Senior Software Technologist I - Testing

Job Title

Senior Software Technologist I - Testing

Job Description

Philips is a global leader in health technology, dedicated to improving lives through meaningful innovation. This role sits within Hospital Patient Monitoring (HPM), which provides advanced monitoring solutions for acute care settings. From bedside and transport monitors to centralized systems, HPM helps clinicians identify at-risk patients and intervene quickly.

We are seeking an experienced System Verification Lead who combines strong system-level thinking with hands-on verification expertise and technical leadership. The successful candidate will understand complex system integration points, translate product and system risks into effective verification strategies, and lead a verification team through planning and execution across multiple projects and releases. This is a Technical Lead role with no direct people-management responsibility, but it requires strong ownership, influence, coaching, and cross-functional coordination.

Your role:

This role provides technical leadership for system verification across multiple projects and releases, driving verification strategy, execution, risk management, and test automation to ensure high-quality, compliant product delivery. The position coordinates verification planning, mentors team members, resolves technical challenges, oversees verification documentation and Design History File deliverables, and collaborates closely with cross-functional stakeholders including engineering, quality, security, and regulatory teams. The role also focuses on improving verification efficiency through automation, AI-driven practices, continuous improvement, and proactive communication of quality, risk, and release readiness metrics.

• Automation Expertise:

  • Strong experience in Java automation using Selenium.

  • Hands-on experience with BDD frameworks (development and maintenance).

  • Proficiency in web service automation testing (REST/SOAP).

• Test Design & Strategy:

  • Identifies potential system-level risks through system analysis and designs test scenarios to mitigate these risks, contributing to early defect detection and preventing critical issues from reaching later stages of the development process.

  • Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability by adjusting test strategies based on system complexity and evolving requirements by creating new test cases, modifying existing ones, or prioritizing tests to ensure focus on critical functionalities.

  • Contributes to increased efficiency by supporting the creation of test automation frameworks for repetitive tasks by identifying suitable automation tools, developing reusable test scripts, and collaborating with colleagues to integrate automation into the overall testing process.

  • Ability to define and execute test cases for functional, performance, reliability, and scalability testing.

  • Skilled in log analysis and identifying problem areas to accelerate defect resolution.

• Technical Knowledge:

  • Knowledge of CI/CD, continuous testing, automation integration, source control, and pipeline practices.

  • Good understanding of IT infrastructure, virtualization, networking, cloud technologies, system integration environments, and laboratory setup.

  • Experience with log analysis and tools used for requirements, test, and defect management, such as JIRA or ALM.

• Reporting & Documentation:

  • Ability to generate test reports compliant with quality management systems.

  • Strong understanding of defect management processes and tools (e.g., JIRA, ALM).

• Additional Skills:

  • Experience with AWS, JMeter, Postgres, AngularJS is a plus.

  • Familiarity with SAFE Agile methodology.

  • Exposure to cybersecurity verification, system hardening, authentication and authorization, network security, or secure deployment configurations.

You're the right fit if:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology

• 10-13 years of experience in software or system verification, including test strategy, system integration testing, manual testing, and test automation.

• Strong Systems thinking, Execution leadership, technical influence, Quality ownership, Continuous improvement mindset and Adaptability is required to be successful in the role.

• Strong communication, stakeholder management, analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. This is an office-based role, which means working in person at least 3 days per week.

About Philips
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.

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