✅ Ensure Excellence in Life-Changing Hearing Implant Systems
Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives.
Summary
Cochlear develops products, systems, and tools with electromechanical hardware and software components. The Systems Verification and Validation (V&V) team works to protect the experience and trust that customers have in Cochlear, with a final, independent evaluation of these products and systems.
You will be responsible for delivering high-quality, comprehensive, and user-centric V&V test methods, coverage, and evidence to demonstrate that products and systems meet intended specifications and customer needs. You will also ensure V&V outputs are delivered to project timelines and contribute to continuous improvements in testing and processes.
📍 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Shared Services Hub)
📋 Key Responsibilities:
🧪 1. System and Product Design Verification & Validation
- Enable the release of high-quality systems and products through design V&V activities.
- Ensure design inputs (needs, requirements) are testable.
- Develop, improve, and maintain high-quality test methods, cases, and protocols.
- Execute automated and manual tests using a range of test methods and equipment.
- Produce test artifacts, results, objective evidence, and reports.
- Troubleshoot and debug test issues (method, setup, equipment, script).
- Communicate issues to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Maintain high-quality documentation under Quality Management System (QMS) change control.
📅 2. Project Delivery and Communication
- Align with V&V project leads on tasks and priorities.
- Deliver V&V tasks to meet project timelines.
- Communicate V&V delivery status and risks to stakeholders.
- Contribute V&V needs (skills, equipment, resourcing) to project plans.
- Escalate project issues and risks and propose solutions.
🛠️ 3. V&V Processes and Tools
- Maintain and improve V&V tools and test automation.
- Manage V&V inventory.
- Follow V&V processes and QMS procedures; contribute to continuous improvements.
🤝 4. Team Contributions
- Share knowledge and collaborate with V&V, design, and project teams.
- Work cross-functionally to achieve the best customer and business outcomes.
👤 Key Requirements:
✅ Essential:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics Engineering, or related discipline (CGPA 3.50 and above).
- Completed at least one introductory-level programming course.
- Minimum 1 year of experience in a professional engineering environment.
- Decent English fluency (written and spoken).
- Familiarity with test methods and instrumentation (oscilloscopes, multimeters, sensors).
- Strong technical communication, documentation, and scientific approach.
- Experience in data collection, analysis, troubleshooting, and attention to detail.
🌟 Preferred (Nice-to-Have):
- Programming skills (Python, C++).
- Application of design principles, systems engineering, and requirements management.
- Proficient use of instrumentation and test methods (bench testing, usability testing).
- Experience with project risk management.
- Knowledge of control and automation principles (PLC, robot control).
💼 Why Join Cochlear V&V?
- Impactful Work: Validate life-changing hearing implant systems used globally.
- Technical Growth: Gain hands-on experience with hardware-software integration, automation, and medical device V&V.
- Collaborative Environment: Work with cross-functional global teams in a supportive, innovative setting.
- Career Pathway: Opportunities to grow into Senior V&V Engineer, Lead, or Systems Engineering roles.
- Shared Services Hub: Be part of Cochlear’s expanding Malaysia team supporting worldwide operations.
⚙️ Ready to Validate Technology That Restores Hearing?
👉 Apply Now for the Systems V&V Engineer Role.
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Cochlear is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and helping people hear and be heard.
