Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Job Title
Test Engineer
Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
This position works out of our Alameda, CA location in the Lingo Division. Working on Lingo, you will help build a next-generation technology that enables individuals to make decisions about how to improve energy, lose weight or enhance athletic performance.
What You’ll Work On
- Understand product requirements and use cases and their relationship with but not limited to - technical requirements development, test strategy, test planning, development of test design, test cases, and test execution.
- Lead and execute end-to-end software verification for cloud technologies, mobile applications, and Bluetooth products within a regulated medical device environment, ensuring quality and compliance throughout the development lifecycle.
- Develop, maintain, and continuously refine verification plans, protocols, and reports in alignment with FDA 21CFR, ISO 13485, IEC 62304, and other applicable standards to support regulatory audits and submissions.
- Work effectively with cross-functional teams, promoting a collaborative environment that drives project success and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Partner closely with product owners, architects, and developers to ensure requirements are fully testable, traceable, and aligned with verification strategies.
- Support and contribute to risk management activities, including risk analysis, defect triage, impact assessment, and root cause investigations.
- Participate in design reviews and provide verification of design input, ensuring design artifacts meet regulatory and quality expectations.
- Champion continuous improvement by optimizing verification of workflows, automation coverage, tooling, and metrics to increase efficiency and reliability.
- Design and implement robust automated and manual test strategies across functional, integration, system, and regression testing, emphasizing scalability and maintainability.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of test automation frameworks and pipelines, integrating automated tests into CI/CD ecosystems to enable rapid, consistent, and reliable software delivery.
- Mentor and guide junior test engineers, fostering technical growth, best practices in automation, regulatory, and strong engineering discipline across the team.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or related field or equivalent years of experience.
- 10+ years of experience in software verification and quality engineering.
- 3+ years of Medical Device experience, working under FDA 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, IEC 62304 regulations.
- Highly skilled in the preparation and execution of medical device V&V (validation and verification) testing and surrounding processes (defect management, traceability, etc.)
- Experienced in analyzing test automation opportunities and developing solutions across mobile, web, API, or other technologies.
- Exposure to modern CI/CD ecosystems (e.g. GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Harness) enabling fully automated build, test, and deployment workflows.
- Exceptional analytical, communication, and documentation skills, with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in healthcare or other regulated industries is a major plus.
- Strong emphasis on automation-first testing strategies.
- Hands-on experience designing and developing scalable automation frameworks (PyTest, Jest, Playwright, REST Assured) and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong proficiency in scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, TypeScript) with the ability to build reusable automation utilities and tooling.
- Strong knowledge of SDLC, quality assurance, and data compliance standards such as HIPAA and GDPR.
- Experience with system integration and end-to-end testing in complex environments which support both software and hardware components.
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and microservices testing.
Apply Now
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is
$100,000.00 – $200,000.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Product Development
DIVISION:
LNGO Lingo
LOCATION:
United States > Alameda : 2901 Harbor Bay Parkway
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
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