Manager, Systems Design Verification - Tijuana, MX

Insulet started in 2000 with an idea and a mission to enable our customers to enjoy simplicity, freedom and healthier lives through the use of our Omnipod® product platform. In the last two decades we have improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of patients by using innovative technology that is wearable, waterproof, and lifestyle accommodating.

Position Overview: 

Insulet is looking for enthusiastic, team-focused individuals that want to help test great products for the diabetes-care industry and obtain experience in one of the fastest growing and most exciting medical device companies in the Tijuana area! 

The Manager, Systems Design Verification, will be integral in the technical design and development of Insulet’s products by supporting all phases of the Design Verification Process.  The person in this position will be required to manage the projects and resources (both technical and human) assigned and balance the competing needs of the various projects for completion on time and budget while maintaining the highest possible technical standards for Test and Verification. This person will also be responsible for high level technical planning for each project and orchestration of their interactions from a Design Verification perspective.  The scope design changes will range from embeded SW, mobile app SW, Cloud SW, to electronic HW and mechanical design changes within our Insulet product and supporting eco-system.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Develop and Lead an engineering team that is responsible for defining the system level verification testing required to ensure the safety and effectiveness of our features and products. 

• Establish strategic plans, objectives and deliverables for team members covering system verification, robustness and regression testing. 

• Plan, Prepare and Execute System Level Testing for assigned projects. 

• Collaborate with SW/sub-system level test teams to efficiently execute a cohesive verification strategy.

• Actively engage in Agile SW development process to ensure requirements are testable, integration plans are vertically aligned across system and SW levels of test teams.

• Develop tools and methods for conducting tests, analyzing data and tracking progress during development, design verification, design transfer and deployment phases. 

• Drive optimizations in test processes to increase test coverage while improving both quality and efficiency of testing. 

• Leverage verification best practice to minimize testing time and sample sizes while maximizing test efficacy. 

• Lead both hiring and staffing decisions to help improve team effectiveness while working with project managers and stakeholders to determine specific project needs. 

• Lead recruitment and interview activities that fill gaps in functional and operational capabilities. 

• Build more effective teams by conducting period evaluations and help to train and mentor new staff members. 

Skills and Qualifications: 

• Team Leadership: A proven track recording both building and leading small self-directed teams.  

• Time and schedule management: A practical understanding of managing competing and concurrent tasks/projects along with excellent time and project management skills. 

• Conflict Resolution: Able to maintain group cohesion and cooperation and able to resolve conflicts and re-align priorities 

• Problem-Solving: Rich set of problem-solving skills included both structured and unstructured methodologies along with an ability to devise creative solutions 

• Communication: Strong written and verbal communicator, ability to communicate with both team members and stakeholders throughout project life cycles. 

• Experience with ALM systems such as Polarion and issue management systems such as Jira.

Education and Training:         

• B.S. or higher degree in an Engineering or related field 

• 7 years of experience 

• M.S. in engineering, related field or engineering management considered a plus. 

• Strong understanding of Design Controls and their implications for V&V testing.