Embedded Software Engineering Manager

Overview

Lexington Medical, Inc. is a medical device company developing and manufacturing minimally invasive surgical stapling solutions in the Boston area. Our team delivers disruptive technology to healthcare providers, improving surgical outcomes for patients in a growing $6B+ surgical stapler market. Our embedded systems operate under tight real-time, safety-critical, and fault-tolerant constraints, coordinating electromechanical subsystems where milliseconds and failure modes matter.

Role Overview:
We are hiring an Embedded Software Engineering Manager to lead embedded software architecture and team development for a next-generation surgical stapling platform. This is the first embedded software manager role in the U.S. and a foundational leadership hire for the company. You will define the technical direction of embedded software for future products while building and leading a team in service of that vision.

This role is a true player-coach position with accountability for people leadership, hands-on architectural decisions, critical implementation work, and system-level problem solving.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of embedded software for a next-generation surgical stapling platform.
• Define system-level software architecture across microcontrollers, RTOS, communication interfaces, and application logic, primarily on ARM Cortex-M or similar platforms.
• Set technical standards for modularity, scalability, safety, and long-term maintainability.
• Drive key architectural decisions and remain hands-on in critical code paths and high-risk areas.

• Build the embedded software team from the ground up, including hiring, onboarding, and mentoring engineers.
• Establish clear expectations for execution quality, ownership, and technical rigor.
• Lead design reviews, code reviews, and system-level technical discussions.
• Develop engineers through direct coaching, feedback, and example, not through layers of process.

• Partner closely with electrical, mechanical, systems, quality, and manufacturing teams to ensure tight hardware-software integration.
• Own embedded software project planning, estimation, prioritization, and delivery.
• Identify technical, execution, and compliance risks early and drive mitigation strategies.
• Support verification, validation, and regulatory submissions in collaboration with quality and regulatory teams.

• Establish embedded software development processes aligned with IEC 62304 and FDA Class II / III medical device requirements.
• Own documentation, traceability, and verification practices for embedded software.
• Balance speed with rigor in a fast-moving, innovation-driven environment.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of embedded software development experience in real-time, safety-critical, or regulated environments.
• Prior experience leading engineers as a manager or senior technical lead, with responsibility for both people and outcomes.
• Strong proficiency in C and C++ for embedded systems;
  Python or C# experience is a plus.
• Deep experience with RTOS-based systems, embedded debugging, and hardware-level integration.
• Demonstrated ability to architect and deliver complex embedded systems from early concept through production.
• Strong understanding of software quality systems, documentation control, and risk management.
• Comfortable operating in environments with ambiguity, fast iteration, and extreme ownership.

This position is based in Bedford, Massachusetts (near Boston) and is an onsite role.