CareerPlan

Staff Engineer, Software Test

South San Francisco, California, USAFull-time$125k–$188k2026-10-21 → 2026-11-10

Core

Ensure quality, reliability, and compliance of embedded instrument control software and its integration with server/web applications for DNA sequencing products.

Role type

Staff Software Test Engineer (Embedded Systems)

Builds

Ion Torrent semiconductor DNA sequencing instrument control software and integrated web applications

Domain

Life Sciences / Medical Devices / Semiconductor Instrumentation

Required skills

System-level and integration testing, Test planning and strategy, Test case design and execution, Defect investigation and risk analysis, Requirements gathering, Agile software development, Linux/Unix operating systems, HP ALM and Jira, Embedded instrument control software testing, Medical device software verification

Preferred skills

New product development lifecycle experience, Performance testing, Feature verification testing

Technologies

Linux, Unix, Jira, HP ALM, Web applications, Embedded systems

Responsibilities

Define testing scope for software releases, Write test plans and strategies, Plan and manage sanity, regression, system, and integration testing, Write and review test cases and trace matrices, Generate test summary reports and risk analyses, Support product quality improvements

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic input