Senior Software Verification & Validation Engineer at Fortive Careers — Irvine, USA | Base Career

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The Senior Software Verification and Validation Engineer is responsible for planning, developing, executing, and documenting software verification and validation activities for embedded software used in ASP capital systems.

This role supports manual and automated testing, requirements-based verification, defect investigation, field issue investigation support, testing lab maintenance, and release readiness in a regulated medical device environment.

The position works closely with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Service, and other cross-functional teams to ensure ASP software products meet applicable requirements, quality expectations, and compliance standards.

This position reports to the Senior Manager, Software Engineering at ASP USA.

Responsibilities

Under limited supervision and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, ASP policies, procedures, and quality system requirements, this position is responsible for the following:

Create, execute, and maintain manual and automated software test cases, test scripts, and test procedures to ensure comprehensive verification coverage for embedded systems.
Develop and recommend new test methods, tools, and strategies to improve product robustness, reliability, and overall software quality.
Analyze system-level and software-level requirements to define effective verification strategies and ensure requirements traceability.
Prepare verification and validation documentation for software releases, including test plans, protocols, reports, summaries, and objective evidence.
Analyze test results, document anomalies, support defect investigations, and provide recommendations on potential sources of software or system-level issues.
Support field issue investigations by reviewing customer-reported problems, service data, logs, test results, and related documentation to help identify potential software, system, or configuration-related causes.
Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Service, and Field Service, to investigate, reproduce, troubleshoot, and document field issues and support timely resolution.
Maintain the software verification and validation testing lab, including test systems, equipment, configurations, software versions, tools, fixtures, and lab documentation to ensure test readiness and reproducibility.

Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
3-5 years of experience in embedded software testing, system-level testing, or software verification and validation.
Experience performing system integration testing, subsystem testing, and requirements-based verification for embedded or connected systems.
Strong knowledge of software verification and validation methodologies, including writing test cases, test plans, test protocols, and test reports.
Working knowledge of computing software, operating systems, networking concepts, and IT infrastructure relevant to embedded or capital equipment systems.
Experience with scripting or programming languages, such as Python, for test automation, data analysis, or tool development.
Experience using defect tracking, requirements management, or test management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Polarion, Jama, or equivalent tools.
Proficiency with Windows and Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to work independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional environment.

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter.

We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit.

Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies.

We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth.

We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you.

We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us.

We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

At Fortive, we believe in growth.

We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

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