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The Principal Software Engineer will be a member of the Spacelabs R&D engineering team working on and leading the development of Spacelabs Patient Monitoring and Connectivity (PMC) products. This position requires a deep understanding of solid design and development practices and the ability to apply those to Spacelabs product development. The person will be responsible for developing and delivering software that supports the next generation patient monitoring products. They will work with other cross-functional members to provide technical software level expertise, and solutions to engineering problems.

A key element of this role includes advocating for and designing products that meet the functional, performance and cybersecurity needs of our customers. A strong systems approach to product development will be necessary in this role. You will spend your time as a hands-on engineer and a technical leader. Our team plays a key role in building software products and features. You will use a wide range of technologies, programming languages and systems. You will be involved in architecture/design of new features and functionality, as well as the development and implementation.

• Work with the software team and other cross-functional project staff to define requirements related to patient monitors.
• Lead the cross-functional reviews of software requirements, architecture, software design, connectivity interface design and user interface design.
• Lead component design efforts. Understand and design to existing interface specifications.
• Lead in the definition of architectures, software designs, and product workflows.
• Design, write, debug, document and release software used for communication, storage and analysis of patient physiological information in an agile development environment.
• Ensure on-time delivery of software including design documentation, unit tests and other required artifacts.
• Hold yourself and other engineers to high standards while maintaining friendly, respectful relationships.
• Mentor other engineers to help them grow both technically and professionally.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science, Mathematics or a related Engineering discipline
• 12+ years of relevant software experience required.
• 8+ years of programming in C++ 11 or higher utilizing Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts and techniques is required
• Experience in utilizing multi-threading techniques is required.
• Demonstrated experience with desktop Linux application development in an embedded environment is required.
• Experience with Qt/QML is a big plus.
• Experince with desktop UI development in at least 1 UI framework such as WPF, WinUI 3, UWP, etc. (not WinForms, or Win32, or web-based) is a plus.
• Experience working in a regulated development environment (finance, medical, defense, aerospace, etc.) is a plus.
• Experience in product development of medical devices under Design Control (21 CFR Part 820) and ISO 14971 and developing to and compliance with IEC62304 is a big plus.
• Experience in development of integrated (hardware and software) medical devices is a plus
• Experience with Containers, DevOps environments is a plus.
• Working knowledge of software development tools such as Azure DevOps, Git, etc. is a plus.
• Strong understanding of Continuous Delivery and Agile development is a plus.
• Experience working effectively with international teams in Europe, India and the US.