Principal LabVIEW Test Engineer

Job Title: Medical Device Principal LabVIEW Test Engineer

Job Location: Lafayette, Colorado (Fully onsite)

Type: W2 contract

Duration: 12 months.

Job Description:

Technical skills required for the role:

National Instruments LabVIEW Expertise

PCBA Experience

National Instruments TestStand

Education Required: College, bachelor’s degree, Years’ Experience Required: 5+

A Day in the Life:

The Principal Test Engineer is a member of the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team. Activities for this role are primarily focused on becoming a subject matter expert on an existing platform of automated testers fundamental to Medtronic’s generator manufacturing line. The testers are built using National Instruments / Emerson’s LabVIEW and TestStand and will require new updates, component replacement, and ongoing support. This role will also support interacting with other legacy test systems on our LigaSure device lines and the Ultrasonic platform production lines. These activities will contribute to best-in-class quality, manufacturability, testability, and serviceability for Surgical Innovations products.

Responsibilities Include:

Work mostly as an independent actor responsible for debugging and upgrades of both hardware and software used for product tests.

Work as a team member following best practices for validating and verifying test systems.

Be a contributing software development engineer in the improvement of automated test systems.

Help in the definition and creation of techniques for software regression testing.

Contribute to code and design reviews of New Product Systems.

Contribute to maintaining and updating the manufacturing test strategy, test methodology, and test platforms for complex Medtronic products.

Contribute to manufacturing process development and validation in compliance with company policies and procedures, including the creation and execution of IQ/OQ/PQ protocols.

Develop and execute engineering verification and validation protocols for software-controlled systems.

Stay abreast of advances in the latest technologies related to manufacturing tests.

Any other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Must Have: Minimum Qualifications

Expertise with NI LabVIEW

Expertise with NI TestStand

Capability of working within, understanding, and evolving an existing code framework

Experience with CompactRIO (cRIO) systems

Experience with LabVIEW Real-Time

Experience with LabVIEW FPGA

Strong interpersonal skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Strong attention to detail

Demonstrated ability to use all Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visio

Nice to Have:

Medical Device experience, QSR experience, and familiarity with change control processes in a regulated environment.

Experience with the Validation of software in a regulated industry

Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) practices

Design of automated software-controlled test equipment

Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD) and/or Certified TestStand Developer (CTD)

Experience with Various Communication Protocols (RS-232, RS-485, GPIB, TCP/IP, Ether CAT, EtherNet/IP, etc.)

Experience with the test and validation of visual display interfaces

SQL experience

Experience with Allen-Bradley or other PLC-based systems

C, C++, and/or C# experience

Visual Basic experience

Demonstrated experience with the application of principles of Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Familiarity with Agile XP or Scrum software development methods and practices.