Staff Software Engineer - Control Systems

This is a lead position in the Control Systems business in which work assignments require the regular application of generally acknowledged expertise in the software engineering field and the use of considerable initiative and creativity.

The Control Systems group is a start-up business inside an established medical device development organization.

The direct responsibilities for this position include product development planning and execution of firmware and software designs for a real-time control system product line for medical instruments.

The incumbent provides technical leadership, project management, and oversight of the work of other software engineers, and may involve representing the company where technical credibility is required.

They will also provide expert explanations, techniques or approaches to colleagues, management and customers.

Responsibilities:


* Provide technical leadership over complex, major design & developmentprojects


* Design, implement, and deliver reliable, high quality, robust embedded and desktop software for the business


* Create, maintain, and review software project documents including software development plans, software configuration plans, specifications, and detailed software design documents


* Drive software requirements with other members of the software team as appropriate and proactively work to integrate with system requirements


* Participate in Software Change Control Boards including contribution in the investigation and resolution of software defects


* Utilize software engineering best practices (e.g., unit testing, integration testing, static analysis, code reviews, design reviews, Doxygen documentation)


* Work cooperatively across all engineering disciplines, such as software, systems, electrical, and mechanical, as well as non-engineering team members, such as Project management, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support, to deliver projects on time and on budget


* Prepare project requests detailing proposed engineering work costs and product timetable


* Be responsible for application engineering support to customers, and assist in troubleshooting customer application problems


* Provide technical presentation support and consultation to marketing


* Represent the company in customer communications

Qualifications:


* Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer or Software Engineering (Master's degree is preferred) or related discipline with at least 14 years of applicable, progressively complex software design/development experience


* Incumbents should possess knowledge of advanced theories, concepts, principles, and processes for one or more areas of technical expertise, and possess creativity and originality sufficient to contribute to new inventions, designs or techniques which are of material significance in the solution of important problems


* Prior experience leading small development teams


* Strong proficiency in C /C++...