What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior/Lead Test Engineer - Medical Devices position at Agiliad?
Job Title: Senior/Lead Test Engineer - (Medical Devices/Cardiac Devices)
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Website: www.agiliad.com
Visa Status: Local candidates preferred. Must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship
About Agiliad
Agiliad is a global Product Engineering, R&D and Digital Transformation Services company collaborating with leading global technology and product companies to innovate and help them realize their product development goals. We offer a unique combination of domain focus and a deep understanding of product platforms and diverse technologies - ‘A chip-to-cloud collaboration’.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Test Engineer with strong experience in the Medical Devices domain, specifically in Cardiovascular/Cardiac devices. The candidate will be responsible for Verification & Validation (V&V), Design Verification Testing (DVT), reliability testing, and system-level validation of complex electro-mechanical medical devices.
The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with test instrumentation, data acquisition systems, embedded interfaces, and regulatory-driven medical device testing in an FDA-regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Understand device design, system architecture, and core technologies to support effective test method development for cardiovascular medical devices.
- Generate and execute test plans, protocols, and procedures derived from product functional requirements, feasibility studies, and risk analysis activities.
- Lead and conduct Design Verification Testing (DVT), including extended reliability and stress testing activities.
- Develop detailed test protocols, procedures, traceability documentation, and final test reports.
- Select, configure, and validate test instrumentation, fixtures, and data acquisition systems as required by testing standards and product requirements.
- Configure and operate test fixtures, sensors, and instrumentation for electrical, mechanical, pressure, temperature, and flow-based testing.
- Perform troubleshooting and analysis using oscilloscopes, multi-meters, function generators, power supplies, and pressure/flow measurement transducers.
- Work with communication interfaces such as UART, USB, and CAN for device-level validation and debugging.
- Perform system, integration, functional, regression, and reliability testing for cardiovascular and medical device applications.
- Train engineers and technicians on testing methodologies, protocols, and lab equipment usage.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including R&D, firmware, hardware, systems engineering, and quality assurance teams.
Required Skills:
- Strong experience in Medical Devices domain with exposure to Cardiovascular/Cardiac devices.
- Hands-on experience in Verification & Validation (V&V) and Design Verification Testing (DVT).
- Knowledge of FDA-regulated medical device development lifecycle and design controls.
- Experience with reliability testing and system-level testing.
- Hands-on experience with LabVIEW and data acquisition systems.
- Experience with test instrumentation and lab equipment.
- Knowledge of communication interfaces such as UART, USB, and CAN.
- Basic scripting/programming experience in Python.
- Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Qualifications:
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Relevant years of experience in Verification & Validation within the Medical Devices domain.
- Experience working on Cardiovascular, Cardiac Monitoring, Heart Pump, ECG/EKG, or similar medical systems is highly preferred.