Senior Software Engineer

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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.

 

About the role:

Our growing Global Electrical Medical Equipment group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design & implement software as part of our development organization in Arden Hills, MN.  The individual will be part of an organization that works across business units to design, implement, and test solutions compliant with applicable standards.  As a Senior R&D Software Engineer, you'll be at the heart of that mission, 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 you'll be collaborating with technical leaders 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:

• Work alongside peers to design and deliver highly technical solutions for a variety of projects.  This can include, but not limited to software architecture, implementation, integration, and testing for complex, connected electronic medical equipment (“capital”) systems and systems-of-systems.
• Define and follow best-practices for medical device software development.
• Producing maintainable code and technical documentation.
• Collaborating with cross-functional and cross-divisional experts in a wide range of fields to solve complex engineering and business challenges.
• Translating highly technical results into easily understood recommendations that will influence senior stakeholders.
• Managing 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.
• Experience in modern Source Code Management (SCM) tools such as git or AccuRev.
• 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.
• 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 RTOS’s like uC/OS-II, FreeRTOS, Zephyr or similar.
• Experience with Linux operating system.
• Experience programming with C/C++.
• Demonstrated history of learning new platforms and development environments to best meet project needs.
• 5+ years software development in senior development and lead roles, preferably in medical devices or a regulated industry with a proven track record of deployment in commercial products.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with appropriate experience (Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, etc.).
• Travel: 10%

 

Requisition ID: 582140

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance testing requirements for safety-sensitive positions.  This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a drug test as a pre-employment requirement.  The goal of the drug testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.  

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and th