Software Engineer – Embedded Platform
Waukesha, WI - USA
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
Join an exciting software development team building next-generation embedded platforms for medical devices used in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Labor & Delivery environments. As a Software Engineer you will help establish the low-level software foundation that enables application algorithm connectivity and feature teams to build efficiently on a reliable embedded platform.About Us
The Maternal Infant Care team is developing the future of medical technology for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Labor & Delivery environments. Our mission is to help send mothers and infants home healthy by building safe reliable and connected medical devices that support critical clinical care.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Own and develop low-level embedded software and reusable platform capabilities for next-generation medical devices including operating system configuration board support packages device drivers boot flows hardware abstraction layers and shared software infrastructure.
- Serve as a platform enabler by creating clean maintainable foundations that allow application algorithm connectivity and feature teams to develop efficiently within a shared code base.
- Collaborate with software architects electrical engineers systems engineers quality program and platform teams to translate system architecture and product requirements into well-designed embedded software components.
- Support hardware-software integration board bring-up debugging and performance optimization across microprocessor microcontroller sensor and connected-device environments.
- Design and implement software aligned with security reliability performance scalability maintainability and medical device design-control expectations.
- Participate in technical design reviews code reviews integration reviews risk-based engineering discussions static analysis unit testing and disciplined issue resolution to deliver integrated software products with uncompromised quality.
- Work in a fast-paced AI infused Agile/Scrum environment while researching evaluating and applying new tools technologies automation approaches and AI-assisted development practices to improve engineering productivity and software quality.
Qualifications & Essential Skills
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related STEM discipline and a minimum of 2 years of work experience as a software engineer in a product development team.
- Experience developing embedded software using C C Python or similar languages.
- Experience with embedded Linux Unix/Linux programming operating system concepts STLinux or similar embedded Linux distributions RTOS development and low-level platform development.
- Experience with microcontrollers microprocessors board-level interfaces real-time constraints scheduling timing behavior resource management deterministic system performance and hardware-software integration.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented design design patterns algorithms data structures and maintainable software architecture.
- Ability to work across disciplines and communicate technical decisions clearly to software electrical systems quality and program stakeholders.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job opening.
Desired Skills Technical
- Experience with board bring-up bootloaders kernel configuration device trees device drivers hardware abstraction layers embedded platform debug and hardware debug tools such as oscilloscopes logic analyzers protocol analyzers JTAG/SWD debuggers or similar equipment.
- Ability to read schematics and collaborate with electrical engineering teams to debug hardware-software interactions across electronics circuits sensors signals and common embedded communication interfaces.
- Awareness of embedded cybersecurity principles including secure boot encryption authentication vulnerability mitigation device hardening software update integrity and secure development practices.
- Experience analyzing software performance memory usage timing behavior startup behavior and system-level reliability in constrained embedded environments.
- Experience developing software compliant with IEC/ISO 62304 Software Development Lifecycle expectations medical device software practices safety-critical systems or other regulated product development environments.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity code comprehension test generation documentation debugging or workflow automation while maintaining appropriate engineering review and quality controls.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills including the ability to break down ambiguous technical problems document problem statements estimate implementation and test effort create reusable solutions and drive issues to closure through structured engineering execution.
Company Overview
GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition turn ideas into world-changing realities and join an organization where every voice makes a difference and every difference builds a healthier world.
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We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job opening.GE HealthCare offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is anEqual Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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About Company
GE HealthCare provides digital infrastructure, data analytics & decision support tools helps in diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients