Principal Software Developer in Test

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your Role at Baxter

This is where your work saves lives

The research we do and the products we develop improve outcomes for patients around the world. As a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test at Baxter, your work contributes directly to making a significant impact on others. Its challenging work—and you're not on your own. Our teams collaborate multi-functionally and lead by influence. Whether guiding a team through a project or leading direct reports, our research and development team is responsible for influencing others to achieve results.

Our colleagues within our R&D organization desire to work on products that make a meaningful difference in others' lives. We are motivated by the power of teamwork and are natural leaders who are skilled at influencing others. When you join Baxter in this role, you'll use your analytical approach to identify risks and opportunities for innovation quickly. Agile and willing to take action, you stay calm under pressure!

Your Team

Do you want to use your Software Development and Testing skills to make a difference in the world of Cardiology? Bardy Diagnostics is an exciting, fast growing organization within Baxter with a unique and compelling product looking for the right Principal Software Development Engineer in Test to help us achieve our mission.

What you'll be doing

• Collaborate with team members to identify/implement test techniques that are effective and efficient in meeting organizational goals for product quality, timeliness, and regulatory compliance.
• Work with the development team to ensure testability of product definition.
• Plan test development and execution efforts.
• Analyze requirements and user needs and create test script.
• Identify and implement tooling, frameworks, and dashboards for automated testing as needed.
• Craft Manual and Automated tests and test plans to ensure proper test coverage for Front end and Back-end testing.
• Implement automation code structured as reusable building blocks.
• Perform exploratory test with user interface to ensure proper test coverage beyond scripted tests.
• Use effective processes and practices that embrace the full software lifecycle.
• Extend/improve current automated test suite.
• Define and implement informal/formal V&V, identify defects, triage issues, help resolve root cause, track issues to completion, and craft test reports.
• Creation of Test plan, Test suite, Test case, Test Protocol

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalent with 8+ years of proven experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test in a product development environment.
• Proven success in bringing product to market.
• Strong experience with Test Planning, Test Case Creation, Test execution, Test Result Reporting & Documentation.
• Experience with Requirement Analysis and Customer Needs Analysis for Test script creation.
• Strong approaches with Exploratory testing and bug reporting.
• Strong programming fundamentals and patterns.
• Strong familiarity with configuration management and issue tracking.
• Behavior Driven Development and/or Test-Driven Development experience.
• Medical Device or other regulated industry experience a strong plus.
• Experience with Python
• Experience with GraphQL or Rest API
• Experience with Test Framework such as Robot, Pytest, Selenium, Cucumber highly desired.
• Experience with Test Deployment using Azure Dev Ops highly desired.
• Experience with JavaScript, C, C++, LabView preferred as well.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs change.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a base salary range of $112,000 to $154,000 plus an annual incentive bonus. The above range represents the expected base salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

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US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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