Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer at Fresenius Medical Care.

This position focuses on the design, development, testing, and support of web-based software for NxStage Medical’s products.

The candidate will participate in product development activities related to design, development, testing, and/or support of web-based software for NxStage Medical’s products.

• Design, develop, code and unit test software following internal design control SOPs.
• Apply state-of-the-art methods in creating software for NxStage products; develop improvements to existing designs.
• Apply the principles of software design, software life cycle, and software maintainability, as applicable.
• Debug new designs and develop reliability improvements to existing & new design.
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams, including pairing with other engineers to solve complex problems.
• Provide technical support for product engineering, design development, integration, test and evaluation.
• Follow Design Control SOPs for projects and programs, including following the software development lifecycle.
• Work with Quality Assurance to meet the requirements of our internal Quality System, including specific requirements of GMPs, FDA QSR, relevant IEC standards, and ISO 9001.
• Assist in Risk Analysis including, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Operator Misuse Analysis (OMA), and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) activities to ensure process shortcomings are identified and appropriately addressed.
• Assist in developing reports and other data mining activities.
• Assist in integrating NxStage Medical’s products with customer systems.
• Assist with researching and resolving software related customer complaints.
• Ensure all systems and data are protected according to relevant SOPs.

• BS in Computer Science with a focus on software design and programming.
• 10+ years of experience in software product engineering and development.

• Experience in all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Experience in microservices design and implementation.
• Experience in OOD/OOP and multi-tiered business logic implementation.
• Experience in building Restful API application using MS Azure technologies.
• C#, .NET Core, and SQL language skills.
• Experience in Web GUI design.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Development Tools.
• Conduct code reviews, create and maintain requirements and specification documents.
• Create and execute unit tests as part of software validation efforts.
• Strong knowledge of project life cycles, software development environments, and source control techniques.

• Familiar with Azure cloud technologies such as Dev Ops, Kubernetes, Service Bus, CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiar with identity management technologies (e.g. Entra ) and distributed cache (e.g. Redis).
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry, medical device preferred.
• Experience and knowledge of cybersecurity methodologies and testing.
• Experience with automated testing.
• Knowledge of networks, network infrastructure, and network protocols.

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EOE, disability/veterans

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Engineering and Information Technology
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care