Principal Engineer, Embedded Systems

Principal Engineer, Embedded Systems

Location:

Raleigh, NC.

Join Baxter Healthcare Corporation as a Principal Engineer, Embedded Systems in our Care Communications business. Your work will directly support clinical communication and collaboration, enhancing patient safety and happiness in acute care hospital settings.

• Participate in requirement analysis, detailed development, and verification activities for products or solutions.
• Make difficult build trade‑offs and decisions about features, schedule, quality, and cost.
• Seek efficient technology solutions to problems and apply appropriate methodologies to identify issues and concerns.
• Have primary accountability for major elements of projects, determine all required tasks, and ensure successful project outcomes.
• Build, develop, and test to validate effects and consequences of builds, processes, or product improvements across projects and products.
• Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies such as Lean/Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring, and testing techniques.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities by identifying and appropriately advancing process and product quality gaps.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline with 5+ years of embedded software development experience.
• Strong expertise in C/C++ development for microcontrollers and microprocessors, with solid object‑oriented design principles.
• Broad understanding of software engineering best practices, embedded systems, and standard development methodologies.
• Proficiency with development and CI tools (e.g., Visual Studio/Eclipse, Git, Bitbucket, Jira) and experience working in Linux/Embedded Linux environments.
• Hands‑on knowledge of embedded protocols and technologies (RS485, UART, SPI, etc.), programmers/debuggers (JTAG/SWD), and hardware debugging tools.
• Ability to debug hardware and software issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, and related equipment.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a proven track record of delivering results, creating effective technical documentation, and solving complex problems.

Estimated base salary: $112,000 - $154,000 annually. Additional compensation may include discretionary bonuses. Individual pay is based on location, skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Baxter offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including medical and dental coverage starting on day one; basic life, accident, short‑term and long‑term disability insurance; 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match; employee stock purchase plan; flexible spending accounts; educational assistance; paid holidays; paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service; family and medical leave;

paid parental leave; commuting benefits; employee discount program; employee assistance program; and childcare benefits.

Baxter is an equal‑opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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