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Sr Staff Software Architect
GE HealthCareUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Feb 2025
About the role
Job Description Summary
Responsible for owning the design, driving advanced technology initiatives, development of the designs, and testing software for diagnostic cardiology devices. As a senior member of the software development team, you are expected to take initiatives to consistently improve the work output of the team, and mentor and guide more junior engineers, and help the team by participating in technical design reviews to improve design quality.GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Work closely with product management and clinical experts to define advanced technology designs (ATDs)
- Mature advanced technical designs through technical readiness level 7, and ready for NPI implementation.
- Mentor junior engineers.
- Work closely with systems teams in requirements gathering and software design
- Identify the scope of the work, provide initial estimate, and resources required for work completion
- Demonstrate the understanding of Agile software development lifecycle and able to distinguish the core inputs and outputs in each cycle
- Maintain code quality through best practices, unit testing and code quality automation
- Seek and provide feedback on design and development
- Demonstrate the ability to make informed technology choices after due diligence and impact assessment
- Understand the product platforms, its components, and the interactions between components. As a part of the role, the engineer is expected to develop expertise in one or more components of the product with time
- Be an expert and mentor in writing code that meets standards and delivers the desired functionality using the technology selected for the project
- Drive design reviews, define interfaces between code modules, and applies existing technology to designs
- Be an expert in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practice
- Be responsible for providing technical leadership and defining, developing, and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure
- Interacting with global teams to develop consistent and synergized software for platforms. Actively provide inputs to improve established and new platforms
- Designing and building strong testing infrastructure to minimize dependency on hardware availability
- The job role provides the engineer autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework. As a senior member of the engineering team, the candidate is expected to help resolve issues not defined in the framework by helping defining strategies with the team
Basic Qualifications
- Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent
- 14+ years of experience in medical device development
- Experience on Software/Firmware Architecture and Design tools like UML, sequence diagrams, flow diagram, state machine diagram
- Minimum of 8 years' experience in independently developing and debugging software designs. Linux preferred.
- Expertise in NXP line of embedded processors.
Desired Qualifications
- Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, and lead the execution of programs
- Prior experience in guiding small and medium sized teams in the delivery of complex software designs
- Experience in driving agile and lean methodologies in software development. Experience in promoting practices for developing software that is reliable and consistently meets design requirements.
- Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Established project management skills.
Additional Information
GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employmen
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