Software Test Lead

Location: United States - Virginia - Charlottesville

Category: Research & Development

Employment Type: Full time

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.

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, Software Test Lead works out of our Charlottesville, VA location in the Informatics division in Abbott Rapid Diagnostics. We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

What You’ll Work On

• Review deliverables/activities as identified in the test plans for accuracy, consistency, completeness and compliance.  Ensure adequate test coverage for every release.  May be covering multiple projects.

• Mentor and provide day to day guidance to the junior members of the software test team.  Review work to ensure compliance and quality. May be covering multiple projects.

• Provide feedback and suggest improvements to the Agile SDLC process

• Strategically incorporate automated testing into the SDLC

• Evaluate new tools and processes for adoption within the organization

• Complete software testing and activities for development user stories within an Agile SDLC process

• Review System Specifications/Requirements documents, user stories and create verification test cases (based on those requirements), and execute test cases

• Adhere to regulatory standards associated with verification of medical systems

• Investigate and report unexpected events, issues or software bugs. Verify fixes.

• Perform exploratory testing, system level end to end testing, develop test datasets and execute automation scripts (to ensure application software releases are of high quality)

• Create verification and validation test plans, test plans, test reports, trace matrices and review with relevant stakeholders (dev and quality)

• Review code diff analysis and develop robust regression test strategy.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• 4+ years of Software Quality Assurance in a regulated industry is required.  

• 1+ years of scripting/automating tests (or familiarity with automation practices) is required.

• Moderate knowledge of Agile methodologies

• Moderate level of understanding of test-driven methodologies v. Demonstrated success in technical proficiency, creativity, and independent thought

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong analytical & problem-solving skills

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related engineering field

• Moderate level of knowledge with continuous integration & continuous development (CI/CD)

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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 $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.