Staff Engineer, Embedded Software

Becton Dickinson Medical Devices•San Diego, CA

1d•$124,700 - $205,800•Hybrid

About The Position

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world, with a purpose to advance the world of health. The company emphasizes imagination and passion from its global teams to find transformative solutions in MedTech products. The human element is crucial for continuous evolution, and BD fosters an environment for learning, growth, and self-improvement. The overall purpose of this job is to work with design and manufacturing groups to develop robust, sustainable products that meet customer expectations and are cost-effective to manufacture. The principle objective is to provide software design, implementation, and testing of embedded software used in healthcare institutions to program, monitor, and report intravenous infusion therapies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering. For example: Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Science or Mathematics.
8 years of relevant work experience will be considered in place of the degree
Strong C++, C skills and software design for multi-threading and multi-processor application
Strong Object Oriented design skills, including state machine and event driven design
Strong knowledge in embedded User Interface design and display device control
Strong knowledge in hardware-software interface and network communication
Strong knowledge in Hard Real Time Control and inter-processor communication
Strong knowledge of one or more of the Operating Systems and concepts, such as RTOS, WinCE, Linux, cooperative OS (CoRoutines), etc.
Familiar with the microcontrollers and microprocessors such as ARM Application and Cortex architecture
Experience with developing unit tests, test automation, and familiarity with UT frameworks (ex. CPPUnit, LDRA, Coverity, Parasoft)

Nice To Haves

Knowing one or more of the Development IDEs such as IAR, Keil, Eclipse, and/or Visual Studio
Knowledge in JTAG debugging and error handling
Knowledge in Wi-Fi connectivity and security
Knowing Python, Build Utilities, code analysis tools is plus
Knowing Quantum State Machine, ThreadX, SMX is plus
Knowing XSLT, XML, HTML, is plus
Familiar with Configuration Management and Issue Tracking systems
Efficient worker who leverages the latest technology and tools to improve productivity
Design for Six Sigma knowledge would be highly advantageous
Customer focused
Knowledge of international standards applicable to medical devices / risk management including ISO 60601-1, ISO 14971
Familiarity with Agile / Scrum methodologies is desired
Knowledge of software life cycle processes including IEC 62304
Experience with data acquisition, analysis, and statistical methods
Experience in design verification of Medical Device in a FDA-regulated environment is preferred
Experience over the full product life cycle is desired

Responsibilities

Perform software design based on input from clinical users, characteristics of the existing software base, consultation with other engineering staff, and system functional requirements
Perform software implementation, following coding guidelines and taking into account system characteristics to produce optimal performance, reliability, and maintainability
Conduct software evaluation and testing of own software, software from other engineering staff, and third-party software
Provide a test plan for use by other engineering staff, quality assurance and support departments in validating a new implementation
Provide technical documentation for the design, implementation and testing of the software
Attend design review meetings as needed to adhere to the software development procedures
Document and repair errors related to fielded software issues
Assist the engineering staff in clarifying requests for software changes and understand reported problems