Staff Software Engineer, R&D

Werfenlife SA.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k plan retirement benefits

Paid vacation and sick leave

Job summary

Werfenlife SA. in San Diego seeks a Staff Software Engineer responsible for design and implementation in software projects. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of ten years of experience and expertise in C++ and embedded systems.

This role offers a competitive salary range of $150,000 to $185,000 along with benefits like medical and retirement plans. If you thrive in a challenging and innovative environment, we invite you to apply.

Qualifications

• Minimum ten years of professional software development experience.
• Deep proficiency in ANSI C and C++.
• Experience launching commercial products to market.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and implementation of software subsystems.
• Drive development of robust software systems in C++ and Qt.
• Ensure traceability across requirements and validation protocols.

Skills

C++

Object-oriented design (OOD)

Agile methodologies

Embedded systems

Qt framework

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Jenkins

JIRA

Job description

Country

United States

Shift

1st

About the Position

Introduction

Werfen

Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. We are a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics in the areas of Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Transfusion, Autoimmunity, and Transplant. Through our Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) business line, we research, develop, and manufacture customized assays and biomaterials. We operate directly in 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors. Our Headquarters and Technology Centers are located in the US and Europe, and our workforce is more than 7,000 strong.

Our success comes from a specific focus in these rapidly evolving diagnostic areas, our commitment to customers, and our dedication to innovation and quality. We’re passionate about providing healthcare professionals the most valuable and complete solutions to improve hospital efficiency and enhance patient care.

Overview

Position Summary

The Staff Software Engineer functions as a technical leader and individual contributor responsible for design and implementation for significant aspects of projects assigned. This role is designed for a strategically minded engineer who excels at translating business and product requirements into flawless software execution. The Staff Software Engineer participates in project planning activities, provides work estimations, and assessments of task complexity. Additionally, the Staff Engineer may mentor and provide direction to junior engineers as needed.

The annual base salary range for this role is currently $150,000 to $185,000. This is a bonus-eligible position. Individual employee compensation will ultimately depend on factors including education, relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, and particular business needs.

This role is eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k plan retirement benefits with an employer match, as well as paid vacation and sick leave.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities

• Systemic Architectural Ownership: Lead the macro-level technical design, architectural layout, and implementation of critical software subsystems and components.
• Technical Execution: Drive the development of robust, and deterministic software systems in C++ and Qt.
• End-to-End Delivery Assurance: Own the creation of critical software lifecycle deliverables, ensuring traceability across requirements, design documentation, source code, and validation protocols.
• Rigorous Risk & Quality Management: Conduct and enforce objective architecture reviews, design verification, code analysis, risk mitigation, and reliability assessments.
• Compliance Standardization: Master and implement company quality processes, producing objective evidence that strictly aligns with FDA, IVDR, and international regulatory guidelines.
• Strategic Project Leadership: Provide decisive technical direction on core projects, optimizing development workflows, enforcing milestone accountability, and eliminating engineering bottlenecks.
• Talent & Process Gatekeeping: Actively participate in technical interviews to vet future department personnel and continuously audit/improve internal software engineering processes.
• Tooling Optimization: Architect and deploy internal software development tools to maximize team efficiency and engineering velocity.

Networking/Key relationships

• Software team members
• Quality Engineering

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a strictly related quantitative field required.
• Minimum ten (10) years of professional software development experience engineering complex embedded systems with a definitive history of successfully launching commercial products to market.
• Deep, expert-level proficiency in ANSI C and C++.

Skills & Capabilities

• Mastery of object-oriented design (OOD) methods, UML modeling, and full-lifecycle software product development within structured Agile methodologies.
• Systems thinking with advanced understanding of complex Software Architectural challenges, resource constraints, and memory management when designing embedded systems.
• Proven ability to accurately estimate engineering work durations, dependencies, and risk factors based strictly on high-level, ambiguous requirements.
• Deep comprehension of real-time concepts on embedded Linux or RTOS platforms, including multi-threaded execution, memory safety, and inter-process communication.
• Ability to independently deconstruct vague product/system-level parameters into rigorous, testable software requirements.
• High proficiency with modern configuration management and CI/CD development ecosystems(Git, Jenkins, JIRA).
• Domain Expertise with Qt framework.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex technical architectures into clear, actionable business strategies for nontechnical stakeholders.

Travel requirementsApproximately 10% of the time.

If you are interested in constantly learning and being challenged on a daily basis we encourage you to submit your resume or CV.

Werfen is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workplace. Werfen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination, harassment or retaliation based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as defined by applicable state or federal law. If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the online application process, please contact [e-mail] for assistance.

We operate directly in over 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors. Annual revenue is approximately $2 billion and more than 7,000 employees around the world comprise our Werfen team.