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At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your Role at Baxter

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission—to save and sustain lives. Everything we do is driven by our commitment to patients, clinicians, and the communities we serve. As a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test, your work will directly support the development of innovative medical technologies that improve patient outcomes across the globe.

Your Team

Do you want to apply your software development and testing expertise to advance the future of Cardiology?

Bardy Diagnostics, a fast‑growing and innovative organization within Baxter, is transforming cardiac diagnostics with a uniquely impactful product portfolio. We are seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test to help scale our capabilities and ensure our solutions meet the highest standards of quality and compliance.

You will work closely with software development teams throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring testability is built into product design from the start. You’ll design and execute robust manual and automated test strategies, contribute to formal and informal verification and validation (V&V), and help advance our journey toward continuous integration and modern test practices. Your work will support regulatory expectations while enabling timely delivery of high‑quality software that clinicians and patients depend on.

What You’ll Be Doing

Partner cross‑functionally to define and implement effective, efficient testing strategies that support product quality, timeliness, and regulatory compliance

Collaborate with development teams to ensure software designs support testability and long‑term maintainability

Plan and execute test development and execution activities across the software lifecycle

Analyze requirements and user needs to create clear, traceable, and effective test scripts

Identify, implement, and maintain tools, frameworks, and dashboards to support automated testing

Develop and execute manual and automated tests for front‑end and back‑end systems, including:

Feature development testing

Exploratory testing

Requirements verification testing

Regression and build acceptance testing

Perform exploratory testing to uncover risks beyond scripted scenarios

Design automation code using reusable, scalable building blocks

Extend and continuously improve existing automated test suites

Lead informal and formal V&V activities, identify and triage defects, support root‑cause analysis, track issues to closure, and deliver clear test reports

What You’ll Bring

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline, with 5+ years of experience as a Software Development Engineer in Test within a product development environment

Demonstrated experience leading test activities, including test planning, test case development, execution, and results documentation

Strong experience with requirements analysis and customer needs analysis to drive effective test design

Proven strength in exploratory testing and high‑quality defect reporting

Familiarity with configuration management and issue‑tracking systems

Hands‑on experience with test automation, including strong programming fundamentals and design patterns

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in medical devices or other regulated industries

Strong proficiency in Python

Experience testing GraphQL and/or REST APIs

Experience with test frameworks such as Robot Framework, Pytest, Selenium, or Cucumber

Experience with test deployment and CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps

Familiarity with JavaScript, C, C++, and/or LabVIEW

Experience with Behavior‑Driven Development (BDD) and/or Test‑Driven Development (TDD)

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs change.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $112,000 to $154,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

Equal Employment Opportunity

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