Sr. Software Engineer

Job Purpose

The Sr. Software Engineer is to be an integral team member of the software engineering design department. The responsibility of this position includes working on the prototyping and design of software for new products and working on developing new features as well as maintaining existing products following the FDA software design control guidelines for medical devices.

The Sr. Software Engineer is expected to be comfortable taking part in all stages of medical device development from requirements gathering trough integration and system testing and be comfortable designing and developing software that is meant to run on a Linux operating system.

Essential Functions and Basic Duties

Yocto Development

• Optimize Yocto builds for size and performance
• Manage dependencies and package configurations
• Create custom Yocto layers for application-specific requirements
• Maintain and improve RAUC update mechanism
• Configure system services and initialization
• Design and develop Linux device drivers for medical device components (sensors, actuators, displays, etc.)
• Create and maintain custom Yocto layers and recipes for medical device BSPs
• Implement and validate hardware interfaces (SPI, I2C, USB, etc.)
• Debug hardware-software integration issues
• Optimize driver performance
• Create and maintain custom Yocto recipes for application deployment
• Integrate the latest Yocto release
• Integrate the latest Qt release

Application Development

• Develop and maintain Qt-based graphical user interfaces for medical devices
• Design and implement responsive, user-friendly medical device interfaces
• Create custom Qt widgets and components specific to medical applications
• Implement network communication protocols and services
• Configure and optimize network services in Yocto builds
• Implement various communication protocols (TCP/IP, UDP)
• Develop and maintain network security features
• Adheres to all company policies, procedures and business ethics codes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Education and Experience
• BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in embedded Linux development.
Required Skills
• Solid C and object-oriented design skills.
• Experience with Yocto Project and BitBake.
• Experience Linux kernel device driver development.
• Experience with hardware interfaces (SPI, I2C, USB, etc.)
• Experience networking protocol knowledge
• Good communication skills.
Desirable Skills

• Experience with Qt and QML
• Experience developing Python scripts.
• Experience developing Shell scripts.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks
• Familiarity with medical device standards (IEC 62304, ISO 13485)

Working Conditions

• The Sr. Software Engineer usually works in an office environment.
• The Sr. Software Engineer works a standard work week but may be required to work some evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the company.
• Minimal domestic travel may be required.

Physical requirements

Must be able to type using the keyboard of a computer. Must be able to talk, listen and speak clearly on the telephone. Must be able to lift and carry up to 30 lbs.