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

This is where your work saves lives

Baxter’s mission is to save and sustain lives. As a Principal Embedded Software Engineer, your work contributes directly to achieving that mission and making a significant impact on others. Its challenging work, but we help each other. Our teams collaborate multi-functionally and work together to achieve the best outcome for patients and caregivers!

Our colleagues within our R&D organization desire to work on products that make a significant difference in others' lives. We are motivated by the power of collaboration and are natural leaders who are skilled at influencing others.

Your team

Baxter provides one of the broadest Parenteral Nutrition portfolios globally, which includes premix IV solutions, vitamins and lipids, as well as pharmacy workflow management, labeling, compounding technology and enteral nutrition syringes and accessories. The Clinical Nutrition Device team leads a portfolio of devices and technology solutions to facilitate automated and manual compounding, and pharmacy workflows.

As a Principal Embedded Software Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and delivering innovative healthcare solutions in alignment with the Clinical Nutrition strategic direction and operational priorities.  The ideal candidate will possess a solid understanding of Agile software development techniques and can effectively apply them to software development efforts for new and existing products in the clinical nutrition portfolio.  

What you'll be doing

• Planning and execution of a workstream or defined piece of a larger project. This includes constructing and running project schedules, leading execution teams and performing execution tasks, working with development groups/technical support groups.
• Devise innovative approaches to sophisticated problems through adaptations and able to propose alternative designs and concepts.
• Collaborating with internal multi-functional teams, end users, and third party contacts to design, develop, document, and maintain software timelines for various projects for both embedded and application software.
• Transform software requirements into a software architecture. Participate in code reviews and establish software project timelines.
• Apply system engineering principles, methods, and techniques, including Requirements Management, Risk Management and Configuration Management to software/device development.
• Support Cybersecurity assessments and defect management.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field with 5 - 8+ years of related experience required.
• Experience in software engineering using C/C++.
• Experience developing software in Linux and Windows environments.
• Understanding of Yocto build systems, Python, Cyber Security concepts and methods, and medical device development is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented designs applying design patterns, and SOLID design principles.
• Validated technical understanding of the principles and procedures of software engineering (e.g. SDLC, IEC 62304, CMMI, Agile).
• Experience with medical device software engineering (e.g., software development environments, configuration management tools, code inspection techniques and tools, testing methods and test management tools).
• Knowledgeable with Yocto build systems, Requirements, Risk, Configuration Management is preferred.

The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Reasonable Accommodations

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