Principal Firmware Engineer
About The Position
This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. Your role at Baxter The R&D lab at Bardy Diagnostics is currently seeking a full-time regular-employee Sr. Firmware Engineer to join the Engineering team at our Bellevue headquarters. Contribute to new product development, and work with and learn from accomplished and exciting engineers with a strong history of successful cardiac monitoring product development. The right person will have a strong curiosity about how things work, has a history of taking things apart, likes learning, and does embedded projects on their own. The main area of contribution will be firmware development for microcontrollers. Experience writing medical device requirements and documentation is a must, along with V&V for software under medical device standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or other technical or science field.
- 5+ years demonstrated success in designing firmware for regulated products preferred.
- 5+ years developing embedded C/C++ software in a production environment.
- Strong C programming skills (e.g., pointer handling, optimize for reliability/speed/code size).
- Moderate Python programming skills (e.g., basic understanding of data structures, familiarity with libraries).
- Exposure to software configuration management and issue tracking.
- Understanding of software testing frameworks.
- Familiarity with embedded software best practices and version control (Git Preferred).
- Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities
- Develop firmware in C/C++ for bare-metal microcontroller applications.
- Develop low power energy efficient wearable medical device firmware.
- Author requirements for firmware following medical device standards.
- Work with development and product team to determine system performance requirements.
- Conduct investigations for Hardware/Firmware related issues.
- Participate in system design reviews, code reviews and hardware reviews.
- Bring up PCBAs for new designs and solve issues.
- Mentor and train engineers to improve their skills and help them grow.
- Develop requirements for, design, author and validate test fixtures.
- Perform verification and validation of software against design requirements.
- Work with the Manufacturing Team to transfer products to production.
- Work optimally in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment.
Benefits
- Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.
- Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
- Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.
- We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
- Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
