engineering

Location: California

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United States - California - Sylmartime type:
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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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.##
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* JOB DESCRIPTION:

** Job Title Manager, Test Engineering (QA Engineering Manager)
** Overview
* * We are seeking a Manager of Test Engineering to lead and mature our Quality Engineering function across multiple agile delivery teams supporting regulated clinical and operational systems. This role is responsible for transforming QA from a validation- and documentation-heavy function into a modern, risk-focused test engineering practice with strong automation, observability, and CI/CD integration while maintaining compliance with regulated SDLC expectations.

This manager will lead a team of test engineers, partner closely with engineering, product, platform, and validation teams, and play a critical role in improving overall software quality, release confidence, and delivery predictability.
** Key Responsibilities
** People & Team Leadership
· Lead, coach, and develop a growing team of Test Engineers and QA professionals.
· Support the transition of team members from business analysis / manual testing backgrounds into strong test engineers.
· Establish clear role expectations, growth paths, and skill development plans.
· Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Test Strategy & Quality Ownership
· Define and own the overall test strategy across web applications, backend services, APIs, and data integrations.
· Shift the organization toward risk-based testing and shift-left quality practices.
· Ensure test coverage aligns with business risk and regulatory expectations, not just documentation compliance.
· Partner with Product Owners to influence acceptance criteria, negative scenario testing, edge-case coverage, and definition of done.

Automation & Tooling
· Drive adoption and standardization of test automation across UI, API, and integration layers.
· Oversee automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, REST/API testing, etc.) and ensure they are maintainable and scalable.
· Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops experience preferred).
· Collaborate with Platform Engineering on test infrastructure, environments, test data, and observability.

Regulated SDLC & Validation Alignment
· Ensure QA practices align with regulated development and validation requirements (e.g., SOPs, traceability, audit readiness).
· Partner with Validation teams to define pragmatic, efficient testing and documentation approaches.
· Support audit readiness by ensuring test evidence is accurate, accessible, and defensible.
· Help modernize validation practices without sacrificing compliance.

Metrics & Continuous Improvement
· Define and track meaningful quality metrics (e.g., test coverage, defect trends, escaped defects, automation effectiveness).
· Use data to inform leadership decisions and improvement initiatives.
· Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes, tools, and workflows.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
· Work closely with Software Engineering Managers, Product Owners, Platform Engineering, and Operations.
· Participate in release readiness, incident reviews, and post-release retrospectives.
· Act as the primary advocate for quality across the engineering organization.
** Required Qualifications
** Bachelors Degree (± 16 years)
At least 8 years of relevant experience in software engineering.i. Able to translate theoretical methodologies into practical applied practices with the ability to explain these practices to technical and non-technical personnel. ii. Good communication, team skills and basic problem-solving skills to interface with internal customers at all levels. iii. Strong interpersonal, teaching, leadership, and negotiation skills. iv. Good…