Lead Software Engineer

Meril; Vapi; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Meril in India seeks an experienced software leader to drive development of production-grade medical-device software and surgical navigation systems. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and own system architecture for Android and C++/Qt integrations.

The role requires strong leadership, deep understanding of computer vision, optical tracking, and regulatory-compliant development practices, with collaboration across hardware, CV, QA and regulatory teams for end-to-end releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related technical discipline.
• 7–9+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience delivering production-grade medical-device software or regulated real-time systems.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams of 5+ engineers.
• Translate clinical and engineering requirements into software architecture.
• Balance product delivery, engineering quality, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Strong software architecture

System-design

Android platform architecture

C++

Qt

C#

JNI integration

Computer vision

Pose estimation

Registration

Optical tracking

Medical-device software

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Multidisciplinary teams

Git workflows

Problem solving

Tools

Qt

C++

C#

JNI

Job description

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 7–9+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong experience delivering production-grade medical-device software, surgical navigation systems, embedded vision products, or other regulated real-time systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams of 5+ engineers.
• Strong experience with software architecture and system-level technical leadership.
• Strong experience in Android architecture and application development, preferably including:
• Experience with PC/workstation application development using technologies such as C#, C++, Qt, or equivalent is preferred.
• Practical understanding of optical tracking, pose estimation, registration, and computer-vision pipelines.
• Experience with regulated product development and verification processes.
• Experience working with hardware/software integration.
• Experience with Git and professional software development workflows.
• Experience in orthopaedic navigation, TKR/TKA, surgical robotics, medical imaging, or computer-assisted surgery is highly preferred.

Skills and Competencies:

Technical Skills

• Strong software architecture and system-design skills.
• Strong programming and debugging capabilities.
• Strong understanding of Android platform architecture.
• Understanding of native Android/C++/JNI integration.
• Understanding of optical tracking and pose estimation.
• Understanding of computer vision and camera-based tracking systems.
• Understanding of coordinate systems, transformations, calibration, and registration.
• Understanding of biomechanical angle calculations and surgical navigation workflows.
• Experience with PC/workstation application architecture.
• Strong understanding of software verification and validation.
• Knowledge of IEC 62304 and ISO 14971 is preferred.
• Understanding of medical-device design controls and traceability.
• Ability to analyze system-level performance, accuracy, reliability, and integration issues.
• Strong technical leadership and decision-making capability.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple product workstreams through a shared engineering team.
• Strong communication skills across Software, Hardware, CV, Biomechanics, Clinical, Quality, and Regulatory teams.
• Ability to translate complex clinical and engineering requirements into practical software architecture.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive projects from architecture through verification and release.
• Ability to balance product delivery, engineering quality, regulatory requirements, and long-term maintainability.
• Passion for surgical technology, robotics, computer vision, medical devices, and healthcare innovation.