Senior Principal Enterprise Software Test Engineer
- Medtronic
- 18 - 23 years
- Hyderabad
- 11 days ago
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Job Description
The role partners closely with engineering leadership, systems engineering, product management, and cross-functional teams to drive V&V planning, test design reviews, and quality assurance best practices. As a recognized technical authority, the Senior Principal Test Engineer mentors senior engineers and technical leads, drives innovation in test automation and validation methodologies, reduces complexity and risk through systematic verification, and ensures that quality, testability, and regulatory compliance are validated by design within an agile, fast-changing development environment.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Lead the test architecture and quality strategy for Acute Care & Monitoring desktop, web, and mobile platforms.
- Own the enterprise V&V architecture, aligned with system design, regulatory needs, and product roadmaps.
- Architect scalable automation frameworks (data driven, API level, model based, CI/CD integrated).
- Define testability architecture (Instrumentation, hooks, simulators, diagnostics).
- Serve as the V&V authority for architecture, risk, compliance, and system level validation.
- Set risk based validation strategies across functional, integration, performance, cybersecurity, reliability, and interoperability areas.
- Ensure end to end architectural alignment with development, systems, cybersecurity, and product teams.
- Represent V&V in executive, technical, and regulatory reviews.
- Define test lab architecture, including environments, virtualization, and distributed execution.
- Approve test architecture artifacts, automation designs, and validation strategies.
- Drive innovation in AI assisted testing, predictive analytics, and advanced validation tech.
- Mentor senior engineers on architecture, frameworks, and testing best practices.
- Lead the toolchain strategy for automation, API testing, simulation, and validation.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
- 18+ years in V&V with strong focus on test architecture and enterprise validation.
- Bachelor s/Master s in Engineering or Computer Science (Master s/PhD preferred).
- Proven test architect for multiple end to end product releases.
- Expertise in enterprise test architecture, automation patterns, distributed frameworks, and API centric testing.
- Deep experience with IEC 62304, ISO 14971, ISO 13485.
- Hands on with large scale automation frameworks (Selenium, Appium, Playwright, Test Complete).
- Proficient in any one of the languages C#, Java, Python, or C++.
- Strong understanding of system level validation (performance, reliability, scalability, cybersecurity, interoperability).
- Experience integrating automation into CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience designing scalable lab infrastructure (simulators, device farms).
- Strong communication and influence skills for technical and regulatory audiences.
- Leadership experience across global, multidisciplinary teams.
Nice To Have: - Experience with cloud native test architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Knowledge of AI/ML driven testing, predictive analytics, model based testing.
- Experience with TDD/BDD frameworks.
- Understanding of networking/interoperability architectures.
- Experience with IoT, edge devices, AI/ML models, AR/VR, or digital health platforms.
- Certifications: TOGAF, ISTQB Expert/Advanced, cloud certifications, RAC.
Physical Job Requirements
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
Our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
Job Classification
Industry: Pharmaceutical & Life SciencesFunctional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QARole Category: Quality Assurance and TestingRole: Test AnalystEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: MedtronicLocation(s): Hyderabad+ View Contact
Keyskills: Product management C++ Manager Quality Assurance Simulation Architecture Networking Instrumentation System design Monitoring Python
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