Senior Staff Engineer, Software - San Diego

Overview

Position Summary:

The Senior Staff Software Engineer drives the planning, requirements, design, implementation, and testing activities for significant portions of the software systems in control of our diagnostic products. They must possess technical flexibility and the ability to independently investigate new technologies and development environments to meet business needs. Additionally, the Senior Staff Software engineer must be able to manage multiple priorities and work efficiently in a dynamic, team-oriented environments.  

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Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for technical design and implementation of significant software subsystems and components.   
• Develops high quality software written in C, C++, and Java.
• Creates associated software deliverables such as requirements and design documentation, software code, and unit and integration test plans and procedures.
• Performs Unit and Integration testing activities, embedded hardware troubleshooting, and provides support to V&V testing through formal verification and validation. 
• Conduct/participate in architecture, design reviews, risk analysis, code reviews,and reliability assessments 
• Complieswith company quality processes and produces objective evidence per FDA and IVDR guidelines. 
• Participates in interviews for new department personnel.
• Provides technical leadership on projects. 
• May represent the software team as a member of a project’s core team.
• Mentors junior software engineers. 
• Supportsprocess improvement activities. 
• Develops software tools as needed. 
• Other duties as assigned with or without accommodation.

Qualifications

Minimum Knowledge & Experience Required for the Position:

• BS/BA degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering 
• 9 years embedded software development experience  
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Solid understanding of design methods (e.g. OOD, UML) and full software product life cycles using agile methodologies
• Ability to develop software requirements based on product/systemlevel requirements. 
• Understanding of Software Architectural issues when designing embedded systems.  
• Ability to estimate work durations based on high-level requirements
• Ability to develop work schedules for development of significant portions of a product’s software system.
• Experience in full-product lifecycle from conception to market
• Excellent working knowledge of real-time and multithreaded programming 
• Experience using unit testing and test automation as part of the development process
• Highlyskilled in ANSI C, C++, and Java 
• Experience in Medical device or biotechnology development preferred
• Experience in Android development desired
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Pay Range

The salary range for this position is currently $170,000- $200,000 annually. Individual compensation is based on the candidate’s qualifications for the position, including experience, skills, knowledge, education, certifications, internal equity, budget, and/or other business and organizational needs.