Staff Software Test Engineer

Abbott

Confirmed live yesterday High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Alameda, CA
Employment
Full-time
Posted
60 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

Market check

Salary context

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $190k
$130k $266k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This listing doesn't post a salary. Most similar roles pay $165,000–$214,500.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Abbott

Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that manufactures and markets a broad and diversified line of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Industry: Healthcare & Medical Devices

Abbott currently has 193 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $99,300–$198,700 across 123 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Abbott

At a glance

TL;DR · Staff Software Test Engineer

Staff Software Test Engineer The Staff Software Test Engineer joins the Lingo team to lead verification and validation activities for cloud and mobile platforms within a regulated medical device environment. This role involves owning end-to-end software verification for cloud services, mobile applications, and connected devices. Key responsibilities include translating technical requirements into comprehensive verification strategies, developing protocols in compliance with FDA 21 CFR, ISO 13485, and IEC 62304, and performing risk management activities like defect triage and root-cause investigations. The engineer will design scalable manual and automated testing strategies, contributing to CI/CD pipelines and mentoring junior engineers. Required skills include experience with GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, or Harness, alongside proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript, and frameworks like PyTest, Playwright, Jest, and REST Assured.

What you'll do

  • Execute end-to-end software verification for cloud services, mobile applications, and connected devices.
  • Translate product and technical requirements into comprehensive verification strategies, test plans, and execution plans.
  • Develop and maintain verification protocols in compliance with FDA 21 CFR, ISO 13485, and IEC 62304 standards.
  • Support risk management activities including risk analysis, defect triage, and root-cause investigations.
  • Design and implement scalable manual and automated testing strategies for functional, integration, system, and regression testing.
  • Evolve test automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines to embed quality into continuous delivery workflows.
  • Mentor junior test engineers on engineering discipline, automation best practices, and regulatory excellence.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in software verification and quality engineering.
  • 3+ years of experience in medical device software development under FDA 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, and IEC 62304.
  • Strong expertise in medical device V&V, including defect management and requirements traceability.
  • Demonstrated experience identifying and implementing test automation opportunities across mobile, web, API, or similar platforms.
  • Experience working within modern CI/CD ecosystems such as GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, or Harness.
  • Background in healthcare or other regulated industries (preferred).
  • Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript to create reusable automation tools (preferred).

More like this

Similar roles

Staff Software Test Engineer

Abbott

Alameda, CA +1 83 days ago
Software Quality Assurance Embedded Software Testing C C++ Automated Testing Agile SDLC Software Verification and Validation Scripting Code Diff Analysis end to end testing Exploratory Testing
8+ yrs exp

Senior Software Test Engineer

Abbott

Alameda, CA 19 days ago $90,000–$180,000
Software Verification Test Automation CI/CD Python JavaScript TypeScript Playwright Jest REST Assured GitHub Actions Azure Pipelines Harness Microservices Cloud-native ISO 13485 IEC 62304 FDA 21 CFR SDLC QA Methodologies
6+ yrs exp

Manager, Test Automation

Abbott

Alameda, CA 154 days ago $130,700–$261,300
Test Automation CI/CD PyTest Playwright Jest REST Assured iOS Android Data Pipelines AI/ML Locust JMeter Gatling k6 Contract Testing SDLC HIPAA GDPR
10+ yrs exp

Staff Software Engineer

Abbott

Plano, TX 47 days ago $99,300–$198,700
Python CI/CD Test Automation Large Language Models Embedded Systems Cloud Services Hardware-in-the-loop IEC 62304 ISO 14971 ISO 13485 21 CFR 820 System Integration Simulators Agentic Workflows Desktop Applications
10+ yrs exp

Staff Test Engineer

Arm Holdings

Austin, TX 4 days ago $198,100–$268,000
Advantest 93K SmarTest 8 SmarTest 7 ATE HSIO DFT ATPG/Scan MBIST PHY BIST PCIe UCIe DDR SerDes Silicon Bring-up Characterization HVM OSAT Pattern Conversion Binning Strategy Signal Integrity
8+ yrs exp Hybrid

Staff Test Engineer

Arm Holdings

Austin, TX 4 days ago $198,100–$268,000
Advantest 93K SmarTest 7 SmarTest 8 ATE DFT ATPG/Scan MBIST PHY BIST PCIe UCIe DDR SerDes HSIO Silicon Bring-up Characterization HVM OSAT Revision Control Oscilloscopes BERTs Simulation
8+ yrs exp Hybrid