Sr Software Engineer

Additional Location(s): US-MN-Arden Hills

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.                

 

Sr Software Engineer for Systems Engineering & DICE

At Boston Scientific, our products and technologies are used to diagnose or treat a wide range of medical conditions. We continue to innovate in key areas and are extending our innovations into new geographies and high-growth adjacency markets. In the Endoscopy division, we provide advanced technologies for diagnosing and treating diseases of the digestive system, airway, and lungs. We have a robust product line and pipeline, and we will continue to make an investment in Endoscopy treatments.

 

At Direct Imaging Center of Excellence(DICE) ,we are looking for a seasoned Software Engineer to join our R&D Endoscopy division at Boston Scientific. As a Sr R&D Software Engineer, you'll be at the heart of developing best-in-class capital systems and software as part of our comprehensive portfolio of solutions.  In return for your unique combination of big-picture perspective, ability to execute rigorously, and strong desire to win in the marketplace you'll be a trusted team player collaborating with some of most dynamic minds in the business.  All in an environment that encourages people to take measured risks, learn from mistakes, and push the boundaries of engineering.         

 

Key responsibilities:

• Create and lead software architecture, implementation, integration, and testing for complex, connected electronic medical equipment (“capital”) systems and systems-of-systems independently or in close collaboration with the lead SW Engineer for a given project.
• Work with cross-functional teams across the network to deliver software solutions for the franchise.
• Establish best practices for medical device software development within the growing business franchise.
• Produce maintainable code and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-divisional experts in a wide range of fields to solve complex engineering and business challenges.
• Oversee the end-to-end delivery process of our SaaS applications ensuring smooth and efficient operations from initial planning through development, testing and deployment of software features.
• Translate highly technical results into easily understood recommendations that will influence senior stakeholders.
• Manage third party designers, vendors, and contractors to deliver high quality engineering solutions at an accelerated pace.

 

What we’re looking for in you:

• Experience defining and implementing APIs and communication protocols for control and operation of instrumentation.
• Multithreaded application development that includes testing and debugging C/C++ on Linux.
• Experience developing applications in Qt framework.
• Experience in CPU/GPU optimization application
• Experience in modern Source Code Management (SCM) tools such as git or AccuRev.
• Experience working within an Agile software development environment.
• Experience in Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) software practice in a regulated environment.
• Experience working within a quality system, IEC and ISO standards relevant to medical device software lifecycle and risk management (i.e. IEC 62304).
• Passion for understanding and solving problems for end users, with an ability to translate into software requirements, design, and test specifications.
• Passion for developing talent, mentoring, and building high-performance teams.
• Track record of strong cross-functional collaboration, influence without authority, and project management, enabling highly effective project teams. 
• Proven self-starter who runs towards critical issues, ambiguous requirements, or loosely defined challenges with a demonstrated ability to rally teams to achieve business results.
• Comfortable debugging complex integrated systems spanning hardware, embedded and application software in medical devices.
• Experience with RTOSs like Micrium or similar.
• Demonstrated history of learning new platforms and development environments to best meet project needs.
• 10+ years of software development in senior development and lead roles, preferably in medical devices or a regulated industry, with a proven track record of deployment in commercia