Principal Engineer, Software Development

Date: Dec 11, 2024

Location: Morrisville, NC, US

Company: Teleflex

Expected Travel: Up to 10%

Requisition ID: 11508

 

About Teleflex Incorporated

As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare. 
 
Teleflex is the home of Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose.
 
At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare.  For more information, please visit teleflex.com.

 

Vascular Access – Built on a history of innovation, our Arrow® brand of technically advanced vascular access devices are renowned throughout the world. Many of our vascular access products have antimicrobial and antithrombogenic protection designed to reduce vascular-related complications and include long and short dwell central venous catheters (CVC), sheath introducers, arterial lines, peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC), as well as specialty devices and an advanced vascular positioning system to facilitate precise placement of a PICC or CVC near the heart. Join a dynamic, growing team that offers healthcare providers an array of medical technology solutions that make a difference in patients’ lives.

Position Summary

At Teleflex, we are committed to empowering the future of healthcare.
As a Principal Engineer specializing in Software, you will lead technological innovations in vascular positioning systems, including artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), application software, and embedded software systems. This role involves providing strategic cross-functional technical leadership to ensure alignment with best practices and frameworks for delivering high-quality software solutions. You will be responsible for driving software excellence and achieving reliable and predictable software market releases.

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Principal Responsibilities

  • Create a product software architecture strategy to ensure software systems' scalability, reliability, and maintainability for connected medical systems.
  • Lead design control activities and documentation efforts, including requirements, risk assessments and mitigation, traceability, V&V protocols and reports, coding reviews, and software releases.
  • Establish the best medical device software development practices within the growing business franchise.
  • Oversee the end-to-end delivery process of our applications, ensuring smooth and efficient operations from initial planning through development, testing, and deployment of software features.
  • Manage SW Developers, third-party designers, vendors, and contractors to deliver high-quality engineering solutions.
  • Comply with Teleflex’s code of Ethics, the company’s Quality System, and all company policies, rules, and housekeeping standards.

Education / Experience Requirements

•    Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with appropriate experience (Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering).
•    12+ years of software development in senior development and lead roles, preferably in medical devices or regulated industries, with a proven track record of deployment in commercial products.

Specialized Skills / Other Requirements

•    Proven experience as SW Team Leader, taking product ideas to market success.
•    Experience in Agile, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, Source Code Management, Verification Automation, Scrum, and software life cycle development in a regulated environment.
•    Experience with medical device regulatory standards such as 21 CFR Part 820, IEC 60601, IEC 62304, and ISO 13485, including experience with system risk, hazard analysis, and DFMEA.
•    Deep commitment to understanding and solving problems for end users, with an ability to translate into software requirements, design, and test specifications.
•    Highly motivated to develop talent, mentor, and build high-performance teams.
•    Track record of strong cross-functional collaboration, influence without authority, and project management, enabling highly effective project teams. 
•    Proven self-starter who runs towards critical issues, ambiguous requirements, or loosely defined challenges with a demonstrated ability to rally teams to achieve business results.
•    Comfortable debugging complex integrated systems spanning hardware, embedded, and application software in medical devices.
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
•    Able to travel domestically and internationally (up to 10%)

At Teleflex, we follow a comprehensive hiring process. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from agency recruiters or 3rd party firms. We do not make unsolicited job offers. We do not ask for money or require equipment purchase up-front.

 

Teleflex, Inc. is an affirmative action & equal opportunity employer. D/V/M/F. Applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status. If you require accommodation to apply for a position, please contact us at: 877-880-8588 or Talent@Teleflex.com.

 

Teleflex, the Teleflex logo, Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Teleflex Incorporated or its affiliates, in the U.S. and/or other countries. 
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