System Test Engineer

Job Title
System Test Engineer

Job Description

Job title:
System Test Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

• Clinical Validation & Workflow Testing
• Validate medical software against real-world clinical workflows.
• Ensure test cases align with clinical scenarios and patient use cases.
• Work with clinicians to verify that software meets clinical decision-making needs.
• Test Planning & Execution
• Design and execute test cases based on medical guidelines and clinical workflows.
• Perform functional, usability, and interoperability testing for healthcare applications.
• Test medical imaging systems, electronic health records (EHRs), AI-based diagnostics, and decision-support systems.
• Compliance & Regulatory Testing
• Ensure software complies with healthcare regulations like FDA (21 CFR Part 820), HIPAA, MDR (EU), ISO 13485, and IEC 62304.
• Validate data privacy, security, and audit trails in compliance with medical standards.
• Clinical Risk Assessment
• Identify potential patient safety risks due to software issues.
• Work with risk management teams to implement mitigation strategies.
• Support Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for clinical features.
• Interoperability & Integration Testing
• Test software integration with medical devices, imaging systems (DICOM, PACS), and hospital information systems (HIS, LIS, RIS).
• Validate HL7, FHIR, and other healthcare data exchange standards.
• User Experience (UX) & Human Factors Testing
• Ensure software is clinician-friendly and aligns with usability standards.
• Conduct usability studies and collect feedback from healthcare professionals.
• Clinical Data Validation & AI Model Testing
• Verify correctness of clinical algorithms, AI-driven diagnostics, and predictive models.
• Validate sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of AI-based recommendations.
• Defect Triage & Collaboration with Developers
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and clinical SMEs to resolve issues.
• Provide clinical context to help developers fix defects effectively.
• Training & Documentation
• Document test cases, clinical validation reports, and regulatory compliance results.
• Provide training for test teams and developers on clinical workflows and requirements.
• Supporting Customer & Field Testing
• Participate in beta testing, UAT, and live clinical environment validations.
• Assist in investigating customer-reported clinical issues.
  
  

Key Skills Required

• Knowledge of clinical workflows, medical imaging, EHRs, and healthcare regulations.
• Experience in test planning, automation, and regulatory testing.
• Understanding of HL7, FHIR, DICOM, and interoperability.
• Collaboration with clinicians, developers, and regulatory teams.
  
  

How We Work Together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.

Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

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About Philips

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.