Product Owner Embedded Software

Change peoples lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to peoples lives.

The Opportunity
As the Product Owner Embedded Software you will own the firmware roadmap and drive delivery of cutting-edge software that powers life-changing hearing solutions. Youll partner closely with R&D engineers Systems and Electrical teams I&V testers and Global Strategic Marketing to translate customer needs into high-quality embedded-software functionality. This role offers the chance to shape product vision in a regulated mission-driven environment and see your work directly impact real users in the field.

Responsibilities include:

Team Leadership & Continuous Improvement
Drive a culture of technical excellence by reducing technical debt maintaining long-lived design documentation and implementing in-field telemetry/diagnostic hooks
Mentor other Associate Product Owners on Agile practices and best-in-class embedded-software processes

Product Vision & Backlog Ownership
Write clear technically detailed user stories and software specifications (e.g. performance budgets memory constraints)
Prioritise the embedded-software backlogbalancing new features technical debt and regulatory deliverablesto align with release milestones

Cross-Functional Collaboration
Liaise with Marketing Systems Electrical Clinical Regulatory and Quality teams to define requirements manage dependencies and drive alignment
Represent embedded-software functionality in Clinical Trials and Customer Service interactions ensuring all stakeholder considerations are captured

Integration & Verification (I&V) Coordination
Partner with the I&V Manager to define test strategies (hardware-in-the-loop automated regression) and plan verification milestones

Manage the European I&V team giving guidance and developing the team to enable them to implement best practices in testing and ensure quality in the embedded software outputs Act as the I&V escalation pointtracking progress identifying risks and reporting status to R&D leadership

Release & Quality Accountability
Collaborate with Release Management to plan firmware builds branching strategies and regression cycles
Review completed work for fit & finish ensuring compliance with ISO 13485/FDA traceability and that all acceptance criteria are met

About You
As Cochlear continues to grow were looking for people who share our passion for delivering quality hearing solutions. To excel in this role you will demonstrate:

Technical Leadership
Significant experience in embedded-software development environments with proficiency in C/C RTOS concepts MCUs communication buses and peripheral drivers
Hands-on expertise with build systems (Make/CMake) Git branching/merge strategies CI pipelines and debugging tools (JTAG/SWD logic analyzers)

Experience in embedded software testing strategy development and execution

People Leadership
Proven ability to build and refine the Product Owner and I&V functionsmentoring Associate Product Owners running Product Chapters and driving Agile and embedded software testing best practiceswhile partnering with senior R&D leadership

Regulated-Device & I&V Knowledge
Familiarity with ISO 13485/FDA software requirements (SRS HARA traceability) and integration-level test planning
Proven track record of defining and executing software-level and system-level verification tests in hardware-in-the-loop or bench-test setups

Product Ownership & Agile Delivery
Demonstrated experience as a Product Owner in a Scrum/Agile contextwriting technically detailed user stories prioritising backlogs and driving sprint/release cadence
Strong understanding of user-centred design principles at the firmware level translating field data (error rates battery telemetry) into actionable improvements

Stakeholder Management & Decision Quality
Proven ability to influence cross-functional leaders (Marketing Systems Clinical) and negotiate scope-versus-timeline trade-offs under ambiguity
Experience making data-driven decisionsusing in-field telemetry and analytics to inform backlog priorities and future sprints

What makes this opportunity unique
Mission-Driven Impact: Contribute directly to firmware that powers hearing implants helping users reconnect with the world and improving quality of life
End-to-End Ownership: Shape every stage of the product lifecyclefrom translating clinical needs into technical requirements to overseeing integration verification and field-telemetry analysis
Regulated-Device Environment: Gain deep exposure to ISO 13485/FDA processes traceability practices and system-level I&V testing within a medical-device contextan opportunity rarely found in pure software roles
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work side-by-side with Global Strategic Marketing Systems and Electrical Engineering I&V Quality and Clinical teams giving you a 360 view of product development in a high-performance R&D ecosystem
Continuous Improvement Culture: Champion technical-debt reduction and introduce in-field telemetry for data-driven optimisations empowering you to iterate and enhance both the product and the teams processes

Innovation with Purpose: Propose and test novel embedded-software solutions (e.g. new telemetry hooks hardware-in-the-loop verification methods) that directly address real-world hearing challenges

What we offer

An attractive remuneration package and flexible extra-legal benefits

An extensive onboarding and training program

An enjoyable work environment with attention to life-work balance and homeworking

A stimulating environment with growth opportunities and opportunity to meet multi-disciplinary colleagues across the globe

This is your chance to be part of a premier organization with a great culture working in a dynamic growing and rapidly evolving environment to deliver outstanding results that benefit our customers every day. Be part of something purposeful and APPLY now by clicking on the link below and see your career grow!

Cochlear Summary

Cochlears mission is to help people hear and be heard. Around the world more people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to peoples lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping people to Hear Now. And Always. Cochlear is the global market leader in implantable hearing solutions including cochlear implant systems (CI) and bone anchored hearing aids (Baha).

Equal opportunities