Sr. Software Engineer

At Nextern, we inspire with passion, impact with significance, and act with integrity.. Nextern partners with OEMs, clinicians, and innovators to design, develop, and manufacture world-class medical devices across the full product lifecycle. From single-use disposables to fully integrated systems to precision components, our teams work as an extension of yours to solve patient needs and improve lives worldwide.

The Senior Software Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software/firmware and its associated documentation per established quality system procedures. You will work in multi-disciplinary teams to meet product and project requirements; collaborating with engineers from a variety of companies and industries. You will also have the ability to mentor junior engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain software solutions using programming / scripting languages such as C and C++
• Assist in creating and maintaining product documentation (requirements, specification, design, development, integration, test procedures and results)
• Participate in technical reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, code and other artifacts
• Contribute to system risk analysis and FMEA activities
• Help break down project schedule and plan activities throughout the development
• Able to act as the software product owner on smaller projects and can be a technical subject matter expert and take ownership of components on larger, more complicated systems
• Actively contribute to software process improvement activities and can help drive new process improvements within the organization
• Implement source code meeting product requirements in compliance with coding standards
• Plan, develop, and execute integration and unit tests to ensure and maintain source code quality
• Consult for verification test activities
• Provide timely corrective actions on all assigned defects and issues
• Coordinate configuration and release of embedded software and firmware
• Provide technical mentorship to software engineers including, but not limited to, software architectural design decisions, code review and approvals, software verification planning

Requirements

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering
• 5-10 years related work experience
• Proficient in C++ and/or C programming in embedded environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of software design, development, debug and test practices in a regulated environment
• Embedded software design, implementation, and test experience
• Understanding of multitasking and device driver complexities
• Software architecture and design experience

Preferred:

• Knowledge of and experience with IEC 62304 and medical software lifecycle development
• Experience with Qt or other GUI toolkits
• Experience with wireless communication protocols
• Experience with C#, Python for tool development, automation, and manufacturing processes
• Unit and module level software testing experience

Salary Range: $120,000 to $165,000 based on skills and experience

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off, Personal Days, AND Birthday Holiday!
• Lifetime Membership Subsidy and Wellness Resources
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Taco Thursdays!!!

Nextern is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.