The Software Engineer works as part of a multi-disciplinary product development team involved in taking projects from concept through to manufacturing and product release to market. Assists in the design and development of software for medical devices and provides technical support for existing products.
Key Tasks:
- Apply software design expertise to develop new products and assist with improvements/changes to existing products.
- Involvement in the full project lifecycle from initial design/development to product transfer to manufacturing and product release.
- Design and implementation of product software, including software design planning, comprehensive documentation and compliance with coding standards.
- Maintain awareness of software technology advancement and its application to products.
- Maintain understanding of target hardware/software interfaces.
- Assist with improvements/changes to existing products in response to obsolescence, regulatory changes, cost saving, performance and safety improvements.
- Liaise with other departments and sites to provide a rapid and thorough response to engineering issues.
- Apply software design expertise to the analysis of products and proposals and advise other project team members.
- Liaise with other departments and sites to ensure a smooth and rapid transition of new products from design to manufacture/test.
- Research and investigate new ideas and technologies that can be applied to Arjo products.
- Perform any other duties as required to enable the organisational objectives to be met.
Abilities/Characteristics:
- Must have a genuine interest in software and product development.
- Self‑motivated and enthusiastic with the ability to work with limited supervision, alone or as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.
- A good communicator capable of communicating at many levels and across a variety of disciplines in verbal and written form.
- Approach tasks with a can‑do attitude, able to think out of the box and multitask.
- Work in a professional manner in a highly regulated medical device sector.
Knowledge / Skills / Experience:
- Qualified to degree level in software engineering or equivalent.
- Three or more years’ experience in a commercial or medical product design environment.
- Experience with software version control and configuration management (e.g., Azure DevOps).
- Familiarity with structured project management environments (Agile).
- Firmware development for an embedded system (microcontrollers, processors).
- Embedded GUI development.
- Programming in C, C++, and C#.
- Knowledge of WPF.
- Use of development and debugging tools in an embedded system (e.g., JTAG).
- Familiarity with interfacing to serial ports, A/D and D/A converters, RAM/Flash memories, and other digital electronics.
Preferable but not essential:
Knowledge of and experience in design of medical devices or devices from a similarly highly regulated design sector.
