Job Specifications
Job Title: Software Tester & Validation Specialist
Location: North York, ON M3J 3G5
Duration: 06 Months Contract
Description:
Software Tester & Validation Specialist to lead and execute verification and validation activities for our ultra-widefield retinal imaging systems (device software, imaging workflows, and related applications). This role is responsible for building and running structured test programs that ensure our software is safe, effective, compliant, and release-ready—including risk-based testing, requirements traceability, documentation, and formal software validation evidence aligned to our Quality Management System (QMS).
You will work closely with Software Engineering, Systems/Hardware, Clinical/Applications, and Quality/Regulatory to ensure software changes are properly tested, verified, validated, and documented to support regulatory expectations and real-world customer reliability.
Key Responsibilities
Test Planning & Execution (Verification)
Own and execute the software test strategy across releases, patches, hotfixes, and major feature updates.
Create and maintain:
Test Plans / Test Protocols
Test Cases (functional, regression, integration, end-to-end workflow)
Test Reports / Test Summaries
Perform manual testing and support automation where practical (UI, API, system regression).
Build and continuously improve a regression suite to protect core imaging workflows and device stability.
Validate software behavior across supported configurations (OS versions, device builds, camera/sensor variants, peripherals, MiniPC/compute variants, etc., as applicable).
Ensure testing covers expected clinical workflows: patient entry, acquisition, review, export, connectivity, error handling, rework flows, and recovery states.
Required Qualifications:
1+ years in software testing / QA, with at least some experience in regulated or high-reliability environments (medical devices strongly preferred).
Demonstrated experience writing:
Test plans, test cases, test reports
Validation protocols and summaries (or similar controlled documentation)
Strong understanding of:
SDLC and basic agile practices
Defect management workflows and severity/prioritization
Risk-based testing principles
Comfortable working hands-on with hardware/software systems (installations, configuration, device connectivity).
Excellent communication skills—able to translate technical findings into clear, actionable outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with medical device standards and guidance (e.g., IEC 62304, ISO 13485 environment, software validation concepts).
Experience testing:
Imaging systems, image processing pipelines, or camera/sensor-driven software
DICOM, HL7, PACS integration, or medical IT connectivity
Automation experience with one or more:
Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#
UI automation tools (Playwright/Selenium/Cypress), API testing (Postman/Newman), CI pipelines
Familiarity with requirements/tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail, Zephyr, Confluence, Git-based workflows.
Experience with cybersecurity or data integrity testing concepts (access control, audit logs, data handling).
About the Company
Abacus Service Corporation is an award winning, national staffing company that provides outstanding matrix-based solutions to our clients. We support all industries with a specialized recruiting approach to meet the specific needs of our clients for Professional, Administrative, Engineering, Scientific and Information Technology labor categories. Our processes are well defined and lead to lower costs, lower turnover, higher productivity and compliance. Abacus' culture is devoted to building a strong and lasting relationship ...
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