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Abbott · 13 hours ago

Manager Test Engineering

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$112K/yr - $224K/yr

8+ years exp

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. They are seeking a Manager of Test Engineering to lead and mature their Quality Engineering function across multiple agile delivery teams supporting regulated clinical and operational systems. This role involves transforming QA into a modern, risk-focused test engineering practice while maintaining compliance with regulated SDLC expectations.

BiotechnologyEmergency MedicineGeneticsHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedicalMedical DeviceNutritionPharmaceutical

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop a growing team of Test Engineers and QA professionals

Support the transition of team members from business analysis / manual testing backgrounds into strong test engineers

Establish clear role expectations, growth paths, and skill development plans

Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

Define and own the overall test strategy across web applications, backend services, APIs, and data integrations

Shift the organization toward risk-based testing and shift-left quality practices

Ensure test coverage aligns with business risk and regulatory expectations, not just documentation compliance

Partner with Product Owners to influence acceptance criteria, negative scenario testing, edge-case coverage, and definition of done

Drive adoption and standardization of test automation across UI, API, and integration layers

Oversee automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, REST/API testing, etc.) and ensure they are maintainable and scalable

Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps experience preferred)

Collaborate with Platform Engineering on test infrastructure, environments, test data, and observability

Ensure QA practices align with regulated development and validation requirements (e.g., SOPs, traceability, audit readiness)

Partner with Validation teams to define pragmatic, efficient testing and documentation approaches

Support audit readiness by ensuring test evidence is accurate, accessible, and defensible

Help modernize validation practices without sacrificing compliance

Define and track meaningful quality metrics (e.g., test coverage, defect trends, escaped defects, automation effectiveness)

Use data to inform leadership decisions and improvement initiatives

Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes, tools, and workflows

Work closely with Software Engineering Managers, Product Owners, Platform Engineering, and Operations

Participate in release readiness, incident reviews, and post-release retrospectives

Act as the primary advocate for quality across the engineering organization

Qualification

Test AutomationCI/CD IntegrationQuality EngineeringAgile/Scrum PracticesRegulated Environment ExperienceLeadership SkillsTeaching SkillsSystem Engineering PrinciplesProduct Risk ManagementTest Data ManagementObservability ToolsHybrid Cloud EnvironmentsCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsInterpersonal SkillsNegotiation Skills

Required

Bachelors Degree (± 16 years)

At least 8 years of relevant experience in software engineering

Able to translate theoretical methodologies into practical applied practices with the ability to explain these practices to technical and non-technical personnel

Good communication, team skills and basic problem-solving skills to interface with internal customers at all levels

Strong interpersonal, teaching, leadership, and negotiation skills

Good understanding of customer usage of the product

System engineering architecture principles and concepts

Experience integrating technologies

Knowledge of Product Risk Management Best Practices and Tools

Preferred

7+ years of experience in QA/Test Engineering, with at least 2+ years in a people management or technical leadership role

Hands-on experience with automated testing for web applications, APIs, and backend services

Strong understanding of modern Agile/Scrum development practices

Experience operating in a regulated or highly controlled environment (medical devices, clinical systems, pharma, finance, etc.)

Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and test integration (Azure DevOps preferred)

Ability to balance regulatory rigor with pragmatic engineering practices

Experience modernizing or transforming QA organizations

Background in .NET, microservices, or distributed systems

Experience with test data management, environment management, and observability tools

Comfort working in hybrid cloud / on-prem environments

Prior experience mentoring career-transitioning team members (e.g., BAs → Test Engineers)

Experience working in a regulated industry

Company

Abbott

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Abbott is a healthcare company that produces diagnostic kits, medical devices, nutritional products, and branded generic medicines.

Founded in 1888

Illinois City, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.abbott.com

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