Job Title
Software Engineering Manager
Job Description
In late January we announcedthat Bridgefield Capital signed an agreement to acquire Philips Emergency Care business which includes leading brands and products like HeartStart AEDs Intrepid and DFM100 monitor defibrillators Tempus monitor and Tempus ALS systems and Corsium and ECI informatics solutions. We expect the transaction to close at the end of 2025.
With Bridgefields support and building on our 40 year legacy of growth and innovation in emergency medical technology the Emergency Care business will continue passionately pursuing our mission of saving lives lowering the cost of healthcare and advancing the science of resuscitation while serving the public access AED EMS military and hospital market segments.
In this role and as part of an agile company that has the dedicated resources needed to achieve its strategic goals youll have every opportunity to become a part of the NewCo we are forming and grow both personally and professionally and potentially make an even bigger impact on the acute care space as well as on the consumers patients and healthcare workers who depend on these innovative life-saving solutions.
Exciting opportunity to join the Emergency Care Professional business and collaborate within a global team that designs and develops advanced life support solutions (e.g. patient monitor defibrillator).
This is a fantastic opportunity to lead the development and maintenance of embedded software for EC Pro products working closely with internal teams and external partners. Your role will span the full software lifecycle from requirements analysis to post-market support with a strong emphasis on quality safety and regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical leadership and oversight: Support the formulation and implementation of the SW vision/direction/strategy to secure business outcomes in line with current and future customer needs. Operate as a hands on technical leader within the team providing guidance support and oversight as appropriate
- Team management: Build and maintain necessary competencies with a view to continuous improvement and innovation. Build a positive environment inclusive and collaborative culture
- Embedded Software Development: Lead the design development and sustainment of embedded software in collaboration with cross-functional teams and all stakeholders.
- System and Software Support: Oversee technical support for customer and product investigations defect resolution lifecycle maintenance and feature enhancements.
- Process and Documentation: Contribute to software process controls design documentation risk management activities and CAPA processes solid understanding of the QMS
- Engineering Excellence: Apply rigorous science-based engineering practices to design reviews decision-making problem solving and verification testing with a strong focus on risk management and safety.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to relevant medical device standards (e.g. IEC 60601-1 IECxx IEC 62304) and quality procedures necessary for regulatory approvals.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Foster strong working relationships across R&D PMO product management operations regulatory and quality teams with a particular focus on coordination with principal software subcontractors.
- Partnerships and execution excellence: Ensure smooth collaboration with partners as primary contact facilitating rapid efficient and predictable progress
How we work together
- We believe that we are better together than apart. For this role this means working in our Farnborough Hampshire office at least 3 days per week.
Youre right for this role if:
- You have an Engineering degree in a relevant technical specialty.
- You are an experienced people manager with broad experience overseeing SW collaborations with partners
- You have experience leading software and firmware development in an embedded Linux environment preferably within a medical devices environment
- You are experienced in embedded electronic / software systems (including comms technologies like TCP/IP ethernet USB WiFi Bluetooth) software design object-orientated design APIs software quality IEC 62304.
- You have worked in product development within an ISO 14971 quality system (preferably including experience of product approvals for EU-MDD EU-MDR and FDA).
- You have a flexible attitude with a willingness to accept and drive change guiding your team through working within a dynamic environment
- You are a clear and concise communicator with the ability to present to a broad range of stakeholders
Knowledge of IEC 60601 and AAMI EC medical device standards.
In return we offer you a challenging innovative environment with great opportunities for you to explore. Our benefits are very competitive and designed around your preferences. We value that ourpeoplecanbe healthy and do welland that you feel cared for and listened to. We also believe that we are at our best as a company when you are at yours as a person. Thus we offer competitive benefits a flexible work schedule and access to regular local health & well-being focused activities.
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Required Experience:
Manager