Senior Software Test Engineer

Vicarious Surgical is hiring a Senior Software Test Engineer to join its growing Software Test Team. Working closely with the Integration team, this critical team member will play a crucial role in driving test development efforts for the software that controls our novel surgical robot, for which we are in aggressive product development mode.

As a Senior Test Engineer on this team, you will develop and execute manual and automated test procedures for our surgical robot system. You will work in a diverse team of software engineers in an agile development environment reviewing requirements, user stories and developing and executing acceptance tests for those requirements and documenting results.

Vicarious Surgical is a next generation robotics company developing a disruptive technology with the goal of increasing the efficiency of surgical procedure, improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs.

Responsibilities

• Developing test scenarios, test protocols and test scripts
• Executing manual and automated software test procedures to verify requirements
• Identifying the tests for Manual and Automated testing and plan the overall test and regression suite
• Participate in requirements review for testability
• Implement continuous testing during Sprint and regression testing at appropriate milestones during development
• Report defects, tracking re-verification and closing
• Plan and Perform formal software V & V testing during the V & V phase
• Support early testing and assist scrum teams in determining key findings and collaborate to enhance the overall system's design
• Develop verification and validation of test tools where required and in advance of formal DV schedules
• Support technical reviews and participate in system design reviews
• Participate and own the development of testing infrastructure for Manual as well Automated Tests

About You

• Bachelors or equivalent in any scientific or technical field
• 5+ years of experience in software testing of complex electromechanical device in the medical device industry
• Strong command over IEC62304 and excellent familiarity with TIR45
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to work very well with geographically distributed teams
• Has worked in an Agile/Scrum environment

Nice to Have

• Previous experience with C/C++/Python or Java
• Experience with RTI DDS, QNX and SafeRTOS
• Prior experience testing robotic software systems within the medical/surgical robotics space
• Experience with test management tools like Jama or similar
• Previous verification or validation experience in medical device projects from early development through commercialization

Please note that at Vicarious Surgical, we follow COVID-19 safety protocol, which may include compliance with vaccination, testing and masking requirements.