Director, Test Engineering

Director Of Test Engineering

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. 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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

At 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.

We 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.

You 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15+ years in software or test engineering, including 5+ years leading and scaling engineering managers and global quality teams.
• Demonstrated experience building quality engineering functionsnot just running themincluding hiring, org design, tooling strategy, and culture development across distributed teams.
• Hands-on background in mobile quality engineering (iOS and/or Android), with experience testing consumer-facing applications at scale.
• Experience with quality strategy for data-intensive platforms, including IoT, sensor data pipelines, or real-time data processing systems.
• Proficient with modern automation frameworks across mobile (Appium, XCTest, Espresso), API (REST Assured, Postman, Pact), and pipeline testing.
• Strong 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.
• Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to represent quality engineering to senior leadership and external stakeholders across cultures and time zones.
• Proven ability to lead through influence in a fast-paced, cross-functional consumer technology environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience scaling engineering teams across US, European, and Asian geographies, with sensitivity to cross-cultural leadership and distributed team dynamics.
• Background in AI/ML system testing, including model validation, drift detection, and testing for probabilistic outputs in consumer health contexts.
• Experience with CGM, bio-wearable, or medical device software quality, particularly where hardware and software quality intersect.
• Previous experience supporting Regulatory Affairs/Quality Assurance teams during FDA or CE mark audits in a consumer health or digital health context.
• Background in non-functional and performance testing tools (e.g., Locust, JMeter, Gatling, k6) applied to high-throughput consumer data platforms.

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The base pay for this position is $172,000.00 $344,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.