Principal Software Engineer - Medical Devices (REF209E)

  • Full-time

Company Description

At KMC Systems, an  Elbit Systems of America company, we spend our days working on exciting and meaningful innovative solutions that protect and save lives.  From providing solutions for our warfighters and commercial pilots, to providing lifesaving medical instrumentation and homeland security technologies, the employees of Elbit Systems of America understand the value of their work and why we do what we do each and every day.  We are looking for extraordinary people to join us in making a difference in the lives of others.

We are currently recruiting for a Principal Software Engineer, but we are looking for more than an impressive skill set.  We are looking for the type of person who respects others for their knowledge, skills, and experience as individuals and as team members. If you are the type of person who has high integrity and would thrive in an inclusive environment of camaraderie and friendship with your fellow teammates, we’re pretty confident you’ll love it here.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  1. Responsible for daily software activities including issue resolution and communication across discipline teams in order to deliver software projects on-time and on-budget
  2. Participation in software project risk assessment including estimates of impact on time, budget, and scope.
  3. Work with other members of the software team to execute code and design reviews
  4. Design, implement, and deliver reliable, high quality, robust embedded and desktop software targeted to complex medical instruments meeting regulatory standards.
  5. Drive design documentation and plans (detailed software design documents, software development plans and software configuration plans)
  6. Drive software requirements with other members of the software team as appropriate (team lead, architect, etc.) and proactively work to integrate with system requirements
  7. Foster software engineering best practices (unit testing, code reviews, design documentation)
  8. Support modernization and continuous improvement of software team tools / processes
  9. Work cooperatively within the software group as well as across disciplines such as systems, electrical, optical and mechanical.
  10. As a part of a multi-disciplinary team, participate in the creation of product proposals with cost and time estimates.

Qualifications

  • BSCS, BSEE, BS Math, or equivalent discipline (MBA or MS preferred)
  • 10+ years relevant product development experience
  • Demonstrated experience in software development lifecycle (Agile, Spiral), object oriented design methodology and programming languages including JAVA and one of the following: C/C++, or C#
  • Design experience of software for hardware instruments / devices that include motion control interfaces
  • Experience with medical device regulatory standards such as 21 CFR Part 820, IEC 62304 and ISO 13485 including experience with system risk / hazard analysis
  • Experience with software configuration tools for source code control (CVS, SVN, PerForce), issue tracking (Mantis, Jira), requirements management (DOORS), code review tools (Code Collaborator, Crucible) and 3rd party project build tools
  • Demonstrated leadership skills
  • Creative / innovative, able to think on your feet and work well given typical project schedules
  • Good organizational and multi-tasking skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • MS Project skills a plus
  • Software time and cost estimation experience a plus

Additional Information

The selected candidate may work at either our Cambridge MA or Merrimack NH location and hybrid work schedules are available.

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