BD · 3 hours ago
VP, Verification & Test Automation Engineering
Irvine, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expBD is seeking a dynamic and experienced Vice President, Verification & Test Automation Engineering to define and execute the strategy for verification and testing of all software, systems, and AI-enabled solutions. This critical leadership role involves overseeing testing engineering, automation, system verification, and ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory standards while collaborating with various teams.
Health CareMedical DeviceTechnical Support
Responsibilities
Verification Strategy & Governance: Define and own the verification strategy across software, systems and AI. Establish risk-based verification frameworks aligned to product classification and system criticality. Ensure full traceability from requirements to verification artifacts to objective evidence. Serve as the executive owner of verification readiness prior to release activities
Software & System Verification: Lead verification across cloud platforms, mobile applications and system integrations. Drive automation first verification across unit, integration, system, regression, performance and stress testing. Embed verification into CI/CD pipelines with measurable coverage and quality gates. Influence architecture and design decisions to improve testability and verification efficiency
AI/ML Verification: Define verification strategies for AI/ML components including function correctness, performance consistency and robustness under defined operating conditions. Establish controlled processes for model versioning, reproducibility and chang impact verification
Regulatory & Quality Alignment: Ensure verification practices comply with applicable quality system and regulatory expectations. Act as leadership partner during audits and inspections for verification related evidence. Define verification documentation standards and ensure inspection ready artifacts. Support risk management activities by providing objective verification evidence
Organization Leadership: Build and lead a global Verification & Test Automation Engineering organization. Define roles across test engineering, automation platforms and system verification. Develop talent, technical depth and leadership succession within the organization. Fost a culture of engineering rigor, accountability and continuous improvement
Cross Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product Management, Product Security, Legal, Regulatory, Quality Assurance) to ensure successful release of product software. Influence planning and execution to ensure verification scales with product complexity
Performance Metrics: Be accountable for key performance metrics and drive continuous improvement initiatives
Agile Implementation: Champion the implementation of agile software development methodologies across the enterprise
Process Reviews: Conduct regular process reviews and assessments to identify areas for improvement and implement changes as needed
Cultural Fit and Contribution: Ensure alignment with the company’s culture and values, contributing positively to the organizational culture
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering
15+ years of progressive experience in within the medical device verification, or quality engineering
10+ years in senior test engineering leadership roles
Extensive experience with software and system verification
Strong understanding of SDLC, CI/CD, automation and test frameworks
Experience operating in regulation or high-reliability environments
Familiarity with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)
Strong sense of teamwork and collaboration that empowers a team first culture and continuous learning
Focused “results” orientation. Clearly able to distinguish efforts from results
Ability to influence, engage and partner closely with various stakeholders across all levels of the business
Strong communication (written/oral) and presentation skills that can effectively bridge the gap between technical and business audiences
Personal courage in leadership and decision-making
Collects and analyzes data to influence decision making, establish performance targets, and analyze results
Combines strategic planning to paint the big picture with tactical execution to ensure business objectives are achieved
Ability to lead execution multiple concurrent efforts
Benefits
Rewards and recognition opportunities that promote a performance-based culture
Competitive package of compensation and benefits programs
Company
BD helps advance clinical therapy with the process for patients and health care providers with innovative technology services and solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$540MKey Investors
Steris
2023-08-02Post Ipo Equity· $540M
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Leadership Team
Tom Polen
Chairman, CEO and President
Richard Byrd
Executive Vice President and President of the BD Interventional Segment
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