System Test Manager in the Hearing Aid Industry (m/f/d) Research & Development · Erlangen, Germany, Lynge, Copenhagen Region, Denmark

Driven by the passion to improve quality of people’s lives, WS Audiology continues to grow as market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Test Manager to join our Research and Development (R&D) team. This position is a strategic part of a larger-scale reorganization aimed at enhancing our system testing approach and optimizing our R&D footprint across multiple locations. As the Test Manager, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining a comprehensive System Test Concept and Program System Test Plans. You will have an important part in orchestrating test activities across various projects, subsystems, and domains, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety.

Job Responsibilities

• System Test Strategy: Create and maintain the System Test Concept and Program System Test Plans, ensuring their effective implementation across all relevant projects and subsystems.
• Cross-Product Test Coordination: Lead and coordinate thorough cross-product and cross-platform test activities, collaborating with subsystem and domain test stakeholders to ensure prompt issue resolution.
• Regulatory Compliance: Uphold and enforce regulatory compliance for medical testing processes, ensuring adherence to industry standards and best practices.
• Leadership and Communication: Support testing status meetings, guiding discussions on test plans, methodologies, execution, results, and failure tracking. Present comprehensive status reports on testing progress to key stakeholders, facilitating informed decision-making.
• Support Release Meetings: Provide critical input during release meetings with detailed system test reports.
• Cross-Domain Test Steering: Oversee and coordinate cross-domain test activities on a solution level, including readiness tests and user acceptance tests, from planning to execution and reporting.
• Failure Handling and System Change Management: Steer the analysis and handling of failures at the system level, ensuring integration with project/subsystem/domain change processes. Continuously improve system test and system change management procedures in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

Professional Experience

• Test Management Expertise: Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, including experience as a System or Software Test Manager, preferably within the medical device industry.
• Comprehensive Testing Knowledge: Extensive experience with all areas of the system/software test life cycle, including requirement analysis, test planning, test case development, test environment setup, data creation, and test execution.
• Product Development Experience: Proven experience in product development, particularly with embedded software and corresponding test automation approaches.
• Proficiency in Agile frameworks: Well-versed in the application of Agile for development and testing workflows.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross-domain and cross-functional development environments.
• Educational Background: University degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Certifications: ISTQB Certified Test Professional preferred.

Personal Competencies

• Leadership Attributes: Adept at steering and uplifting a collective, showcasing significant leadership expertise.
• Analytical Thinking: Excellent technical and analytical skills, with a keen eye for detail and problem-solving.
• Communication Skills: Proficient in English, and knowledge of Danish or German is viewed favorably.
• Team Player: A self-motivated individual who thrives in a collaborative environment and can work effectively with various stakeholders across different departments.

Should you be committed to improving the standard of system and software testing and have the necessary skills and experience, we would be pleased to receive your application.

Who we are
At WS Audiology, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.

Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.

With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.

Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.

WS Audiology is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.

Department
Research & Development

Role
Cross Software Development

Locations
Erlangen, Germany, Lynge, Copenhagen Region, Denmark