Software Developer; Embedded

Position: Software Developer (Embedded)
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ATS Company:
Life Sciences Systems

Requisition

Location:

Cambridge, ON, CA, N3H 4R7

Date:
Apr 28, 2026

Software Developer (Embedded)
What’s in it for you

Compensation: $40.38 – $55.53 CAD per hour

Annual Performance-Based Incentive Bonus

5% RRSP match

Stock purchase plan

Starting 3 weeks of vacation

Benefits package (health and dental) + $600 health spending account

Half-Day Fridays

Continuous learning and career growth with global mobility opportunities.

A chance to contribute to something bigger - advancing the future of healthcare through automation.

Job Description
We are seeking a Software Developer to design and implement product features and comprehensive test suites to enhance and validate complex mechatronics products. In this role, you will leverage your software development expertise, testing principles, and knowledge of mechatronic systems to build scalable and maintainable solutions that ensure performance and reliability.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain complex embedded real time software, including automated test frameworks to validate software and mechatronic systems.

Create and execute comprehensive test plans and automated test sequences on both simulated environments and physical mechatronic hardware.

Contribute to software development efforts by implementing enhancements and fixing bugs in tested applications.

Lead complex software development technical challenges and demonstrate leadership to mentor management, customers, and peers.

Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code that is easily understood by other developers, testable, and accounts for edge cases and errors.

Collaborate with mechatronics designers, hardware designers and operations personnel to ensure the complete solution meets performance, reliability, and cost requirements.

Perform reviews of concepts, designs and code, and provide constructive feedback.

Contribute to software design standards and overall software quality.

Generate software related product and developer documentation.

Acquire broad product knowledge to be able to collaborate directly with internal and external stakeholders to solve problems and use the products effectively.

Other Responsibilities

Project accountability including timeline and technical deliverables.

Demonstrates ownership through concept, design, coding, testing, and tier 3 support.

Understand organization's business and products strategy.

Ability to contribute to internal or external stakeholder interactions related to software or mechatronics.

Demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset and have a clear understanding of the standard practices within the department.

Handle risk, change, and uncertainty within their personal scope of work effectively.

General training and guidance of all team members that are part of their team.

Responsible for complying with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to ensure software adheres to established standards and is consistent with other products.

Business Ethics

Ensure that all business activities are performed with the highest ethical standards and in compliance with the ATS Code of Business Conduct.

Adhere to all health and safety rules and procedures.

Education

A post‑secondary engineering or computer science degree, diploma or equivalent with emphasis on software design and development.

Experience

5+ years of professional software development experience, preferably in C++ or C#.

Strong understanding of testing principles, including unit, functional, and integration testing.

Experience working with real‑time operating systems.

Proven expertise in testing frameworks and in designing and implementing product‑specific functional test suites.

Strong awareness of software technologies, established coding principles, and core software developer competencies.

Strong understanding of modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Git Hub Actions).

Proficient with issue tracking, version control, and ALM tools (e.g., Jira, Git).

Experienced in developing and refining Agile development practices within software teams.

Familiarity with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) best practices.

Exceptional problem‑solving skills, with the…