System Test Engineer 4

At Philips, we strive to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Our goal is to improve the lives of 3 billion people a year by 2025. We will be the best place to work for people who share our passion. Together we will deliver superior value for our customers and shareholders.

As a System Test Automation Engineer, you will be a key player involved in the buildup test automation framework in a regulated medical device industry.

• Define and establish automation strategy and process
• Design and create test automation framework and suites
• Evaluate and recommend tools or methods for automating tests for firmware/system testing
• Take ownership and responsibility for the design and development of all aspects of automated testing along with creation, execution and maintenance of automated scripts
• Mentor/train other junior members of the automation team
• Provide metrics around test automation coverage
• Create and maintain documents on all test automation development and user manual
• Create automation test plans and test strategies for multiple concurrent projects
• Implement and monitor structured system testing (manual and automated) strategies/methodologies
• Perform System Requirement, sub-system requirement and software requirements review to ensure that requirements are actionable, measurable and testable
• Work with developers to employ iterative development test strategies and tactics on assigned projects and ensure full execution of the strategy.
• Provide effort estimates. Identify common trends on planned estimated effort hours vs actual hours.
• Create, review and optimize test design, reusable test cases and test procedures to ensure complete functional and non-functional test coverage for multiple projects concurrently
• Build reusable test case framework to support positive, negative and boundary testing and avoid redundant test case development
• Work closely with automation architect to develop functional automation infrastructure and automation framework
• Provide training and guidance in an effort to minimize procedure errors and that may result into corrections and deviations.
• Create defects trends analysis to recognize the weaken areas of code
• Define and measure key progress indicators on requirement coverage, test case effectiveness, Test execution and defect identification and closure
• Interface with test engineers and developers. Provide timely communications on significant issues or risks
• Analyze available data and identify trends and track actual testing progress against the plan and ultimately provide visibility into release readiness and release quality
• Create Final verification reports

• Minimum Three (3) years formal system test experience via test automation
• Proven experience developing automated test systems and scripts beyond record and playback. Specifically developing functions, adding control flow logic, loops etc.
• Proven experience developing automated test systems and scripts
• Proven understanding of white box and black box testing techniques
• Experience scripting using Python, VB, etc
• Experience in at least two of the following languages; C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, C++, C, Java
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Demonstrate organizational and interpersonal skills working in a cross-functional, regulated environment
• Knowledge of software quality engineering and testing methods at all levels (unit, integration, system, V&V, acceptance) applied within the software development lifecycle
• Applies advanced technical experience and has full knowledge of other related disciplines (Multi-discipline, multi-domain)
• Self-motivated
• Team player
• Previous work experience on medical device in FDA regulated industry is a plus

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related Engineering field. Master’s degree is preferred