Title: Senior Software Test Engineer
Workplace Type: Hybrid (3+ days/week onsite depending upon location)
Description:
- We are building an exciting novel robotic platform where we are enabling the clinician to precisely control the transcatheter deployment of a valve through an elegant and simple to use robotic interface. Come lead the software test effort, to make sure we are developing software that is reliable, safe, and effective
- Create test protocols to cover software design requirements, implement appropriate testing ranging from unit tests to system level functional integration tests
- Architect and implement automated test infrastructure wherever possible to increase the rate of product development
- As part of a culture of continuous integration, lead software test and stabilization for weekly minor and monthly major releases to support clinical testing and R&D feedback.
- Lead software design verification testing activities, in support of clinical submissions
- Manage regression testing on new clinical software release candidates, working with quality and regulatory to optimize this process for speed and efficiency in order to enable iterative clinical testing
- Document and communicate your work through design reviews and as appropriate released documents as part of the product development process
- Identify gaps and pitch in as needed to ensure that the team meets their goals and objectives
Skills:
- C++ and Python programming skills, following software development best practices (unit testing, code review, etc.) and delivering production quality test code
- Strong debugging skills with systems that interact closely with hardware and process real-time data. Ability to clearly identify and log defect into tickets with enough information to replicate and resolve the issue
- Ability to write software requirements and test protocols for medical safety (or a similar safety critical system), and associated formal documentation
- Background in test automation, with the ability to create or improve test frameworks for better coverage and maintainability.
- Experience in developing simulation environments and performing robustness testing for systems with hardware interactions.
- Understanding of what early infrastructure is most impactful later down the road, and the ability to make smart decisions in what to prioritize now in order to save time and effort later
Requirements:
- BS in software-related field, or equivalent work experience
- Expecting 5+ years of relevant industry plus academia experience (medical device or similar safety critical system experience preferred)
- Comfortable working with high levels of ambiguity and an ability to convert that into tangible outcomes
- Experience with performing software design verification for medical device capital equipment or similar safety critical systems
- Experience with medical device development process, design control, risk management, design verification, and regulatory processes, or experience with similar safety critical system development processes
- Ability to work in a hybrid work environment, working onsite in Santa Cruz on average 4 days a week
Capstan Medical: Creating a new standard for minimally invasive structural heart treatment
At Capstan Medical, we’re driven by an unwavering commitment to transforming the treatment of heart valve disease. By merging surgical robotics with catheter-based technology and next generation implants, we’ve pioneered a patient-optimized approach to repair and replace heart valves.
Our innovative technology offers a significantly less invasive alternative to traditional open-heart surgery while ensuring a precise and reliable placement of the heart valve implant. With these advancements, we may be able to provide patients a solution to their heart valve disease while significantly reducing recovery time and minimizing the risk of complications. With a dedicated team of heart valve device experts and robotics engineers, we are fully committed to developing a comprehensive and transformative solution that will positively impact the lives of individuals affected by this condition.
Capstan Medical is uniquely positioned in Santa Cruz, this gives us access to the amazing technical talent of the bay area but in an environment that we feel is conducive to doing our best creative work. Our office is adjacent to large tracts of open space with bicycle trails straight from the office doors offering access to the hills and beaches of Wilder Ranch State Park for road/mountain bicycle riding, hiking, and surfing.
Come join us and become part of a team revolutionizing heart valve treatment.
