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Purpose and Passion • Comprehensive Benefits • Life-Work Integration • Community • Career Growth

At Boston Scientific, you will find a collaborative culture driven by a passion for innovation that keeps us connected on the most essential level. With determination, imagination and a deep caring for human life, we’re solving some of the most important healthcare industry challenges. Together, we’re one global team committed to making a difference in people’s lives around the world. This is a place where you can find a career with meaningful purpose—improving lives through your life’s work.

About the role:

The candidate would be expected to Design, Develop, and Implement testing protocols for verification of software requirements for class III medical devices. The ideal candidate should be motivated with extensive technical knowledge of advanced testing concepts and formal software verification strategies for regulated software in the medical device industry; or other regulated industry.

The individual should be a team player who is willing to collaborate and work in cross functional teams across geographies and cultures. Strong technical background in medical devices would be preferred.

Your responsibilities include:

• Analyze System and Software requirements to determine testability, completeness and consistency.
• Perform ripple effect analysis for requirements and design level changes.
• Design and implement test cases, test strategies and test procedures to evaluate the behavior of the software as compared to the specified requirements.
• Architect robust, high quality, efficient software verification test strategies/protocols, and infrastructure for verification test automation.
• Design automated/manual verification tests for software products.
• Assure a high standard of quality in your own work and in the work of others on your team via good coding practices, process improvements, clean designs, smart testing and review practices. Perform automated test and script reviews.
• Work with development team members to ensure optimal test coverage throughout the development life cycle.
• Provide solutions to a variety of technical problems of large scope and complexity.
• Provide traceable evidence between requirements and tests.
• Follow established standard operating procedures.
• Write formal test plans and reports that can be used in submission packages to regulatory agencies.
• Driven to maintain high standards of quality, even under pressure.

What we're looking for:

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years experience in software development and software verification.
• 3+ years experience in writing automated software tests.
• Extensive technical knowledge of advanced testing concepts and formal Software and Systems Verification strategies for regulated Software, preferably in the Medical Device Industry.
• Strong problem solving skills in a team environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to positively influence individuals and groups
• 2+ years’ experience programming in Scripting Languages (preferably PHP or Python).
• Understand SW/HW systems and be able to test for the types of failure modes associated with these systems.
• Experience in the Medical Device industry (or other regulated environment).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Knowledge of both Manual and Automated Testing Tools for Application Software as well as Embedded Systems.
• Ability to read, understand and/or write a high level programming language.
• Knowledge of Software and System Architectures, Software Engineering Best Practices, and programming and scripting languages.
• Experience using configuration management tools, requirements management tools, and defect tracking systems.
• Understanding of failure modes and effects analysis
• Evidence of training in advanced testing concepts such as model based testing.  
• Knowledge of standard IEC 62304 Medical Device Software – Software life cycle process.
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• Labview
• Matlab/Simulink
• Cockpit
• Knowledge and experience working with Microsoft office products.

About us

As a global medical technology leader for more than 35 years, our mission at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) is to transform lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients. If you’re looking to truly make a difference to people both around the world and around the corner, there’s no better place to make it happen.

Boston Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Disability, Veteran

Requisition ID: 453858