Senior Test Engineer
Medtronic
- Location
- Galway, County Galway, Ireland
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- H-1B history
- 106 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- 13h ago
Skills
About this role
Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life Medtronic At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique. Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. Our Purpose The Physiological Sensing R&D team is dedicated to the end-to-end development, continuous advancement, and clinical validation of innovative monitoring technologies that measure, interpret, and leverage physiological signals to improve patient outcomes. Their expertise spans anesthesia and depth of sedation monitoring, respiratory monitoring, pulse oximetry, regional oximetry, and the integration of predictive algorithms and clinical decision support solutions. By focusing on non-invasive, real-time technologies, they empower clinicians with actionable insights in surgery, critical care, and other high-risk settings. Come for a job, stay for a career! A Day in The Life Of: The Senior Test Engineer supports the design, implementation, and qualification of automated and semi-automated test systems and designs and executes test cases used to verify functional and performance requirements of physiologic monitoring devices and subsystems, such as pulse oximetry, regional oximetry, EEG based devices, and other sensing technologies. On a typical day, this role works closely with the Principal Test Automation Engineer and cross-functional partners. Aid in the development and implementation of automated test platform within the R&D team. Translate system and subsystem requirements into detailed test cases, procedures, and automated scripts. Hands-on, developing, executing, and troubleshooting tests, analyzing results, and ensuring thorough coverage across normal, boundary, and fault conditions. Assist in the design, implementation, and qualification of automated and semi-automated test systems for physiologic monitoring devices and subsystems. Develop, document, and maintain detailed test cases, procedures, and automated scripts aligned with system and subsystem requirements. Execute functional, performance, and system-level tests, including regression, exploratory, and fault-injection testing. Configure and operate test equipment, instrumentation, simulators, and data acquisition systems required for verification activities. Analyze test results, identify defects or anomalies, and clearly document findings, root cause hypotheses, and supporting data. Work cross-functionally with software, hardware, systems, and quality engineers to troubleshoot issues and verify fixes. Key Skills & Experience Requires a Bachelors Level 8 degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR a PhD with 0 years relevant experience Proficiency in Python programming is essential with development and implementation of test automation frameworks (pytest etc) desired. Experience with validation of software tools and development within SDLC principles. Hands-on experience developing and executing manual, automated, or semi-automated test systems for complex electromechanical or embedded systems. Proficiency with test automation tools, scripting, or programming languages commonly used in test environments (e.g., LabVIEW, MATLAB, C/C++, or similar). Experience working with version control software with development and integration into CI/CD pipelines is required (Gitlab, GitHub etc.) Experience creating and integrating to Rest API endpoints using Python and its associated libraries. Experience developing Web UI and