Staff Software Engineer, Valence

ATEC Spine, Inc.; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Alphatec Spine, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to advance our intra-op spine navigation and robotics software. You will lead software and test engineers, design and implement C++ applications on Unix/Linux, and ensure products meet quality and regulatory standards.

You will collaborate across R&D, marketing, and clinical teams, participate in requirements reviews and risk assessments, and mentor junior staff while traveling up to 15% to support surgical cases and clinical prototyping.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing surgical navigation or equivalent medical devices.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Proficient in C++ development on Linux with Qt experience a plus.
• Experience with IEC 62304 and FDA-regulated environments.
• Strong leadership, time management, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and mentor software and test engineers.
• Design, develop, test, and document software applications for surgical navigation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan features and regulatory strategies.
• Perform architecture decisions and contribute to roadmap.
• Travel up to 15%.

Skills

C++ development

Linux development

Surgical navigation

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Qt framework

GIT/Azure DevOps

Job description

The Staff Software Engineer position will support software development for ATEC's surgical navigation and robotics platform. They will have the responsibility and authority to develop and perform activities for software development to ensure ATEC’s cutting edge medical products meet our user's needs and our quality and reliability standards. This position requires application of technical expertise to independently determine and develop approaches to solve complex technical problems with ingenuity and creativity.

Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other software and test engineers. Designing, developing, testing, maintaining and documenting/validating software applications. Participate in all phases of product development as needed such as reviewing requirements, design, usability, risk assessment, and testing execution. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments. Interfacing with mechanical, electrical, systems, software and test engineers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Technical leadership in development of intra-op spine navigation applications, including software architectural design, prioritization and planning of feature development, cross-functional collaboration to drive regulatory approval (510k), and contribution to future roadmap decisions
• Design and implement high quality applications and frameworks targeting the Unix/Linux platform
• Design and implement application software in C++
• Perform integration and system level testing of software and software/hardware systems
• Collaborate with marketing and cross-functional R&D teams to support evaluation, prioritization, and detailed definition of future product features
• Develop documentation related to software development projects (design artifacts, test plans/cases, etc.)
• Perform task estimation and develop software projects according to project plan
• Manage multiple tasks/projects and priorities
• Mentor the Junior resources and take ownership of the end-to-end module delivery
• Attend surgical cases, engage with surgeons, and maintain familiarity with current company endeavors across technical areas
• Work closely with R&D and Marketing teams to support clinical prototyping, testing, and formal evaluation in cadaveric surgical lab settings
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Proven success in providing technical direction for medical devices used in an intra-operative clinical setting. Experience with surgical navigation highly desired.
• Experienced at delivering robust and reliable mission critical medical device systems (IEC 62304)
• Proficient in C++ development in Linux environment. Experience with Qt framework is a plus
• Proven experience in architectural design decisions and tradeoffs for evolving codebases (e.g. rewrite vs. retain, code framework and language choices, architecture decisions)
• Fluent with 3D spatial geometry for navigation systems, including coordinate transforms, linear algebra, registration
• Fluency with 3D volumetric imaging (such as CT, CBCT, MRI) and medical image data formats (DICOM)
• Experience with image processing and rendering toolkits such as VTK, ITK, OpenCV
• Experience building and testing software applications that use 2D-to-3D image registration. Familiarity with camera calibration algorithms a plus
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies, GIT/Azure DevOps
• Experience in an FDA regulated environment required
• Excellent leadership, time management, communication (written and verbal), decision-making, presentation, and organization skills

Education and Experience

• 8+ years experience in development of surgical navigation or equivalent medical device products
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred

Equal Employment Opportunity & Other Disclosures

ATEC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state or local laws. Further, ATEC will make reasonable accommodations that are necessary to comply with disability discrimination laws.

For roles based in the United States that require access to hospital facilities, must be eligible for and maintain credentials at all required hospitals, including meeting any applicable physical requirements or vaccination requirements (including the COVID-19 vaccine, as applicable).

At this time, ATEC Spine does not sponsor employment visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.

Salary Range

Alphatec Spine, Inc. complies with state and federal wage and hour laws and compensation depends upon candidate’s qualifications, education, skill set, years of experience, and internal equity. $130,000 - $145,000 Full-Time Annual Salary