QE Engineer (Multi-domain)

Job Overview
Join our cross-functional Quality Engineering group to lead and support verification efforts across the Hardware Adapter, Network and Platform teams in an agile, regulated environment. This role will require strong technical aptitude, a passion for teamwork, and a drive to design and implement end-to-end testing solutions that ensure high quality, resilience, and performance in systems supporting remote robotic-assisted surgery.  
This is a hybrid role requiring in-person presence at our Goleta HQ several times per week.  

The QE Engineer will rotate between the Hardware Adapter, Network and Platform teams based on business priorities. You will learn each team’s domain and adapt to each team’s needs, ensuring that quality objectives are met for the highest-priority initiatives. 

You will work across: 

• Hardware Adapter Team – Custom-built computing systems running specialized software enabling high-definition, low-latency, real-time video streaming for surgery. 

• Network Team – High-availability, fiber-optic networks delivering high bandwidth, low latency, and high quality of service, including network hardware, monitoring, and alerting. 

• Platform Team – Cloud infrastructure, APIs, and services powering our Platform. 

  Primary Responsibilities
  Areas of specific responsibility include, but are not limited to, the following: 

  • Verification Planning & Execution 

    • Lead and support verification planning, including test plan and test case creation for software, hardware-software integrations, and network systems. 

    • Design and execute end-to-end functional and non-functional verification (performance, security, resilience, failover, etc.). 

    • Ensure traceability between requirements, architecture/design, test cases, and verification artifacts. 

  • Test Automation & Tooling 

    • Implement and maintain test automation frameworks for APIs, installed software, network performance testing, and video streaming validation. 

    • Integrate tools for functional, performance, chaos, and security testing (such as: Postman, Pytest, Schemathesis, K6, OWASP ZAP, Chaos Toolkit, iPerf). 

    • Develop automated test suites tailored to the current priority domain, such as: 

      • Real-time video streaming validation for Hardware Adapter work. 

      • Low-latency performance benchmarks and QoS validation for Network work. 

      • API functionality, performance and reliability testing for Platform work. 

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  • Quality Process & Compliance 

    • Collect and manage verification evidence in alignment with regulatory standards (ISO 13485, IEC 62304). 

    • Contribute to Verification Summary Reports and support release readiness decisions. 

    • Partner with Cybersecurity, Regulatory Quality, and Engineering teams to ensure compliance and mitigate risks. 

  • Cross-Team Collaboration 

    • Embed within the team currently prioritized by the business to identify quality improvements early in the SDLC. 

    • Facilitate adoption of automated testing and quality practices within each team. 

    • Team up with the Regulatory Quality and Security teams in order to help act as a regulatory and security liaison to ensure each team is informed and adhering to best practices. 

  REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES 

  • 7+ years as a Quality Engineer or Software Development Engineer in Test in PaaS, SaaS, SaMD, Medical Device, or high-performance networking/video streaming industries. 

  • Knowledge of Verification and Validation (V&V) experience within regulated environments. 

  • Knowledge of ISO 13485, IEC 62304, and related quality and safety standards. (preferred) 

  • Hands-on experience with: 

    • API testing for functionality, performance, and security. 

    • Real-time video streaming performance validation (latency, jitter and frame rate). (preferred) 

    • Network performance testing and monitoring (iPerf, SNMP, SLAs). 

    • Hardware-software integration testing. (preferred) 

  • Experience designing and maintaining automated test frameworks and pipelines. 

  • Familiarity with microservices and distributed system testing strategies. 

  • Avid user of AI-assisted tools to accelerate problem-solving, testing and documentation. 

  Ideal Candidate Attributes 

  • Thrives in defining and building quality engineering processes across multiple technical domains. 

  • Flexible and adaptive, able to shift focus between teams based on changing business priorities. 

  • Passionate about enabling teams to take ownership of quality from design through release. 

  • Proactive in applying new tools, methods, and metrics to drive continuous improvement. 

  • Highly collaborative with strong communication skills to align product, engineering, quality, and regulatory stakeholders. 

Other
Position may be “Senior QE Engineer”, depending on experience and skill level.