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

- **Company:** Medtronic Inc.
- **Location:** Lafayette, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $103,200 - $154,800
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Software Debugging, Integrated Development Environments, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, Safety Critical Systems, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/0b70552b-e321-4c9f-8c1a-79e9bbb8078f

## About the Role

* 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.

## Description

* 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.