Senior Software Architect Engineer permanent position at San Jose, CA

MIT RESOURCE - San Jose, CA

Full-time - Senior

San Jose, CA

About the position

The Senior Software Architect Engineer will lead the software architecture development for a medical device company, focusing on advancing the surgical planning system to the next generation. This role involves designing a robust software development platform for creating and deploying surgical planning applications, ensuring high standards of performance, reliability, and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Drive the software architecture development for the surgical planning system.
• Design and produce a well-structured software development platform for surgical planning applications.
• Employ expertise in software engineering, open source and commercial toolkits, and data processing.
• Implement hierarchy structures for independent software modules using modern design patterns.
• Mentor team members on software design activities and best practices.
• Refactor and package existing and new functionality for organizational use.
• Interact with clinical users to understand the surgical planning domain for orthopedic procedures.
• Produce required technical and regulatory documentation within a quality system environment.
• Execute development plans aligned with department goals.

Requirements

• Master's degree or PhD in computer science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience as a software architect.
• Extensive experience with C++ language constructs and application design.
• Experience with open source and commercial toolkits for data management and visualization (e.g., ITK, VTK).
• Familiarity with 3D Slicer project architecture is a plus.
• Experience with deployable data management workflows and databases.
• Comfortable designing configuration and version management strategies.
• Experience with modern UI/UX design tools and techniques, such as Qt.
• Medical image data processing experience, particularly with CT scan data, is a plus.
• Familiarity with regulatory environments and design controls is a plus.
• Good organizational and excellent communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with 3D Slicer project architecture.
• Medical image data processing experience, particularly with CT scan data.
• Experience with regulatory environments, design controls, and 510(k) submissions.