Engineer III, Software Verification

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.       

Independently or as a member of the team: perform software verification tasks and ensure all specified requirements are met. Responsible for ensuring quality of the deliverable and controlling change requests.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyzes, evaluates, verifies requirements, software, and systems by using software engineering practices.
• Develop test scenarios from given software requirements.
• Designs software tests cases by different software verification methodologies and technologies.
• Execute automated, semi-automated, manual software test scripts and provide test execution results.
• Analyze the test failures and understand the reasons for test failures.
• Designs, develops, debugs, modifies tests software programs by using current programming languages, methodologies, and technologies.
• Designs automated software tests scripts by using standard test automation tools and technologies.
• Work in collaboration with different stakeholders including development team to test and verify the software application and system.
• Report defects, issues, observations, enhancement suggestions to ensure quality deliverables and to make sure application is usable, defect free and meets specified requirements.
• Tracks software verification effort by creating and maintaining records in the approved tracking management tool.
• Continuously improves process and work methodologies by interfacing with peers/cross-functional groups and analyzing activities to improve workflow and work processes.

Required skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Overall experience should be 5–8 Years and 3+ years’ experience in software verification.
• Extensive technical knowledge of advanced testing concepts and verification strategies for regulated Software, preferably in the Medical Device Industry.
• Experience of doing test automation using Python.
• Good exposure to Object Oriented programming concepts.
• Knowledge or prior experience of using Bitbucket/Git.
• Experience of doing ad-hoc testing, reporting and verification of bugs.
• Experience of software requirement review, creation of test scenarios, test development.
• Creative thinker and strong problem solver.
• Good communication & interpersonal skills
• Able to handle multiple tasks and projects and switch between them quickly.
• Highly accountable and responsible.  Self-starting, self-motivated, self-directed, and self-sufficient.
• Experience using configuration management, requirements management, and issue tracking systems.
• Familiar with Agile development methodologies.

Desired Skills:

Knowledge of standard IEC 62304 Medical Device Software – Software life cycle process.

Requisition ID: 620195

Minimum Salary: $1240000 

Maximum Salary: $2900000 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com--will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for hourly, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for salaried, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for sales roles is governed by Sales Incentive Compensation Plan (which includes certain annual non-discretionary incentives based on predetermined objectives).

Our organization is across Canada and has commercial representation in 140 countries.

This job involves regular collaboration with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders across Canada, the U.S., and/or internationally, making proficiency in English essential for effective communication and alignment. English is necessary for engaging with a range of documentation and maintaining effective communication if interacting with external clients or vendors.

As detailed in the job description, this job involves communicating, both verbally and in writing, with other Boston Scientific teams located across Canada, the United States and/or with our international clients and partners. International customers and partners represent an important part of our activities. Based on an evaluation, we have determined that the duties of Engineer III, Software Verificationposition require knowledge of English in addition to French (oral and written). We also determined that the English language skills already required of other employees do not permit the performance of English language skills tasks related to Engineer III, Software Verification position.

However, in Québec, Boston Scientific limits as much as possible the number of positions for which it requires the knowledge of another language than French. Boston Scientific solely requires proficiency in English where it is necessary for the performance of an employee’s duties.