Senior Embedded Software Engineer
At a glance
Senior Embedded & Firmware role at Stryker. Portage · full-time · $89,300–$148,800 base.
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What you'll do
- Diagnose difficult design problems in released products and make corrections using your own technical judgment
- Estimate the development effort and staffing needed for sustainment work, then prepare its requirements, design, architecture, bug and test records
- Investigate software problems reported from manufacturing or the field, and guide fixes through sustaining engineering
- Improve released products through design updates tied to corrective actions, defects and reliability concerns
- Help production teams resolve escalations by tracing root causes and putting corrective actions in place
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science or a related discipline
- At least two years building embedded software with C, C++ or Python
Who this fits
This senior individual-contributor role suits an embedded software engineer who can lead product sustainment and coach colleagues on standards, design controls and risk procedures. The position is hybrid in Portage, with travel listed at ten percent.
From the employer
What You Will Do:
We are looking for a collaborative Senior Software Engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and driving continuous improvement of released products. In this role, you will lead software sustainment efforts, investigate and resolve product issues, implement design changes, and partner across functions to deliver high-quality solutions. The ideal candidate combines strong technical skills, sound judgment, and a commitment to quality, reliability, and patient impact.
• Analyze and correct complex product design issues, using independent judgment
• Code development time/resource estimation to support sustainment projects
•Generate and review the necessary documents to support software sustainment projects. (requirements/design/architecture/bugs/test)
• Be proficient with and mentor others in usage of industry standards, including design requirements and test strategies per applicable regulations
• Follow and mentor others on post market/sustainment procedures like design controls and risk management, per the Quality Management System
• Support post-market / sustaining engineering activities, including investigation and resolution of product issues in the field and manufacturing
• Drive design changes and continuous improvement efforts for released products (e.g., CAPAs, nonconformances, reliability issues)
• Act as a technical SME for production line escalations, including root cause analysis and corrective action implementation
What You Will Need:
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science or related discipline
- 2+ years of experience developing software for embedded systems using C, C++, and/or Python.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledgeable with integrated development environments (IDE) for projects
- Knowledgeable with tools for static/dynamic analysis, memory management, code coverage and techniques for analyzing software
- Knowledge in integration and deployment processes
- Software Development Life Cycle processes
- Knowledge in creating estimates for code implementation time/resource for assigned tasks and projects
- Knowledge from using Application Lifecycle Management /Traceability tools
- $89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual
Travel Percentage: 10%Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.