Director of Software - Critical Care

Do you want to join us in helping to fightthe world’s most threatening diseases and enabling access to care for morepeople around the world?

At Siemens Healthineers, we pioneer breakthroughs inhealthcare.For everyone. Everywhere.Sustainably.

We offer you a flexible and dynamicenvironment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone to growpersonally and professionally.

Sound interesting? Then come and join our globalteam as a Directorof Software, Critical Care to be responsiblefor leading teams comprising of software development professionals and manager(s)at multiple geographical locations.

Director of Software will drive the nextgeneration software development as well as on-market software changes for CriticalCare device portfolio within the Point of Care (POC) diagnostics business ofSiemens Healthineers.

Our global team : We are a team of 70,000 highly dedicated employees acrossmore than 70 countries passionately pushing the boundaries of what’s possiblein healthcare to help improve people’s lives around the world.

As a leader inthe industry, we aspire to create better outcomes and experiences for patientsno matter where they live or what health issues they are facing.

Our portfolio,spanning from in-vitro and in-vivo diagnostics to image-guided therapy andinnovative cancer care, is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatmentpathways.

This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for thenext step in their career.

As a Directorof Software, Critical Care you will be responsiblefor :

• Ensuringsoftware developed for Critical Care devices are of highest quality complyingwith Siemens Healthineers software development processes and developmentmilestone requirements with required documentation.
• Collaboratingwith project management, R&D leadership, and key stakeholders to create andmaintain software resource allocation plans to ensure adequate support ofprioritized projects and deliver to committed timelines.
• Identifyingrisks and issues early and react promptly with mitigations, re-assignments, andcommunication to leadership.
• Recognizing,hire, and develop talent with a goal towards building a strong softwareengineering department positioned for future growth and for sustainablecontribution to new product development and on-market product support efforts.
• Maintaininga very strong focus on adherence to company policies and procedures as well asbe up to date with product security and product safety topics.
• Planningand executing design realization and design change implementations on multipleproduct lines within the Critical Care portfolio based on sound productarchitecture with accountability for performance and quality.
• Deployingand / or creating, as needed, software engineering processes, practices,lifecycle processes and documentation that are consistent with standardsrequired by Health Canada, FDA and world regulatory bodies.

This position may suit you best if what is below sounds familiar and appealing to you, inaddition to wanting to develop your career with Healthineers.

• Adept at leading diverse teams of softwaredevelopment professionals and managers across geographic locations
• Are highly skilled with planning and executing designrealization
• Comfortableworking with Marketing, R&D, Informatics, and other stakeholders to definesoftware / product features which will realize high healthcare diagnosticsvalues for patients and service providers.
• Are an exceptional communicator and team motivator

Required skills tohave for the success of this role :

Minimum a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline and / or an equivalent combination of education and technical experience involving coding.

Advanced degrees preferred.

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in software functional management role and working knowledge of utilizing advanced tools and methods for software development.
• Experienced with leading, guiding, and mentoring other engineersand engineering managers to navigate successfully through project challengeswhile maintaining focus on individual career development objectives andlong-term growth of the departmental capabilities and efficiencies.
• Experienced with performance management through individualdevelopment plans, expectations, evaluations, and lessons-learned tocontinuously improve team’s performance.
• Requires broad knowledge of softwaredevelopment environment, technologies and tools or specialization in a combination thereof :
• Embedded software development with OO programminglanguage such as C / C++ or equivalent and in-depth knowledge of embeddedarchitectures.
• Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), driverdevelopment in POSIX-compliantmulti-threaded operating systems (preferably QNX), ARM programming and common software tools such asGCC, SubVersion, IAR and Eclipse, or similar.
• Network communication protocols, including wirelesssuch as Bluetooth and WiFi, serial interfaces SPI, I2C, RSR232 and USB,software testing using embedded debugging tools and hardware / lab equipment.
• Mobile applications development (Android, WindowsMobile) in multi-core systems or heterogeneous multi-processor systems andapplicable technologies that include .

NET, Visual Studio,REACT, Android Studio, SVN, Git, Java, Xamarin / Mono.

• Database centric application development,relational database design and development (SQL Server or MS SQL Server) andapplicable technologies C#, JSON,WPF.
• Working knowledge of FDA, ISO, IVDD or IVDR regulations for medical devices.
• Agile and Scrum management of software development projects.

Siemens Healthineers is proud to be a Great Place to Work®certified company in Canada for 2020-2024, 2022 Best Workplaces™ inManufacturing, 2022 Best Workplaces™ for Health Care and 2022 Best Workplaces™for Hybrid Work.

At Siemens Healthineers, we value those whodedicate their energy and passion to a greater cause. Our people make us uniqueas an employer in the med-tech industry.

What unites and motivates our globalteam is the inspiration of our common purpose : To innovate for healthcare, building on our remarkable legacy ofpioneering ideas that translate into even better healthcare products andservices.

We recognize that taking ownership of our work allows both us and thecompany to grow. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment and the spaceto move beyond your comfort zone to grow both personally and professionally.

If you wantto join us in transforming the way healthcare is delivered, visit our careersite at :

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