Philips Software Development Lead Embedded SW 

United Kingdom, England, Rushmoor 

922398583

Your role:

• Embedded Software Development: Lead the design, development, and sustainment of embedded software in collaboration with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.

• System and Software Support: Provide technical support for customer and product investigations, defect resolution, lifecycle maintenance, and feature enhancements.

• Process and Documentation: Contribute to software process controls, design documentation, risk management activities, and CAPA processes.

• Requirements and Architecture: Translate customer and business requirements into robust embedded systems and software architectures, ensuring alignment with product goals.

• Technical Analysis: Interpret technical documentation such as circuit diagrams and datasheets, and decompose complex designs into integrated electronic, mechanical, and software subsystems.

• Engineering Excellence: Apply rigorous, science-based engineering practices to design reviews, decision-making, problem solving and verification testing, with a strong focus on risk management and safety.

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to relevant medical device standards (e.g., IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-2-xx, IEC 62304) and quality procedures necessary for regulatory approvals.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Foster strong working relationships across R&D, PMO, product management, operations, regulatory, and quality teams, with a particular focus on coordination with principal software subcontractors.

• Technical mentorship and guidance: Operate as a technical leader within the team, providing guidance, support and oversight as appropriate

• Be sure to speak to your recruiter about all the salary, bonus and benefits on offer.

How we work together

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

You’re right for this role if:

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

• Your experience has been ideally gained in medical devices, but would also consider other regulated industries (pharma, aerospace, automotive).

• You have experience leading software development in an embedded Linux environment.

• You are experienced in embedded electronic / software systems (including comms technologies like TCP/IP, ethernet, USB, WiFi, Bluetooth), software design, object-orientated design, APIs, software quality, IEC 62304.

• 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 have a flexible attitude, with a willingness to accept and drive change, work within a dynamic environment

• You are a clear and concise communicator, with the ability to present to a broad range of stakeholders

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