Lead Specialist Customer Software V&V Engineer
Cochlear Limited13 days ago
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks, testing tools, and internal utilities across mobile, desktop, services, and cloud-based platforms.
- Build reusable, maintainable, production-ready solutions that improve engineering efficiency, test coverage, and software quality.
- Establish and execute verification, validation, traceability, regulatory compliance, and software test strategies.
- Create auditable test assets, verification evidence, and reports while supporting automated and manual testing.
- Design and implement AI-enabled engineering solutions, including agentic workflows, MCP servers, VS Code extensions, skills, and context-engineering frameworks.
- Evaluate and govern AI technology use with consideration for productivity, compliance, reliability, security, and risk.
- Create internal tools usable by technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Troubleshoot issues using logs, traces, network captures, and device-level analysis across enterprise operating systems, infrastructure, and CI/CD environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- 8–12 years of experience in software engineering, software testing, quality engineering, verification and validation, or test automation.
- At least 5 years of experience designing and leading automation initiatives.
- Strong programming experience with Python and TypeScript/Node.js.
- Hands-on experience with Playwright, Appium, pytest, and API testing tools.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based development, Docker, shell scripting, Jira, Confluence, and GitLab.
- Understanding of networking concepts, REST APIs, WebSockets, certificates, authentication mechanisms, and system integration testing.
- Experience in regulated environments, including test planning, requirements traceability, verification documentation, and quality management processes.
- Preferred experience in medical device, healthcare, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industries.
- Preferred knowledge of IEC 62304, ISO 13485, Design Controls, Jama, Windchill, and requirements traceability platforms.
- Working knowledge of Kotlin, Swift, and C#/.NET; Rust or Ruby exposure is advantageous.
- Experience with Wireshark, Charles Proxy, mitmproxy, tcpdump, Bluetooth Low Energy, Active Directory, Kerberos, OAuth2, SSO, credential management, and AI-enabled developer tools is preferred.
Benefits
- The role is part of Cochlear Malaysia’s shared-services organization supporting global operations.
- The position offers the opportunity to contribute to medical-device software that helps people hear and improves patients’ lives.
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About Cochlear Limited
Cochlear Limited designs and manufactures implantable hearing solutions, including Nucleus cochlear implants and Baha/Osia bone conduction systems, plus external sound processors and software used by clinics and patients. It sells through audiologists, surgeons and hospitals with ongoing upgrades and support services. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in North Ryde, NSW, the ASX-listed company (COH) has supplied more than 650,000 implantable devices and serves patients in over 180 countries.