MI Software Principal Architect

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture Leadership & Execution

• Own and drive technical architecture discussions across MI software subsystems and products.
• Define and evolve the architecture for MI software platforms balancing legacy integration with modern design principles.
• Develop and maintain architectural roadmaps aligned with MI product strategy and clinical needs.
• Ensure software architectural decisions are translated into implementable designs and consistently realized across development teams.

• Review and approve critical design decisions and system-level tradeoffs.

• Participate in architecture governance and ensure compliance with design controls and regulatory standards (e.g. IEC 62304).

Technology Strategy & Innovation

• Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies into MI software solutions.
• Drive software modernization efforts.
• Collaborate with the Imaging Architect Office and MI systems teams to define the long-term technology runway for PET/SPECT modalities.
• Lead the design implementation and governance of safe compliant agentic AI use across the organizations software development life cycle.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with MI systems engineering clinical applications and hardware teams to ensure cohesive system-level architecture.
• Guide early-stage stakeholder engagement and support integration with legacy and future-state systems.
• Influence and align global teams on architectural direction and technical standards.

Operational & Business Acumen

• Ensure architectural decisions support operational stability serviceability and lifecycle cost optimization.
• Translate architectural strategies into measurable business and clinical outcomes and communicate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Support capital and operational planning through informed technology choices and risk assessments.

Mentorship & Talent Development

• Mentor staff and engineers within the MI software team fostering architectural depth and leadership growth.
• Contribute to the development of the technical career path and talent pipeline within the MI organization.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in software engineering and architecture building software for medical equipment products.
• Proven experience architecting complex distributed systems in a modality-specific context.
• Strong interpersonal and change management skills.
• Ability to set technical direction mentor engineers influence and build consensus across organizational levels.

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience with high-performance and real-time systems including GPU-based computation.

• Proven ability to design for secure AI use.

• Deep understanding of molecular imaging workflows (acquisition reconstruction and image processing).
• Strong knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards (DICOM HL7).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No