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Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.JOB DESCRIPTION:\nAt Lingo, we’re building a groundbreaking health platform that combines continuous biosensor data, real-time analytics, and personalized insights to help people live fuller, longer, and healthier lives. Our systems ingest millions of sensor readings daily, powering experiences for consumers and partners worldwide, with the reliability and scalability of cloud-native, enterprise-grade platforms.\nWorking at Abbott\nAt Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:\nCareer development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.\nEmployees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.\nAn excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.\nTuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.\nA company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.\nA company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.\nTHE OPPORTUNITY\nThis Associate Director, Test Engineering position can work out of Alameda, CA location.\nWe are looking for a Director of Test Engineering to help accelerate growth across the U.S., Spain, and India. In this role, you will build and lead a world-class, globally distributed software test engineering function. The role requires a hands-on leader who thrives in building, can roll up their sleeves alongside their team, and understands that quality in a consumer health platform is both a technical discipline and a direct expression of how much we care about the people using our product.\nYou will own the end-to-end software testing strategy across Lingo’s platforms, mobile applications, CGM and biosensor data pipelines, AI/ML models, and the broader consumer platform. You will also grow and unify a global team of software quality engineers who operate with the same standards and urgency regardless of time zone.\nWhat You'll Work On\nArchitect and scale a distributed software test engineering team across the U.S., Spain, and India, establishing the hiring strategy, team structure, and operating model that supports Lingo’s growth trajectory.\nCreate a unified quality engineering culture across geographies, operating with the same standards, tools, and sense of ownership.\nDefine career paths, mentorship frameworks, and performance expectations that attract and retain top quality engineering talent globally. • Oversee test function staffing, resource planning, budgeting, tooling, test platforms, and third-party vendor relationships across all regions.\nOwn the quality architecture and test strategy across Lingo’s full technology stack, iOS and Android consumer applications, CGM and biosensor data ingestion pipelines, AI/ML inference services, and backend platform services.\nLead verification strategy for biosensor and CGM data integrity, ensuring that data flowing from wearable hardware through ingestion pipelines to consumer-facing insights is accurate, reliable, and auditable.\nBuild and maintain the testing infrastructure required to support continuous, high frequency releases across mobile and platform surfaces.\nEstablish standards for CI/CD integration of automated test suites, ensuring quality signals are fast, reliable, and actionable for engineering teams. • Champion a shift-left testing culture, embedding quality thinking into design and development rather than treating it as a gate at the end of the cycle.\nServe as the primary engineering owner for test-related compliance activities, including audit readiness, CAPA responses, and regulatory evidence across applicable standards (IEC 62304, ISO 13485, 21 CFR Part 820, 21 CFR Part 11).\nPartner with Regulatory Affairs and Legal to ensure test engineering practices remain aligned with applicable FDA, HIPAA, and GDPR requirements as Lingo scales internationally.\nTranslate regulatory requirements into practical engineering standards that the global team can implement consistently, without creating unnecessary friction in the development process.\n\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in software engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\nMinimum 15 years in software or test engineering, including 5+ years leading and scaling engineering managers and global quality teams.\nDemonstrated experience building quality engineering functions-not just running them-including hiring, org design, tooling strategy, and culture development across distributed teams.\nHands-on background in mobile quality engineering (iOS and/or Android), with experience testing consumer-facing applications at scale.\nExperience with quality strategy for data-intensive platforms, including IoT, sensor data pipelines, or real-time data processing systems.\nProficient with modern automation frameworks across mobile (Appium, XCTest, Espresso), API (REST Assured, Postman, Pact), and pipeline testing.\nStrong knowledge of CI/CD systems and experience integrating automated quality signals into engineering delivery workflows. • Experience owning quality compliance in a regulated environment, with working knowledge of IEC 62304, ISO 13485, 21 CFR Part 820, and related standards.\nStrong executive communication skills, with the ability to represent quality engineering to senior leadership and external stakeholders across cultures and time zones.\nProven ability to lead through influence in a fast-paced, cross-functional consumer technology environment.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience scaling engineering teams across US, European, and Asian geographies, with sensitivity to cross-cultural leadership and distributed team dynamics.\nBackground in AI/ML system testing, including model validation, drift detection, and testing for probabilistic outputs in consumer health contexts.\nExperience with CGM, bio-wearable, or medical device software quality, particularly where hardware and software quality intersect.\nPrevious experience supporting Regulatory Affairs/Quality Assurance teams during FDA or CE mark audits in a consumer health or digital health context.\nBackground in non-functional and performance testing tools (e.g., Locust, JMeter, Gatling, k6) applied to high-throughput consumer data platforms.\nLearn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:www.abbottbenefits.com\nFollow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.\nConnect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal\nThe base pay for this position is\n$148,700.00 - $297,300.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.\nJOB FAMILY:\nProduct DevelopmentDIVISION:\nLNGO LingoLOCATION:\nUnited States > Alameda : 2901 Harbor Bay ParkwayADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:\nWORK SHIFT:\nStandardTRAVEL:\nYes, 5 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:\nNot ApplicableSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:\nContinuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf","description_format":"text","description_chars":8229,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Prescription Drugs","Cardiovascular Devices","Diabetes Devices","Neurotech & Neuromodulation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-23T00:01:26Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"green card filings: 1","filings_12m":0,"filings_prev_12m":0,"green_card_filings_12m":1,"median_offered_wage_usd":112500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":14,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-23T05:54:15Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":297300,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-associate-director-test-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-associate-director-test-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-23T16:02:15Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":24242,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2710},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2710"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fabbott-associate-director-test-engineering"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fabbott-associate-director-test-engineering"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fabbott-associate-director-test-engineering"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/abbott-associate-director-test-engineering\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fabbott-associate-director-test-engineering"}]}