Senior Engineer, Verification and Validation

Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives. Job Overview & Purpose Cochlear develops products, systems, and tools incorporating electromechanical hardware and software components. The Systems Verification and Validation (V&V) team works to protect the experience and trust that customers have in Cochlear, with a final, independent evaluation of these products and systems. The Senior Verification and Validation Engineer is responsible for defining and leading high quality, comprehensive and user-centric V&V test methods, coverage and evidence to demonstrate that the products, systems and V&V tools meet intended specifications and customer needs within a complex domain or project. This role is also responsible for ensuring that their own and their team’s V&V outputs are delivered to project timelines, identifying and driving continuous improvements in testing and processes to maximise efficiency. The Senior Verification and Validation Engineer uses multidisciplinary approaches and collaboration with other V&V engineers, design engineers, project management and quality engineers to ensure high-quality product and system releases to Cochlear’s customers.   Key Accountabilities 1. System and Product Design Verification and Validation (V&V) Enable the release of high-quality systems and products, with electromechanical hardware and software components, by defining and leading design verification and validation activities and processes to ensure that intended specifications and customer needs are met. Ensure, through cross-functional collaboration and review, that design inputs (including needs, requirements) are verifiable and validatable . Define comprehensive, technically sound, and efficient test coverage. Produce and maintain V&V plan documents for complex or unprecedented projects. Develop, improve and maintain test methods, test cases and protocols of high quality (scientific, robust and scalable) for complex or unprecedented designs Execute , and coordinate execution of, automated and manual tests according to plans, and using a range of advanced test methods and equipment. Produce test artifacts (including test results, other objective evidence) and reports of high quality (accurate and comprehensive). Troubleshoot issues encountered in testing, and debug test issues (including method, setup, equipment, script issues). Serve as subject matter expert in a complex domain or project able to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, meaningfully and concisely. Produce and maintain high quality documentation of V&V deliverables, under…