Principal Eng, Software - GSS

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You'll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients.

Baxter's products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work.

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives—where your purpose accelerates our mission.

Your Role at Baxter:

The Principal Engineer- Software is responsible for developing products and finding creative solutions for our software product portfolio. They should have technical skills, enthusiasm for product development, and a passion for meeting patient needs.

What will you be doing!

Responsible for the architecture and design of a module/project, makes architecture and design choices for new product development, sustenance activities, field issue resolution etc.

Identifies technical problems, provides innovative, creative solutions and shares technical knowledge with team.

Generates alternatives and takes reasonable risks while solving technical problems.

Reviews and approves the design of a module/project

Owns/leads technology strategy and roadmap for the product line

Demonstrates customer focus by ensuring quality of software releases and timely resolution of field reported issues

Responsible for analyzing and understanding the requirements.

Assists the project coordinator in identifying critical technical risks at the module/product level and collaborates on developing mitigation and recovery plans

Review work products to maintain high quality standards

Provides input to the test strategies at a product level

Provides mentorship to development and test teams with respect to overall design and development.

Drives the application of principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and testing techniques.

Identifies and advances continuous improvement activities by pointing out process and product quality gaps.

Partner closely with the Project Coordinator to identify and resolve engineering issues and changes. Ensure that products meet all performance and functional criteria within the specified project schedule, with mentorship provided as needed.

Lead in design/change reviews with the Sustaining Team and Engineering Change Board – rationalise design detail and collaborate with other team members

Challenges project teams and established work processes and proactively finds creative methods to reach desired performance levels

Collaborate with internal and/or external parties in the development, improvement, and maintenance products.

Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective / Preventive action as needed.

Your Team:

You will be reporting to Software Manager for GSS. This position does not have any direct reports. You will need to work across different functions, including R&D.

Your Location:

The role is located in the BRD facility in Bangalore India.

What You’ll Bring !

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer/ Electronics Engineering or equivalent experience, Computer Science with 9 to 15 years of work experience in embedded SW development.
• Excellent software architecture, design and implementation skills
• Expertise in development and maintenance of Software embedded/distributed systems
• Strong Object-Oriented development and design knowledge and experience

Deep understanding of technology & software development principles:

Analysis and Design: Object oriented architecture, Design Patterns

Programming Languages like Embedded C, C++, Python etc.

Experience in Communication/other protocols: CAN, I2C, Bluetooth, UART, SPI, USB, TCP/IP etc.

Experience with Microcontroller’s like STM32 family, TIVA series, i.MX series

Experience in RTOS (Micrium / FreeRTOS / embOS / µCOS etc). OS scripting and internals.

Experience in Debugging tool like (Oscilloscope/CAN Analyzer/Peak Analyzer/IC5000/J-Link etc)

Experience with Development Environment and toolchain (KEIL/STM32Cube/TIVA/Code Composer Studio) .

Experience with Quantum leaps (QP) framework is a plus

Experience in Development and Continuous Integration tools like Visual Studio/Eclipse, SVN, Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, BitBucket, Jira etc.

Experience in Code Quality tools like Coverity, Fortify, Unit test tools

Experience in technically leading project teams involving SW architects and SW design engineers

Reasonable Accommodations

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