Sr. Software Test Engineer II; Connectivity

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Tandem Diabetes Care creates new possibilities for people living with diabetes, their loved ones, and their healthcare providers through a positively different experience. We'd love for you to team up with us to 'innovate every day,' put 'people first,' and take the 'no-shortcuts' approach that has propelled us to become a leader in the diabetes technology industry.

Tandem Diabetes Care is proud to manufacture and sell the Tandem Mobi system and t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ+ technology - an advanced predictive algorithm that automates insulin delivery. But we're so much more than that. Our company's human-centered approach to design, development, and support delivers innovative products and services for people who use insulin. Because many of our own team members live with diabetes, or have a loved one impacted by diabetes, the work is personal, and we are committed to the cause.

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An experienced senior team member contributing to the design, troubleshooting, documentation, and performance of software testing for the Company's medical devices. Leads and coordinates activities of employees engaged in performing audits and tests of software products in accordance with software test plans and procedures. Assigns debugging and defect characterization tasks, and reviews detailed configuration and descriptions for passing and failing tests for product evaluation reports.

Oversees documentation of test operations and reports results to software engineering.

Sr. Software Test Engineer II (Connectivity) at Tandem are also responsible for:

• Develops and assists with implementation of software validation test protocols and test plans.
• Innovates test methodologies that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of software validation.
• Develops automated test harnesses leveraged on prem and on the cloud.
• Identifies and incorporates appropriate framework and tools to automate different layers of software testing.
• Identifies opportunities in software process, discusses with peers, and implements proposals to address gaps.
• Responsible for automated test software design specifications, interface descriptions, and other software documentations; may act as documentation owner for projects.
• Leads test environment configuration, planning, management, deployment, and integration with current test framework.
• Works closely with Dev Ops to configure, manage, and document the different test environments to ensure adequate browser, hardware, OS and other lab support.
• Oversees the training, mentoring and development of junior team members.
• Completes code reviews for junior team members and provides coaching as needed.
• Manages source code effectively using Source Code Management (SCM) tools (e.g., Git Hub, Git Lab, SVN, bitbucket, Source Tree), processes and procedures.
• Innovates test methodologies that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of software validation.
• Estimates test efforts for new project deliverables.
• Plans and implements test strategies for system upgrades.
• Works as a contributing member of cross-functional teams as needed, working closely with R&D engineering, Technical Support and Quality Engineers to match software testing processes with documented specification requirements.

Hybrid:
This role will be a mix of in-office work at our corporate headquarters in Del Mar, CA and remote work. This position is expected to be in office 0-1 days per week but may vary depending on business demands.

• Able to effectively share information and ideas within and outside of department in written or verbal form; able to put forth own ideas and gain understanding from others.
• Proficient at supporting effective interactions between team members and among cross-functional teams.
• Able to lead component and system level validation from inception to completion.
• Demonstrated ability to schedule and coordinate project priorities and resources and to produce high quality work.
• Proficient with MS Office.
• Knowledgeable with Good Documentation Practices (GDP) methodology.
• Skilled at clearly conveying in-depth knowledge to all levels within, and outside of, the organization.
• Skilled at creating a cooperative team environment.
• Able to objectively evaluate situations and make recommendations for changes in light of overall project demands.
• Expert in the use of one (or more) test automation framework and an associated scripting language

• Requires a bachelor's degree in software engineering or computer sciences or related field or equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience.
• 7 years' experience with software test or quality assurance
• Experience as a lead tester who fully participates in specification and clarification of software requirements.
• Must have experience as a test engineer with expertise in the system they support.
• Experience with creation, Design Change Assessments and participating in the software review board.
• Experience in proof…