Embedded Software Engineer – Medical Devices

Embedded Software Engineer – Medical Devices

Location:

McHenry, IL (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
Salary starting at $105,000 with bonus potential

Build software that helps improve the lives of mothers and babies.

At Medela, our mission is to turn science into care by developing innovative medical technology that supports families around the world. We're looking for an Embedded Software Engineer with experience developing firmware for embedded hardware in a regulated product development environment.

This is NOT an application, web, or enterprise software development position.

We are specifically seeking engineers with embedded firmware development experience and medical device (preferred) or other highly regulated industry experience.

What You'll DoAs an Embedded Software Engineer, you'll design and develop firmware for microcontroller-based medical devices while working closely with electrical, systems, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory engineering teams.

Responsibilities include:

Design, develop, test, and maintain embedded firmware in Embedded C/C++Develop firmware for microcontroller-based connected medical devices

Create and maintain device drivers, hardware abstraction layers (HAL), bootloaders, diagnostics, and production test software

Support board bring-up, hardware/software integration, debugging, and troubleshooting

Work with RTOS and/or bare-metal embedded systems

Develop communication interfaces using protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, BLE, Wi-Fi, MQTT, or similar

Participate in software architecture, requirements development, verification, risk controls, and traceability

Execute unit, integration, regression, and system testing

Support manufacturing, design transfer, production ramp-up, and post-market product maintenance

Ensure compliance with quality and regulatory requirements throughout the software development lifecycle

Required Qualifications To be considered, candidates should have:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline3+ years of embedded firmware development experience

Strong programming experience in Embedded C/C++Experience developing firmware for embedded microcontrollers

Experience using embedded development tools, debuggers, and version control systems (Git, Azure Dev Ops, Jira, etc.)Experience with communication protocols such as UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, BLE, Wi-Fi, or MQTTExperience debugging embedded systems using JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, or similar lab equipment

Experience working with RTOS or bare-metal embedded systems

Strong understanding of software lifecycle processes, testing, verification, and documentation

Important Candidate Requirements Please apply only if you have experience with ALL of the following:

Embedded firmware development (not application or web software)
Embedded C/C++Microcontroller-based products

Hardware/software integration and debugging3+ years of embedded software engineering experience

What Makes Someone Successful You are:

A hands-on embedded engineer who enjoys working close to the hardware

Comfortable collaborating with electrical, systems, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory engineers

Detail-oriented with strong documentation skills

Passionate about building reliable, safety-focused products

Able to balance innovation with quality and regulatory compliance

Strongly Preferred Medical device experience OR experience developing products in another regulated industry (aerospace, industrial controls, automotive safety systems, etc.)Preferred Qualifications We're especially interested in candidates who have experience with:

Medical device software development

Other highly regulated industries such as aerospace, automotive safety systems, industrial controls, or life sciencesIEC 62304 , ISO 13485, ISO 14971

Software traceability and Design History Files (DHF)
Secure firmware development and cybersecurity for connected devices

Why Join Medela?

You'll work on products that directly improve patient care while collaborating with a multidisciplinary engineering team dedicated to innovation, quality, and regulatory excellence. This is an…