Senior Software Engineer

Meet Life Sciences; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Meet Life Sciences is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead embedded software development for complex medical devices. You will drive architecture, requirements, and production-quality code in collaboration with cross-functional teams and clients.

Responsibilities include defining software requirements, guiding the full lifecycle from design to testing, mentoring engineers, and ensuring compliance with FDA regulations and IEC 62304.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field.
• 5–9+ years embedded software experience.
• Experience leading small software teams.
• Experience with FDA-regulated development and IEC 62304.

Responsibilities

• Lead embedded software development across full lifecycle.
• Define and allocate software requirements with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Develop software architecture and make decisions on performance, safety, cost, maintainability.
• Lead small software engineering teams through planning, delegation, execution and delivery.
• Design, implement, test, and integrate production-quality software.
• Own technical quality across architecture, code, design and artifacts.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to process improvements and libraries.
• Ensure software aligns with FDA regulations and IEC 62304.

Skills

Embedded Linux

Yocto Project

SoMs

Driver configuration

C++

C#

C

Multithreading

Qt/QML

ThreadX

Regulatory compliance

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

Qt/QML

Yocto Project

BSP development

Job description

Senior Software Engineer – Embedded Medical Devices

St. Paul, MN

We’re partnering with an innovative medical device engineering organization seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead embedded software development across complex, life-changing medical technologies.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you’ll work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams and clients to take software from requirements and architecture through development, testing, and integration.

What You’ll Do

• Lead embedded software development across the full software development lifecycle
• Define and allocate software requirements in collaboration with clients and cross-functional engineering teams
• Develop software architecture and make key decisions around functionality, performance, cost, maintainability, safety, and security
• Lead small software engineering teams through planning, delegation, execution, and delivery
• Design, implement, test, and integrate production-quality software
• Own technical quality across architecture, code, design, and software artifacts
• Mentor engineers and contribute to process improvements and internal software libraries
• Ensure software development aligns with FDA regulations and IEC 62304

What You Bring

• BS, MS, or equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 5–9+ years of embedded software development experience, ideally within medical devices or another regulated industry
• Experience leading small software engineering teams
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work directly with clients and cross-functional teams
• Significant experience with embedded Linux, SoMs, Yocto Project/BSP, and driver configuration
• Expert-level experience with C++, C#, and/or C, including multithreading and multiprocessing
• Strong software architecture, design, and testing experience across unit, integration, and system levels
• Experience with GUI development and frameworks such as Qt/QML is highly desirable
• Experience with microcontrollers, RTOS environments such as ThreadX, and device driver development
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with FDA-regulated software development and IEC 62304