Senior Principal Software Engineer

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives- where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Your role at Baxter

Your talent is needed across a wide variety of industries. As a Sr. Principal Software Engineer, you have a wide array of career choices, but are motivated by the opportunity to work in a company that supports innovation, professional development, and a purposeful mission.

Your team

We are a team of inquisitive individuals who embrace a collaborative environment to tackle sophisticated challenges that meet the needs of our patients.

In this role you will have the opportunity to lead by example and enjoy mentoring and learning from others. Here, you are trusted to manage your own time and are given opportunities to grow your career as you wish.

As the Sr Principal Software Engineer you will be recognized as an embedded systems expert, who leads complex software by identifying, solving programming and design issues during development, implementation and sustaining product phasesfor your Medication Delivery products. You will understand the software development life cycle and agile methodologies -- and shall take ownership of software platform deliverables including software design, code and test. You will be collaborating with a cross functional team of System, Clinical, Human Factors, UI/UX to drive decisions. As an expert leader, you will be a key contributor in aiding to the Baxter culture levers of Speed, Collaboration, Courage and Simplicity.

What you'll be doing:

• Perform standard software development assignments (software requirements specification, design, develop code, unit testing, etc.) which are typically a significant portion of a larger project -- adhering to defined methods, techniques, theories, corporate and division Standard Operating Policies
• Provide technical input and scheduling information to cross functional teams
• Select sound techniques to solve problems and make design recommendations under direction from Software Architects
• Independently plan, schedule and lead embedded platform team in detailed phases of software design and development
• Make recommendations for software product and process improvements based on technical knowledge
• Responsible for documentation and test support for embedded software
• Recognized as a technical expert in embedded software-hardware interface designs, features, and external interfaces

What you'll bring:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or related field and 8+ years of related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge with Linux, including C++ and C, Multi-threaded OS, Gerrit and GIT
• Experience with medical device software engineering disciplines (e.g., software development environments, configuration management tools, code inspection techniques and tools, testing methods and test management tools)
• Ability to discuss normally encountered technical or project management issues, both verbally and in written form
• Extensive cross-functional team experience, including technical and non-technical work

Nice to haves:

• Experience with hardware bring-up on ARM Cortex microcontrollers
• Understanding of semaphores and mutexes in a multi-threaded software environment
• Code portfolio/samples via public GitHub

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a base salary range of $80,000 to $180,000, plus an annual incentive bonus. The above range represents the expected base salary range for this position. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

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