Senior Embedded Systems Architect - Medical Devices

AMETEK; Germantown (MD); On-site; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

LKC Technologies in Germantown, Maryland seeks an experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead software architecture and development for a new medical technology platform and the RETeval portfolio.

The role is hands-on, requiring deep embedded systems expertise, real-time timing to microseconds, and collaboration with hardware, clinical, quality, and regulatory teams. You will mentor engineers, define standards, and drive lifecycle management and secure connectivity across devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with embedded systems.
• Experience delivering complex software from concept to production.
• Experience with image acquisition, video processing, or machine vision.
• Experience with real-time systems and microsecond-scale timing.
• Proficient in C/C++.
• Strong embedded software architecture, debugging, optimization, and performance analysis.
• Experience collaborating with hardware engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior software technical authority for LKC Technologies.
• Lead technology decisions for embedded platforms, operating systems, development tools, software frameworks, and related infrastructure.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including hardware, optical, systems, clinical, quality, and regulatory.
• Mentor software engineers and promote design, documentation, testing, and code quality standards.
• Lead the software architecture and development of a new, internet-connected, embedded medical device platform.
• Evaluate and select processors, image sensors, operating systems, middleware, and development frameworks.
• Design software solutions that capture, process, analyze, and manage image and video data.
• Develop real-time control systems with precise timing requirements, including microsecond-level control or synchronization.
• Establish software development infrastructure, including automated testing and deployment practices.
• Support system design reviews, risk assessments, verification, validation, and regulatory support activities.
• Architect secure connectivity solutions for connected devices.
• Architect software licensing and software lifecycle management strategies.
• Contribute to feature enhancements, performance improvements, system integration, and long-term maintainability for existing product platforms, including the RETeval device and associated manufacturing and analysis tools.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++

Real-time systems

Software architecture

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Microsecond timing

Debugging & optimization

Hardware collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Tools

Embedded development tools

Job description

LKC Technologies in Germantown, Maryland seeks an experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead software architecture and development for a new medical technology platform and the RETeval portfolio.

The role is hands-on, requiring deep embedded systems expertise, real-time timing to microseconds, and collaboration with hardware, clinical, quality, and regulatory teams. You will mentor engineers, define standards, and drive lifecycle management and secure connectivity across devices.