Software Engineer III

Overview

Werfen

Werfen, founded in 1966, is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and distributor of specialized diagnostic instruments, related reagents, automation workcells, and data management solutions for use primarily in hospitals and independent clinical laboratories.  The Company’s business lines include Hemostasis, Acute Care, and Autoimmunity diagnostics, as well as Original Equipment Manufacturing.  Our success comes from a specific focus in these rapidly evolving diagnostic areas, our commitment to customers, and our dedication to innovation and quality.  We’re passionate about providing healthcare professionals the most valuable and complete solutions to improve hospital efficiency and enhance patient care.

Our North American Commercial Operations, as well as our Headquarters and Technology Center for Hemostasis and Acute Care Diagnostics, are based in Bedford, MA.  Our Headquarters and Technology Center for Autoimmunity Diagnostics is based in San Diego, CA.  Additionally, our Technology Center for Hemostasis and Blood Gas Reagents is in Orangeburg, NY, and our Technology Center for Whole Blood Hemostasis is in San Diego, CA.

Position Summary:

Under minimal supervision, perform software development activities including software requirements, design, implementation, and integration.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities

Essential Functions:

• Participates as an active member on a development team; This includes participating in requirements review, design reviews, code reviews, test case reviews, and team meetings.
• Participates as an active member on a project development team; This includes requirements change control, defect management, risk analysis, and release management
• Creates/Maintains software requirement/functional specifications
• Identifies interfaces between software components and/or hardware
• Creates/Maintains software (component) design documentation
• Creates/Maintains software source code that adheres to design documentation
• Performs unit testing and/or code reviews as per project policy
• Performs integration testing to ensure software functions within application and with devices
• Evaluates, investigates, and implements fixes to assigned software defects
• Evaluates, investigates, and implements assigned software change proposals

Key Relationships:

To be determined based on department needs, to include interactions such as:

• Provides level of effort for assigned software activities
• Tracks personal estimates over time in order to improve accuracy
• Effectively communicates technical information to a multidisciplinary team in the form of documentation, presentations and technical summaries.
• Makes recommendations or suggestions for department improvements
• Ability to work in a team environment of software developers and testers

Skills & Capabilities:

The ideal candidate for this position will exhibit the following skills and capabilities:

Must have:

• C++
• Git
• Agile/Scrum
• Embedded software medical device development / IEC 62304
• Update Linux to Embedded Linux
• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Ability to use software engineering tools: configuration, requirements, and defect management
• Ability to operate instrumentation

Nice to have:

• gRPC
• Google Protocol Buffers (Protobuf)
• Yocto
• Qt
• CMake
• Risk assessment
• Cybersecurity by design
• Unit testing
• Networking
• Jenkins/Docker
• Python
• Database management
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Firmware
• Read and understand schematics
• SDC

Qualifications

Minimum Knowledge & Experience Required for the Position:

Education:

• Associates Degree plus typically 4 to 10 years of related experience or Bachelor’s Degree plus typically 4 to 8 years of related experience or Master’s Degree plus typically 2 to 6 years of related experience or waiver based on experience. Degree should be in a technical discipline such as Chemistry, Math, Physics, Engineering, or Computer Science.

Experience:

• Proficiency in computer code (C, C++, Java, C#, etc.) found in product development

Additional Skills/Knowledge:

• Proficiency with a personal computer and software packages
• Ability to use software engineering tools: configuration, requirements, and defect management
• Ability to handle many software components
• Language: English

Travel Requirements:

• < 5% of the time

If you are interested in constantly learning and being challenged on a daily basis, we encourage you to submit your resume or CV.

Werfen appreciates and values diversity.  We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V.

We operate directly in over 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors.  Annual revenue is approximately $2 billion and more than 5,000 employees around the world comprise our Werfen team.

www.werfen.com