Lead Software Engineer

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

As an Advanced/Lead Software Engineer, you will architect, design, and develop software solutions for market leading sterilization and disinfection devices for the healthcare industries. You will perform system analyses to develop solutions for current software projects; develop software solution on existing platforms and frameworks; collaboratively design software detailed design that provides required system functionality; evaluate appropriate technologies; review software designs for compliance with established architecture; mentor, guide and review work of junior engineers.

This position will be located at our Mentor, OH or Plymouth, MN site.

Duties

• Develop software architecture and designs that meet defined product specifications.
• Propose solutions and technical direction for existing development efforts.
• Identify inconsistencies and formulate solutions to complex and ambiguous technical problems.
• Use appropriate design principles to ensure robust, maintainable software applications.
• Provide in-depth design reviews to ensure designs can meet product’s functional and performance requirements.
• Mentor junior engineers to propagate good design principles and development practices throughout the team.
• Ensure software architecture, design, and interface specifications comply with department guidelines and can fulfil requirements.

Education Degree

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Required Experience

• 8+ years of progressive experience in architecting mid to large scale embedded software design, development, and implementation of embedded Linux based software systems utilizing both structured and object-oriented concepts using C++.
• 4+ more years of experience in design and implementation of multi-tasking and multi-threaded systems.
• 2+ years of experience with software architecture and interface design.
• Demonstrated technical expertise within a software development organization.
• Understanding of development for a resource-constrained target environment with specific performance requirements.
• Experience in development using various operating systems, including real-time operating systems (RTOS), such as ThreadX, RTXC, Linux, Windows (standard or embedded).
• Experience in writing software requirements and methodical software design is required.
• Knowledge of YOCTO or BSP development for ARM platform.
• Knowledge of Unit test platform such as CppUnit or GTest.
• Knowledge and experience with standard communication and network protocols.

Preferred Experience

• Advanced degree in Engineering or related field desired
• Engineering experience within a regulated industry
• Certification or training coursework in software security
• Experience in network communication interfaces is desired
• Demonstrated knowledge of Internet of Things (IoT) and associated solutions is desired, e.g., remote monitoring solutions.

Skills

• Identifies problems and formulates solutions to complex and ambiguous technical problems.
• Identifies and develops new technical ideas.
• Acts as an expert resource and mentor to others.
• Challenges established work processes and proactively finds creative solutions.
• Determine required tasks and complete on time with no supervision.
• Identifies and communicates potential risks with appropriate mitigations.
• Addresses routine technical problems by leading a team to brainstorm solutions.
• Ability to make well-informed and effective decisions even when data are limited.

What STERIS Offers:

The opportunity to join a company that will invest in you for the long-term. STERIS couldn’t be where it is today without our incredible people. That’s why we share in our success together by rewarding you for your hard work. Hiring people who are in it for the long run with STERIS is our goal. We do this by providing competitive salaries, healthcare benefits, tuition assistance, paid time off, holidays, matching 401(k), annual merit, H1-B sponsorship, and incentive plans. Join us and help write our next chapter.

Pay range for this opportunity is $91,250.00 - $127,575.00.

Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law. We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.

The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by § 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.