Software Tester

Bishop's Stortford, England, United Kingdom

10/30/2024

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

Design, develop, and execute software verification tests for medical devices following STERIS work instructions. Analyze software requirements and design specifications for testability. Develop functional, integration, interface, and unit tests for software applications and firmware using knowledge of test methods, equipment, and platforms. Create test scripts for automated verification tests.

Duties

Designs, implements, debugs, and executes software tests according to corporate policies and business operating procedures on new and sustaining engineering projects.

• Works independently with minimal supervision on routine activities. Collaborates on unusual/complex issues and approval on plans and larger-scale designs.
• Participates in test reviews to identify issues and provide recommendations.
• Mentors more junior engineers to propagate good test design principles and practices.
  
  

Investigates new test technologies and tools.

• Creates software test process documentation to include verification plans, designs, and protocols.
• Performs unit, integration, and system testing and capacity / performance testing of applications.
• Documents defects capturing steps to reproduce and information for debugging.
• Reviews test plans and designs with development engineers.
  
  

Duties - cont'd

• Implements test automation initiatives.
• Identifies and procures tools and technologies as appropriate for test designs and execution.
• Implements and maintains test automation framework.
• Validates software test tools according to corporate procedures.
• Creates automated test procedures using appropriate scripting and tools to support project’s needs.
• Collects data to generate metrics to assess test progress and software quality.
  
  

Education Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Required Experience

• Requires 0-3 years of progressive engineering experience in the development and verification of software and firmware systems
• Bachelor in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Software Engineering. (A degree in another Engineering discipline may be acceptable with proven software education and/or training and demonstrated software experience.)
• Competent in scripting languages such as Python and Perl.
• Experience working in medical device industry or other regulated industry is highly desirable which require formalized software development processes and software risk management.
• Demonstrated competence within a software development organization.
• Experience in developing and executing unit, integration,and functional software tests.
• Experience performing software requirement analysis is required.
  
  

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.