Director of Software Engineering - Life Sciences DevSecOps

Leica Biosystems Inc.; Melbourne; Sur place; AUD 230 000 - 290 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Leica Biosystems, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia, is seeking a Director of Software Engineering for an on-site role within the Advanced Staining Instruments R&D team. You will lead software across applications, firmware, verification, cybersecurity, architecture, DevSecOps and quality to deliver roadmaps and sustain performance.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software leadership, strong system-level thinking, and a track record of delivering compliant, secure software in regulated

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Electronics Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years of software engineering leadership experience delivering complex products and leading agile or scrum teams in quality-critical environments.
• Experience delivering application software and embedded software, with a strong understanding of hardware dependencies.
• Strong technical foundation across software architecture, modern development practices, software quality, cybersecurity and lifecycle management, with the ability to critically evaluate risks, alternatives, and long-term implications of technical decisions.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary software engineering teams in matrixed organisations, influencing stakeholders and aligning engineering priorities with business objectives.
• Experience driving organisational transformation, engineering capability growth and delivery performance improvements through data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing software engineering budgets, resource planning, external software partners, and vendor delivery performance, with demonstrated commercial acumen and accountability for delivery outcomes.

Responsabilités

• Lead the software engineering organisation to deliver high-quality, secure, reliable and compliant software solutions that meet product, customer and business objectives.
• Define and execute the software engineering strategy in alignment with product roadmaps, R&D priorities, and long-term business goals.
• Drive delivery excellence across new product development, lifecycle engineering and sustaining activities through strong planning, execution and accountability.
• Advance modern software engineering practices, including DevSecOps, AI-enabled productivity, specification-driven development, automation and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical leadership and governance for software architecture, engineering standards, technology direction, and major technical decisions.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing software engineering organisation, building capability through talent development, succession planning and scalable workforce planning.
• Partner cross-functionally across Product Management, Program Management, Systems Engineering, R&D and global Leica Biosystems/Danaher teams to align priorities, risks, resources and delivery performance.

Connaissances

Software leadership

Agile teams

DevSecOps

Cybersecurity

Software architecture

Formation

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field

Description du poste

Leica Biosystems, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia, is seeking a Director of Software Engineering for an on-site role within the Advanced Staining Instruments R&D team. You will lead software across applications, firmware, verification, cybersecurity, architecture, DevSecOps and quality to deliver roadmaps and sustain performance.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software leadership, strong system-level thinking, and a track record of delivering compliant, secure software in regulated