Staff Embedded Software Engineer – Connected Medical Devices

GE HEALTHCARE•Waukesha, WI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Help Build the Future of Connected Neonatal Care. Our mission is simple: help send mothers and infants home healthy. The Infant Care team builds safe, reliable, connected systems that support clinicians in NICUs and Labor & Delivery worldwide. In this role you’ll build the connectivity, networking, and cybersecurity software that lets medical devices securely exchange patient information with hospital systems, monitoring stations, and cloud platforms — making sure critical patient data is available when it matters most.

Requirements

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field
6+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong proficiency in C and/or C++
Experience developing software on Linux or Embedded Linux
Experience with networking fundamentals — TCP/IP, socket programming, secure communications, distributed systems, or device connectivity
Experience building high-reliability software with solid testing, debugging, and code-quality practices
Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

Healthcare interoperability: HL7 v2.x (construction, parsing, MLLP transport), FHIR, or IHE profiles (PDQ, ACM, DEC)
Connected medical device development or other regulated environments
Embedded Linux build systems such as Yocto
Wi-Fi / wireless communications
MQTT and event-driven architectures; REST APIs and cloud integration
Fleet management or IoT device management platforms
Cybersecurity: TLS, certificate-based auth, threat modeling, secure software design
CI/CD, automated testing, static analysis (Coverity); Qt/QML familiarity

Responsibilities

Design and build connectivity, networking, and communication services for connected neonatal devices
Implement secure communications using modern networking and cybersecurity practices (TLS, certificates, secure design)
Develop fleet management, remote monitoring, and cloud-connected device management capabilities
Build and maintain wireless (Wi-Fi) connectivity features
Integrate devices with hospital information systems (we’ll support you in learning healthcare interoperability such as HL7/FHIR if it’s new to you)
Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews; support verification, validation, and regulatory compliance
Investigate and resolve connectivity, performance, and reliability issues
Collaborate with systems, cybersecurity, quality, and clinical engineering teams