Description
We are seeking a part-time Software Quality Assurance consultant to work with the engineering team to test a database driven web application connecting patients, doctors, and customer service for a medical device startup. This individual will be responsible for software testing of the device, tools, and processes. They will implement software tests in accordance with defined developmental procedures and participate in defect tracking and requirements development.Essential Responsibilities:
- Perform manual/automated web application testing.
- Perform black/white box testing, regression testing.
- Participates in cross functional meetings for new product development, manufacturing and/or GxP projects as appropriate. Assures that all activities are completed and meet requirements including but exclusive to: project plans, test plans/reports, requirements documents, risk assessments, traceability matrices and verification/validation summary reports.
- Assist in the development of software requirements, test plans or key documents, as required.
- Participate in the risk assessment and risk management process.
- Performs independent review in code/system reviews and design reviews.
- Partner with the software development team to assist them in producing quality software for customers.
- Review and recommend improvements to existing documentation in order to ensure that all requirements and specifications are testable.
- Create test plans and test cases and execute on them.
- Automate regression test wherever possible.
- Automate testing of a graphical user interface wherever possible.
- Provide concise reports on testing and defect resolution progress.
Qualifications:
- Tomcat web server and MySQL database including setting them up on Linux.
- Working and debugging with configuration files.
- Working with Linux and MySQL scripts to parse test/XML files and import/export data.
- Ability to multi-task while paying attention to detail.
- Thorough knowledge of software test processes, and multiple product lifecycles.
- Current experience in testing embedded, real-time applications, hardware/software interfacing and design issues.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
- Medical software experience preferred.
- Ability to apply configuration management systems, bug tracking and change control follow through.
- Ability to organize and prioritize workflow and to meet established timeframes.
- Ability to maintain updated knowledge of procedures, products and activities of assigned area.
- Ability to coordinate the work of others.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- BSCS or equivalent.
- Minimum 5 years of software testing experience.
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