Firmware Engineer

Job Title

As part of a distributed team the ideal candidate brings outstanding communications skills, excellent technical expertise and creative thinking to the organization.

• Create new firmware for life science instruments in a distributed and cross-functional team
• Maintain existing firmware for life sciences instruments
• Create and maintain software lifecycle documents
• Support the verification of firmware and systems
• Comply to the quality management system and applicable regulatory requirements

• Bachelor or higher degree in CS, EE, or related field
• 7 years of experience in developing firmware in C or C in the Life Sciences or Medical Devices field
• Experience in analysing system requirements and deriving firmware requirement and creating a firmware architecture that meets the needs
• Proven experience in working successfully in Agile, e.g. Scrum or XP, teams
• Experience in using a real time operating systems, e.g. ThreadX, is a plus
• Familiarity with 21 CFR, Part 820, IEC 62304, ISO 13485 and ISO 14971 highly desired
• Experience in LC-MS or CE systems is a plus
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong business sense
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Highly motivated to improve continuously
• Results oriented independently and in a team setting– has track record for delivery results, takes ownership and is accountable