Looking to take the next step in your software engineering career? STERIS is offering an exciting opportunity for skilled professionals who want to work in a technology-driven environment supporting healthcare and life sciences solutions. If you’re passionate about building innovative software systems, solving technical challenges, and contributing to meaningful products that impact industries worldwide, this Software Engineer position in Ohio could be an excellent opportunity.
Job Overview
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Company Name | STERIS |
| Role | Software Engineer |
| Qualification | Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field |
| Job Location | Mentor, Ohio, USA |
| Salary | $70,000 – $85,000 per year |
| Work Type | Hybrid / On-site |
| Job Type | Full-Time |
| Job Level | Entry Level |
| Industry | Healthcare Technology / Medical Equipment |
Job Description
The Software Engineer I partners with team members to design, development, documentation, and testing of the embedded software solutions for the new and existing medical devices. The Software Engineer I supports and can be responsible for coding, requirements, traceability, feature creation, and unit to system testing. This position is actively learning from other engineers, working within a cross functional team, developing technical skills, building out product knowledge, and creating a foundational familiarity with the quality system requirements.
What You’ll do as a Software Engineer
- Supports the design of the software solutions, build environment, and infrastructure.
- Assist in the design, implements, and maintains efficient, reusable, security, and reliable software code according to corporate standards and procedures for new and sustaining engineering projects, maintaining code quality, organization, and automation.
- Investigates performance, quality, and robustness of software applications.
- Documents software bottlenecks and bugs.
- Participate in risk management activities such as safety classification.
- Collect, analyze, and summarize data to support engineering decisions. Work with cross functional team members (e.g. product management, clinicians, design engineers) to obtain feedback on design ideas and prototypes.
- Follow established procedures when analyzing data and resolving routine technical issues.
- Communicate activity status, results, and roadblocks to the team and stakeholders.
- Build foundational working relationships within the team and across functions.
- Develop technical knowledge in areas such as unit testing, configuration management, integration, code reviews, security, and architecture, to effectively support the technical needs of the organization.
- Adheres to corporate standards and department operating procedures.
The Experience, Abilities and Skills Needed
- Bachelors Degree in Software Engineering or similar field and 1 plus year of relevant experience
- Experience performing routine engineering assignments while learning professional concepts
- Exposure to design control documentation and quality systems
- Experience executing assigned verification testing under guidance
- Familiarity with standard engineering tools and documentation practices
The Preferred Experience, Abilities and Skills
- Practical experience in C/C++, object-oriented analysis and programming, and multi-threaded/multi-tasking programming
- Experience with one or more RTOS systems and the associated system services
- Experience with QNX and/or Linux
- Experience with serial communication (UART, USART, SPI, I2C)
- Interest in working within cross functional teams
- Exposure to medical device or regulated product development environments
- Willingness to learn new technical tools and processes
- Interest in supporting product development activities from concept to release
- Openness to receiving frequent guidance and feedback
- Basic problem solving skills applied to routine tasks
- Ability to document work accurately and succinctly
- Verbal and written communication skills for status reporting
- Teamwork and collaboration skills
- Ability to follow procedures and quality requirements
