Principal Integration & Verification Engineer, Embedded Software

Cochlear is the global market leader in implant hearing solutions. Cochlear's mission is to help people hear and be heard. Around the world, more people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other. A Cochlear Implant is an electronic device that is surgically implanted under the skin near the ear that restores hearing to those who suffer from severe hearing loss. It’s an incredible piece of engineering and the only product in the world that restores a sense through technology. Imagine using your experience to help people around the world to hear again. We can offer a unique opportunity to join Cochlear, an iconic Australian company, leading the world in implantable hearing solutions. Our mission is to help more people to hear.
Cochlear has an opportunity for a Principal Integration & Verification Engineer, Embedded Software based in our Sydney office. In this role, the successful Principal Integration & Verification Engineer, Embedded Software will contribute to definition and implementation of strategies for efficient and automated embedded Software Integration & Verification that ensures releases are safe and effective for use, verified according to requirements and stress/smoke tested as part of a continuous integration and deployment cycle.
Responsibilities include:

• Lead, mentor and grow I&V engineers in ES towards efficient test driven- and platform based- development strategies with a high degree of automation and use of state-of-the-art embedded SW test tools, framework and methodologies.
• Coordinate I&V activities and staff allocations according to release schedules and priorities and establish and manage efficient processes for test case development, execution, reporting, error tracking and resolution.
• Ensuring traceability of requirements to test cases and verification reports as required per regulatory standards for medical devices.
• Adopt progression and regression concepts to maintain software quality throughout the development cycle while enhancing verification efficiency.
• Champion “shift left” thinking to ensure SW components/units are properly stress and performance tested before integration in ES releases and to ensure ES releases are pre-verified and stress-tested before system V&V
• Assist I&V engineers in assessing verification failures or test (setup) issues for impact and severity on effectiveness and safety of the Embedded Software functionality and drive consultation with component leads (in feature teams) to escalate important issues or confirm assessments.
• Build a high-performing, proactive, service minded, inclusive and collaborative team culture.

About You. As we grow our operations, we are looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions to our customers. To add value to Cochlear in this role, you will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
Required Skills

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electronic, Electrical, digital design or equivalent)
• At least 5 years of experience in Embedded Software testing activities in a highly regulated environment
• Demonstrated ability for raising the bar for test efficiency through automation and state-of-the-art test methodology processes and competencies.
• Solid understanding of different levels of testing (unit, integration, regression, smoke/stress- testing etc)
• Solid experience on Hardware and Software in the Loop testing and supporting frameworks like TeamCity or similar.
• Experience with test driven (embedded) SW development processes and tools.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD and supporting frameworks and tools like Perforce, TeamCity, Bamboo, Git, BitBucket, Jira etc.
• Extensive experience on Test scripting for test automation and execution (Bash, JavaScript, Perl, PowerShell, Python, …)
• Experience in managing engineering teams.
• Capable of defining and executing processes and organizational strategies in a product development context.
• Knowledge of and experience with Agile development practices
• Software/Firmware Programming experience (C/C++, Python, etc).

Cochlear’s mission is to help people hear and be heard. As the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, Cochlear is dedicated to helping people with moderate to profound hearing loss experience a life full of hearing. We aim to give people the best lifelong hearing experience and access to innovative future technologies. We collaborate with the industry’s best clinical, research and support networks. That’s why more people choose Cochlear than any other hearing implant company. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping more people to hear and experience life’s opportunities.
If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.
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How we recognise your contribution
We want Cochlear to be a place where our people truly enjoy coming to work. Through our internal programs and employee benefits, we aim to create an environment where our people will feel value and supported. Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or simply finding an environment which enables you to thrive whilst balancing family or personal life commitments, then we have several programs in place to support you.
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At Cochlear we value and welcome the unique contributions, perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds of our employees and aim to build a culture that celebrates and leverages these differences, creating a sense of belonging and enabling our people to realise their full potential. We offer flexible working arrangements, and we understand flexibility is not the same for everyone. We're open to a conversation about what flexibility means for you.