Principal Embedded Software Test Engineer - Abiomed

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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Software/Systems Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for a Principal Embedded Software Test Engineer.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of manual and automated test plans, test cases, and scripts for embedded software per IEC 62304

• Collaborate with embedded software engineers, hardware teams, and systems engineers to identify testing requirements and troubleshooting issues.

• Management of small to mid-size projects of varying complexities.

• Work with internal and external partner resources to test and support release software in a timely manner per SOPs.

• Enhance the capabilities of the test automation framework and CI/CD pipelines to improve testing efficiency and coverage of embedded software, firmware and hardware integration.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and technicians to design and develop test fixtures.

• Mentor junior team members on testing techniques, tools, and quality assurance practices

• Perform root cause analysis on software failures and collaborate on corrective actions.

• Integrates Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives into team goals and decision making

Qualifications:

• M.S. in computer science, math, computer engineering, electrical engineering or an engineering field or equivalent work experience;.

• 6+ years of manual and automated testing experience on an embedded platform with real-time operating system (micro-controller, microprocessor).

• 2+ years of experience in writing/scripting python and windows shell programming..

• Good understanding of FDA 524B cybersecurity guidelines.

• Prior experience in designing fixtures and tools for test automation.

• Familiarity with behavior-driven software development & automation testing.

• Familiarity with Jira, Jenkins, Jama, Gitlab and other DevOps managed applications.

• Comfortable with system-level troubleshooting using electrical and software tools.

• Knowledge of QNX would be a big plus.

• Experience in the medical device industry is strongly preferred.

• Working knowledge of cardiovascular physiology would be a big PLUS.

• Willing to travel 5% of the time to meet with customers to assess product performance in the field and gather user needs.

• Highly collaborative with excellent communication and analytical skills.

• Self-motivated and willing to learn and explore new technologies.

• Independent, efficient, and able to manage competing priorities.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $115,000 to $197,800.

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401k).This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year. Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year. Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year. Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year. For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: -  https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits This job posting is anticipated to close on November 7, 2025. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

 

 

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