ABOUT US:
Volta Labs is building a suite of genomics applications for our first-of-its-kind digital fluidics sample prep automation platform. Our technology will remove the need for laborious sample setup, provide a technology-agnostic suite, and shorten sample processing time from hours to seconds. We believe our tech is the next step in unlocking the hospital of the future and will accelerate medical research by decades.
THE TEAM:
You'll join a team of innovative thinkers who love to experiment, collaborate, and win together. We are passionate about pushing the boundaries of automation, biology, computing, robotics, design, and user experience to benefit our customers and the world.
The Instrument Software Quality Engineer will report to the Head of Electrical and Software Engineering and be a primary trusted interdisciplinary partner to help ensure the device software quality exceeds customer expectations within Volta. Areas of work include managing software releases, authoring, running and reporting on smoke and regression tests, and general bug finding and documentation. Join us if you are passionate about test quality, and want to define the future of automation in the life sciences! This role is perfect for a software engineer who loves to test, automate and up level the quality of the products they work on.
Day to Day and Year 1:
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Facilitate the release and deployment of device software to our fleet of instruments
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Work closely with the biology team to determine software quality success criteria
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Work closely with the SW dev team to test bug fixes and new features
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Debug instrument issues as they arise day to day, and create bug tickets as necessary
Within 3 months you’ll…
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Run manual and automated device software test procedures
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Routinely monitor device logs for health
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Maintain device software release notes
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Have documented and oversee execution of existing software test procedures
By 6 months you’ll…
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Design, develop and run new manual and automated device software test procedures
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Facilitate the authoring of both software feature tickets as well as software bug tickets to ensure tickets include information such as success, criteria, and test criteria
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Participate in design reviews with the quality perspective
At 12+ months you’ll…
- Be the software quality voice of the consumer, empowered to approve or reject software releases
- Establish best practices, and capabilities for the SQA function
- Facilitate in the design development and execution of manufacturing system test
Your Experience
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3+ years in a device SQA position
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Familiar with scripting languages such as Python
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Experience with issues tracking tools such as JIRA
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Experience with QA automation
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Experience authoring test procedures
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Experience working with Linux style systems and traversing a system in terminal
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You have demonstrated experience balancing good quality practices and delivering.
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You are a solutions oriented contributor with a bias towards action over perfection.
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A desire to be hands-on testing
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You are comfortable with exposed electronics and unfinished hardware
This is a full-time position that requires a significant amount of in-person work and collaboration onsite at our Seaport Office in Boston, MA. If you are unable to relocate or commute to the Boston MA area, this role won't be a match.
Our Benefits and Perks:
Robust Equity Program, to build future wealth through stock options with high growth potential
Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage, including Medical, Dental, & Vision
HSA with monthly company contribution, & FSA
Sponsored Commuter Benefit Plans
Access to Our 401K Plan, to save for your future
12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Paid Time Off, because we understand the importance of time off for rest and adventure
11 Paid Holidays
Twice Weekly Company Lunches, office snacks, beverages, & treats
Monthly Team Happy Hours and regular team outings!
We are an equal opportunity employer and foster diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, and we actively seek out and value diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Even if you don't check every box, but see yourself positively contributing, please apply. Help us build an inclusive community that will change the face of bio-automation!
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