Job SummaryYou will be a core team member in the design and development of medical products and systems. This role contributes to all phases of product design, including initial requirements definition, conceptualization, feasibility assessment/demonstration, detailed design including engineering analysis and testing; verification testing and documentation, and transfer to the client (or manufacturing) and follow-on support as needed. You will work on projects that typically involve teams from multiple disciplines: mechanical, electrical, software, systems, industrial design, and human factors.
Responsibilities- Participate in shaping product design through requirements definition, architectural discussions, and early feasibility development for embedded software solutions
- Design, develop, and maintain firmware for microcontroller based embedded systems used in medical and commercial devices
- Implement embedded software using C/C++ and other appropriate technologies for resource constrained systems
- Collaborate with electrical and systems engineers to integrate firmware with hardware components and subsystems
- Develop and maintain automated build, test, and deployment processes using CI/CD pipelines appropriate for embedded development
- Generate and maintain software design documentation, architecture descriptions, and traceability artifacts in accordance with quality and regulatory processes
- Contribute to verification and validation activities including unit testing, integration testing, and system level testing
- Apply risk based development approaches and support hazard analysis and software risk control activities
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve software and system integration issues during development and verification phases
- Work with project management to complete assigned technical tasks within project scope, schedule, and budget
- Communicate technical results and development progress to project leadership and clients through written and oral presentations
Key Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- Strong programming skills in C and/or C++ for embedded systems
- Experience developing software for microcontroller based platforms
- Familiarity with embedded debugging tools such as JTAG debuggers, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
- Experience working in multidisciplinary engineering teams developing complex systems
- Strong problem solving skills and ability to work independently on technical tasks
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for technical documentation and collaboration
- Travel Requirements: Limited travel up to 10% annually
- Citizenship: U.S. Citizen or Existing Work Authorization
- Security clearances: None
Required ExperienceCore Embedded Platform
- 3-6 years of professional experience in embedded software or firmware development
- Experience developing firmware for microcontrollers or other embedded processing platforms
- Experience using version control systems such as Git in collaborative development environments
Controls / Sensors
- Experience developing embedded software for sensor based electromechanical systems, including closed loop sensing and control of motors or actuators and implementation of control algorithms (e.g., PID).
- Experience integrating sensors with embedded systems, including real time data acquisition and signal processing to support feedback or control systems.
- Familiarity with sensor fusion techniques for systems involving multiple sensing modalities.
- Familiarity with image processing or perception algorithms, including libraries such as OpenCV.
- Exposure to machine learning or deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow or PyTorch) for perception or data driven analysis in embedded or robotics style systems.
- Experience developing Python tools for data capture, analysis, visualization, or test automation in support of embedded system development.
- Experience developing or testing battery powered embedded systems, including power management considerations.
Engineering Process / Environment
- Familiarity with software lifecycle processes including requirements traceability, design documentation, and formal verification activities
- Experience with build systems and automated testing environments for embedded software
- Experience working within regulated or quality managed environments (e.g., medical, aerospace, automotive, or other safety critical industries)
Preferred Qualifications- Experience developing software for medical devices or diagnostic instrumentation
- Familiarity with IEC 62304 software lifecycle processes for medical device development
- Understanding of FDA regulatory expectations for software in medical devices and development within ISO 13485 quality systems
- Experience developing firmware for ARM Cortex M (32 bit) microcontroller architectures, with familiarity with vendors such as STMicroelectronics (e.g., STM32).
- Experience with real time operating systems (RTOS) or real time embedded design
- Experience with hardware software integration and board level bring up
- Experience designing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines for embedded software development and automated testing
- Familiarity with static analysis tools, code quality tools, and automated test frameworks
- Experience supporting design verification and validation activities for regulated products
Benefits: Live an Extraordinary LifeWe care about your well-being, not just on the job. Battelle offers comprehensive and competitive benefits to help you live your best life.
- Balance life through a compressed work schedule: Most of our team follows a flexible, compressed work schedule that allows for every other Friday off-giving you a dedicated day to accomplish things in your personal life without using vacation time.
- Enjoy enhanced work flexibility, including a hybrid arrangement: You have options for where and when you work. Our Together with Flexibility model allows you to work 60% in-office and 40% remote, with Monday and Tuesday as common in-office days, dependent on team and position needs .
- Take time to recharge: You get paid time off to support work-life balance and keep motivated.
- Prioritize wellness: Stay healthy with medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives and benefits plus a variety of optional supplemental benefits.
- Better together: Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support.
- Build your financial future: Build financial stability with an industry-leading 401(k) retirement savings plan. For most employees, we put in 5 percent whether you contribute or not, and match your contributions on top of that.
- Advance your education: Tuition assistance is available to pursue higher education.
