Design Verification and Validation Lead
NovoCure
Design Verification and Validation Lead
Please apply in English only
The Design V&V Lead is responsible for managing Haifa-based V&V team members and for planning and coordinating V&V project activities.
The Haifa-based team members are part of an integrated V&V team located in Israel, the United
States, and Poland.
The V&V Lead will also support Novocure’s product development activities as a Test Engineer by designing and implementing detailed, comprehensive, well-structured test plans and test procedures.
The V&V Lead will need to have people management experience, as well as technical experience, including instrumentation, medical device V&V, and test method validation.
The V&V Lead should be creative and proactive to work successfully in a fast-paced environment, contributing to early prototype evaluations, test method development, design feedback to engineering teams, defect identification, and troubleshooting.
This is a full-time, exempt position located in our Haifa, Israel office and reports to the Verification and Validation Manager.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Line manager to Israel-based V&V Test Engineers and V&V Test Technicians for design verification activities.
- Contribute to continuous improvements of the quality system and V&V process as part of the integrated V&V team across multiple locations.
- Lead a team of different role types and varying levels of experience to perform the design V&V activities in support of product development activities.
- Engage with leadership and cross-functional peers to ensure the design V&V team is integrated into the product development process, meeting both product quality and milestones on time.
- Coordinate V&V activities of product development and sustaining projects.
- Serve as signature alternate for V&V Manager on project-level documents, when appointed.
- Execute V&V engineering work as an individual contributor when needed:
- Plan test strategy and establish clear traceability between requirements and test procedures.
- Analyze requirements and write test procedures with robust coverage of requirements using different test scenarios.
- Write instruction-based test procedures and design test fixtures and/or SW tools as needed.
- Guide and participate in the review of team members’ work output (above bullets) as needed to ensure a consistent quality level.
- Train V&V team members on the quality system and V&V process.
QUALIFICATIONS/KNOWLEDGE:
Qualifications:
- B.S. Degree in Engineering or other technical discipline; OR Secondary school diploma, plus relevant work experience
Knowledge:
- At least 5 years of medical or related industry experience in product development and/or testing.
- V&V for medical device experience is preferred, or V&V in a related field with similar controls.
- At least 2 years of management or leadership experience / Proven ability to manage a V&V team.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, including ability to give clear direction to team members.
- Experience in designing, writing, reviewing, and performing design verification tests .
- Experience organizing and planning test efforts.
- Experience designing and creating test fixtures.
- Experience in medical device product development preferred.
- Familiarity with measurement uncertainty analysis and test method validation.
- Demonstrated technical writing skills.
- Strong grasp of fundamental engineering concepts, basic principles.
- Critical thinking and decision making, including the ability to recognize when to ask questions.
- Highly organized and strong attention to detail.
- Capable working in a multi-disciplinary environment involving software, hardware, and mechanical engineers.
- Able to work in a team environment and execute responsibilities with minimal direct supervision.
ABOUT NOVOCURE:
Our vision
Patient-forward: aspiring to make a difference in cancer.
Our patient-forward mission
Together with our patients, we strive to extend survival in some of the most aggressive forms of cancer by developing and commercializing our innovative therapy.
Our patient-forward values
– innovation
– focus
– drive
– courage
– trust
– empathy