Senior Test Engineer - CST - Lafayette, CO (Onsite)

• Develop verification and validation strategies, test methods, plans, protocols, and reports for new and modified integrated products.
• Lead testing of software running on complex capital equipment, including connected hardware, system interfaces, fixtures, phantoms, and supporting tools.
• Design, develop, integrate, and validate test software and automated testing solutions that improve coverage, repeatability, and efficiency.
• Evaluate and implement AI-assisted workflows for test development, requirements and code-change analysis, defect investigation, documentation, and reporting.
• Analyze test results, identify product issues, and recommend technical resolutions, risk mitigations, or optimized testing strategies.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to test engineers while collaborating with systems, software, experience engineering, quality, regulatory, and R&D leadership.
• Coordinate testing at internal and external facilities and ensure test equipment, tracking systems, and data-recording systems are maintained and appropriately calibrated.
• Participate in requirements, design, usability, risk, and defect reviews while ensuring activities comply with applicable Quality System requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science with 4+ years of engineering experience OR master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science with 2+ years of engineering experience OR PhD in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Experience performing verification or validation testing in a regulated product-development environment.
• Experience testing complex, end-to-end systems integrating software and hardware.
• Experience developing test strategies, test methods, protocols, reports, or automated test solutions.
• Ability to travel approximately 25%, primarily domestically with potential international travel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with medical devices, capital equipment, robotics, operating-room technology, or other safety-critical systems.
• Knowledge of applicable Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, International Organization for Standardization, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or European Norm standards.
• Experience developing or maintaining test software and automated system-level testing solutions.
• Experience applying AI tools to test strategy, test-script development, requirements or code-change analysis, debugging, defect investigation, or technical documentation.
• Experience making risk-based testing decisions and adjusting test scope or methods when time, staffing, or resources are constrained.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$103,200.00 - $154,800.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first - developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

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