Senior Principal Engineer Software

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for defining, implementing, executing, and documenting embedded software for Baxter’s peritoneal dialysis device portfolio.  The activities will encompass all facets and phases of software development & test and life cycle management, meeting all regulatory and quality standards to realize complex, innovative, reliable systems that improve the quality of life for people around the world.  

• Collaborate with other engineering and functional organizations to understand and define product use cases and convert these use cases into software requirements and design implementations. 

• Own and lead all activities of software sub-system development and life-cycle management including sub-system development plans, SW requirements development, code development and optimization, unit and integration testing, SW risk and reliability analysis, root cause analysis. 

• Transform software requirements into software architectures and verify that all software projects adhere to architecture standards. 

• Lead concept selection efforts and design alternatives. 

• Devise simulator solutions for the product portfolio. 

• Drive research on emerging software architecture techniques and standards.  Champion technical and industry trends related to software design and development 

• Ensure all interface requirements are documented. 

• Provide leadership to teams of engineers in multiple sites. 

• Define the test automation strategy and implementation. 

• Coordinate the software test activities with all other engineering disciplines, including external development partners. 

Qualifications

• Graduate or Post Graduate in Computer Science or related Engineering and 10 - 15 years of experience, including technical leadership.  Prior experience in Renal device domain is a plus. 

• A demonstrated track record in embedded software development, preferably medical devices or other highly regulated products such as military hardware. 

• A proven track record of effectiveness in a fast paced environment.    

• Experience in algorithms, code optimization, encryption, multiple language support 

• C, C++, Assembly 

• ARM processor development. 

• Ability to work in a Linux development environment 

• ARM / AVR processor development 

• FPGA programming skills 

• Intel embedded X86 development a plus 

• Experience in embedded RTOS development 

• Experience with USB, Ethernet, RS232 communications protocols 

• Experience with sensor sampling 

• Ability to develop boot loader code for microcontrollers 

• Working level knowledge with standards such as IEC 62304, IEC 62366, IEC 60601, ISO 13485 and ISO14971 would be a plus. 

Reasonable Accommodation

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