Senior Software Architect

Job TitleSenior Software Architect

Job Description

Senior Software Architect (Embedded)

Exciting opportunity to join the Emergency Care Professional business and collaborate within a global team that designs and develops basic life support solutions (e.g. AED) and advanced life support solutions (e.g. patient monitor, defibrillator).

Your role:

• Supporting the decision making around systems and software for EC Pro products: including support for customer investigations, software defect investigations, software lifecycle maintenance activities and projects enhancing system and software features and behavior.  Providing supporting input to risk management, software process controls, software specifications and software related CAPAs.

• Utilizing a broad experience of medical devices contributing to the architecture of EC Pro product road-mapping, platform development activities, new product advanced development projects and the design of new products.     

• Contributing to complex development tasks; in relation to translating customer and business requirements into embedded electronic systems and software architecture and requirements.  

• Interpreting requirements, reading electronic circuit diagrams, data sheets and understanding the approach to decomposing designs into effective electronic, mechanical, and software sub-systems.

• Contributing to rigorous engineering based in a scientific approach to decision making, design reviews and verification testing aiming to meet customer needs with a strong focus on risk and safety. Contributing to the application of relevant medical device standards applied to EC products including IEC 60601-1, associated IEC 60601-2-xx particular standards and IEC 62304.    Following quality procedures in line with engineering processes needed to attain and maintain medical device regulatory approvals.

• Maintaining team relationships and working technically within the functions in the local business, software related suppliers and with counterparts in EC; in particular working in R&D engineering  with staff in PMO, product management, operations, regulatory and quality.   A significant focus will include interaction with the principal software sub-contractors.

• From competitive salary and performance bonus to family friendly policies, flexible benefits and access to Philips University, a career at Philips comes with all sorts of wonderful benefits.  Be sure to speak to your recruiter about all the benefits on offer.

How we work together

• We believe that we are better together than apart. For this role, this means working in our Farnborough, Hampshire office at least 3 days per week.

You're right for this role if:

• You have an Engineering degree (or equivalent) in a relevant technical specialty.

• Your experienced in embedded electronic / software systems (including communications technologies, such as TCP/IP, ethernet, USB, WiFi, Bluetooth), software design, object-orientated design, APIs, software quality, IEC 62304.

• You are knowledgeable on Linux, or have the capacity to develop this knowledge quickly

• You have worked in product development within an ISO 14971 quality system (preferably including experience of product approvals for EU-MDD, EU-MDR and FDA).

• You would describe yourself as having a flexible attitude, with a willingness to accept and drive change, work with ambiguity & frequent change and have a rigorous approach to problem solving

• Ability to present, write and review engineering documents created by peers.

In return, we offer you a challenging, innovative environment with great opportunities for you to explore. Our benefits are very competitive and designed around your preferences, At Philips, we value that our people can be healthy and do well and that you feel cared for and listened to. We also believe that we are at our best as a company when you are at yours as a person.  Thus, we offer competitive benefits, a flexible work schedule and access to regular local health & well-being focused activities.  

About Philips

We are a health technology company.  We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

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