Advanced Software Test Engineer

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Join STERIS as an Advanced Software Test Engineer. You will design, develop, and execute software verification tests for medical devices. Analyze software requirements and design specifications for testability. Develop functional, integration, interface, and unit tests for software applications and firmware using knowledge of test methods, equipment, and platforms. Lead test automation effort and maintain test platform. Work with manager to develop guidelines, procedures, and work instructions for verification activities.

Train and coach software testers in best practices. Collaborate with project teams to schedule and coordinate verification activities.

This position is located onsite in Plymouth, MN with eligibility for a hybrid work schedule.

• Designs, implements, debugs, and executes software tests according to corporate policies and business operating procedures on new and sustaining engineering projects.
• Works independently with minimal supervision on routine activities. Collaborates on unusual/complex issues and approval on plans and larger‑scale designs.
• Participates in test reviews to identify issues and provide recommendations.
• Mentors more junior engineers to propagate good test design principles and practices.
• Assigns tasks to more junior engineers and assesses their deliverables against expectations and procedural requirements.
• Investigates new test technologies and tools.
• Creates software test process documentation to include verification plans, designs, and protocols.
• Performs unit, integration, and system testing and capacity / performance testing of applications.
• Documents defects capturing steps to reproduce and information for debugging.
• Reviews test plans and designs with development engineers.
• Develops test automation plans including requirements, architecture, and technologies.
• Identifies and procures tools and technologies as appropriate for test designs and execution.
• Implements and maintains test automation framework.
• Oversees validation of software test tools.
• Creates automated test procedures using appropriate scripting and tools to support project's needs.
• Identifies metrics to assess test progress and software quality.

• Bachelor in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Software Engineering. (A degree in another Engineering discipline may be acceptable with proven software education and/or training and demonstrated software experience.)
• Requires 7+ years of progressive engineering experience in the development and verification of embedded software and firmware systems.
• Experience working in medical device industry or other regulated industry is highly desirable which require formalized software development processes and software risk management.
• Demonstrated leader and/or technical expert within a software development organization.
• Exceptional team player with leadership responsibilities.
• Capable of solving complex engineering problems through accurate interpretation of requirements and test results.
• Strong communication and problem solving skills.
• Experience in developing and executing unit, integration, and functional software tests.
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Python and Perl.
• Practical experience in C/C++ object‑oriented analysis and programming, and multi‑threaded/multi‑tasking programming is required.
• Understanding of development for a resource‑constrained target environment with specific performance requirements is desired.
• Experience in development using multiple operating systems, which may include real‑time operating systems (RTOS) such as RTXC, Thread
  
  X, and QNX as well as traditional operating systems such as Linux, Windows (standard or embedded), Windows CE (Embedded Compact) is required.
• Experience using software integrated development environments (IDEs) and tools including compiling/building, debugging, configuration management (version control), defect management, continuous integration, and code analysis tools is preferred.
• Experience in the development…