Senior Robotics Software Engineer

Senior Robotics Software Engineer (Smith & Nephew, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA): Design, develop, and test software for the current and next generation of devices for computer-assisted robotic surgeries. Understand and translate surgical procedure workflows into software workflow to provide the best patient outcome after surgery. Read and understand software requirements and deliver quality medical software [Software in a Medical Device (SiMD), Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)] that meets these requirements. Review designs of team members, debug reported product issues and develop new features for existing products. Understand and apply best practices to support all needed development steps to comply with Medical Device development life cycle processes. Explore and incorporate new technologies to improve products and internal processes. Develop software used to perform orthopedic surgery more accurately and efficiently.

Full time employment, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or a related field plus 5 years of post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related role in the Engineering industry. Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Electronics/Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or a related field plus 2 years of experience in the job offered or related role in the Engineering Industry.

Of the required experience, must have 2 years of experience in each of the following:

• Developing large-scale, multi-threaded, real-time robotic applications using C++
• Design User Interface (UI)/User Experience (UX) using UI toolkits
• Developing in a Linux Operating System and command line programming
• Programming device integration for time-critical inter-device communication such as sockets, USB, Ethernet, or Bluetooth
• Managing and reviewing engineering documents such as design specifications, white paper (IEEE/published papers) for novel applications and architecture documents
• Computer vision/image processing and stereo vision algorithms
• Motion Planning algorithms, DDS middleware or other robotics software.

Must be willing and able to travel up to 10% of the time (100% domestic) to visit other vendors to collaborate on development of products, attend various conferences, visit client sites and participate in projects pertaining to the job duties of the position offered.

Telecommuting permitted up to 30% in the Pittsburgh, PA area.

Smith+Nephew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

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