Principal Infrastructure & System Software Engineer

You will:

• Be our technical expert for all things relating to system software infrastructure
• Own the architecture, implementation, and system documentation of the core software infrastructure for our powerful medical grade compute platform and robotics system
• Evaluate and select an operating system configuration (e.g. Linux variant, QNX, etc.) for our high performance medical grade system, including multiprocessor or virtualization architecture definition as needed
• Evaluate and select 3rd party frameworks and tooling for real-time orchestration, inter-process communication, hardware support, and other key system functionality (e.g. ROS2, DDS, Qt, etc.)
• Assist with evaluation and selection of our compute platform
• Develop flexible and modular architecture and interfaces that will allow subsystem-by-subsystem migration from prototype to medical grade production software including comprehensive unit and integration tests
• Develop interfaces to 3rd party hardware
• Build and maintain robust logging, record, and playback systems to support debugging, verification, and root-cause investigation
• Implement cybersecurity best practices
• Define and document a highly automated CI/CD pipeline ensuring determinism and code quality, including static analysis and unit and integration testing
• Help develop secure and scalable infrastructure for data storage and model training
• Help define and document a software development process that combines best practices of modern high reliability software development with a regulatory v-model framework
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to define and review requirements, test plans, and acceptance criteria; support risk analysis, design reviews, and root-cause investigations
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to other engineers in your domain

You are:

• 9+ years of experience in systems and infrastructure software engineering with demonstrated ability to deliver the types of software described above
• Experienced with production software development in an environment with high reliability requirements, preferably under a regulatory regime
• Deeply knowledgeable about Linux/OS fundamentals and how distributions are controlled and maintained
• Experienced in evaluating, selecting, and packaging 3rd party frameworks and libraries
• Experienced with systems infrastructure for high-performance edge compute platforms, CPU/GPU interfaces, memory access and alignment, caching, latency etc.
• Experienced with hardware interfaces
• Strong proficiency in C++ and/or Python, with a firm grasp of real-time performance considerations, memory management, and software design patterns
• Deep knowledge of git workflows, automations, and CI/CD pipelines and tooling
• A good collaborator who understands the importance of clear communication and humility
• Able to clearly convey complex tradeoffs to cross-functional teams and external partners

Bonus Points:

• Experience in the medical device industry, ideally with interventional or robotic systems, working knowledge of medical device software requirements
• Experience developing software under a regulatory framework such as medical device (e.g., IEC 62304, IEC 60601), functional safety (IEC 61508, ISO 13849), or automotive (ISO 26262)
• Experience with robotics or autonomous systems
• Experience with RTOS/embedded systems
• Experience with packaging in source-based Linux distributions (Yocto, Gentoo, etc.)