Sr Firmware Testing Engineer

SUMMARY OF POSITION

• The Firmware Engineer will be a member of the Engineering R&D team working on the development and support of medical devices. Firmware Engineers work closely with other members of the engineering staff to provide technical solutions to engineering problems.
• The Firmware Engineer will participate in the creation of design documentation, software code, test plans, and other project artifacts.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participates, as a member of software project or sub-project team(s), in the Testing of device firmware
• Tests the functionality and performance of software applications or systems software.
• Develops and executes test plans and scripts designed to detect problems in software applications and systems software.
• Ensures software applications or systems software meets technical and functional requirements.
• Performs workflow analysis, documents test results and recommends quality improvements.
• Works with development to resolve software defects and diagnose/improve product configuration for current and future models.
• Define and set up the test and validation environment, Reviews test automation frameworks, tools, techniques, and methodologies.
• Communicate critical issues and status updates in a timely manner.
• Participates in other activities, such as performing hazard and risk analysis, reviews of designs and tests, etc.
• Demonstrates good coding practices.

PRINCIPAL WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Reports to the Engineering Manager
• Accountable to a Project Manager(s) for project-related responsibilities
• Frequent interaction with team members from other disciplines, particularly hardware engineers, to develop project requirements and other project artifacts such as project schedules.

Possible interaction with clinicians, third-party vendors, manufacturers, subcontractors and other users.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY

• Experience with C, Python programming required.
• Candidate should be knowledgeable and have experience in software engineering processes and software life-cycle in general.
• Experience in embedded, real-time applications and firmware components required.

NICE TO HAVE

• Knowledge in CodeBeamer, Jira, JSON, JavaScript
• Experience working in an agile environment.
• Familiar with hardware diagnostics (using multimeter, oscilloscope)

EXPERIENCE

• 9+ years of embedded software engineering experience.

QUALIFICATION

• Required: - B.E or B.Tech in Computer Sciences, Electronics or Electrical Engineer.
• Preferred: - M.E or M.Tech in Computer Sciences, Electronics or Electrical Engineer.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills. SHORT-TERM SUCCESS METRICS (6-12 MONTHS)
• Demonstrate strong Testing skills.
• Demonstrate understanding of design and design patterns
• Demonstrate strong knowledge on tools and technologies
• Establish trusting relationship with the team and other stakeholders
• Demonstrate problem solving capabilities.
• Deliver on project commitments. LONG-TERM SUCCESS METRICS (1+ YEAR)
• Learn and demonstrate Product and Domain understanding
• Demonstrate solid understand of Software Development Lifecycle
• Consistently deliver on Project commitments