Senior SW Quality Assurance Engineer

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The Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer serves as a key Quality representative within Neuromodulation Software and Firmware product development. This role provides critical Quality Engineering input throughout the entire product life cycle.

You will actively participate in the design and development of new products and support sustaining activities for commercialized products. This includes involvement in software and firmware development, testing, and validation to ensure compliance, reliability, and adherence to regulatory and quality standards.

This is a 2-year defined term contract position based in our Neuromodulation division, where we continue to advance science in electronic implantable technologies that help patients manage debilitating chronic pain and neurological conditions such as movement disorders.

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

• Work collaboratively within a team of Product Software Quality Assurance Engineers.
• Contribute to all aspects of software and firmware quality assurance in a highly regulated active implantable and capital equipment medical device environment.
• Ensure the quality of software systems by validating software and firmware requirements, security requirements, and compliance with applicable standards.
• Support design, development, and testing of software related to all Boston Scientific Neuromodulation product lines throughout the entire development life cycle, from requirements gathering through retirement.
• Support the creation and execution of design validation plans, protocols, and reports, including system‑level testing. Document and escalate any issues identified.
• Review software and firmware design, development, and testing activities to ensure adherence to quality and regulatory expectations.
• Review and approve documentation including user requirements, hazard analysis, security risk assessments, usability, functional and design specifications, design reviews, test protocols, and requirements traceability.
• Support Automated Test Equipment (ATE) validation activities.
• Support software‑related CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Actions) activities.
• Support design validation activities, including review of user needs requirements, design requirements, functional and architectural specs, module design, code and design reviews, unit and integration tests, system-level testing (black box), structural testing (white box), test automation, ad-hoc/exploratory testing, cybersecurity, usability, risk management, design FMEAs, and hazard analysis.

• Minimum BS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or other relevant engineering disciplines
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in software quality assurance or related roles;
  Working knowledge of testing processes and methodologies
• Manual system-level testing experience in a regulated environment
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes per IEC 62304

• MS degree in Computer Science or…