Senior Software Technologist - C++

Job Title

Senior Software Technologist - C++

Job Description

Minimum required Education:
Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent.

Job title:
Senior Software Technologist
 

Your role:

• Own design, develop and test software components for patient monitoring within the interoperability and connectivity scope. This includes implementation of a framework to support third party device integration with our patient monitors. 

• Analyze software, functional requirements to design and develop high‑quality software. 

• Write efficient, maintainable code in C++ for embedded Linux systems following best practices and design patterns. 

• Implement unit and component tests and develop automated test suites using GoogleTest (GTest) and Gherkin‑based BDD 

• Participate in an international Scrum team and engage in Scrum rituals, collaborating closely with device interoperability experts, software developers, and architects. 

• Adopt AI-enabled development tools and demonstrate measurable productivity improvements. 

• Support software lifecycle management activities including documentation, sustaining engineering, defect resolution, and platform evolution.  

• Optimize application performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in resource-constrained embedded Linux environments. 

You're the right fit if:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics, or related technical field. 

• 10+ year experience in embedded Linux with hands-on with advanced C++ (17/20/23). 

• Strong command of object-oriented programming, memory management, multithreading, and performance optimization.   

• Good to have experience in Interoperability using HL7/FHIR/IEEE 11073 SDC in clinical environments. 

• Experience with technical documentation, code reviews, and compliance with medical software development processes (e.g., IEC 62304).   

• Experience with unit testing framework, Python, Gtest, Gherkin, and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) for component testing and automation. 

• Communication protocols - TCP/UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, WebSockets, RS-232 protocol. 

• Security-by-design: Threat modelling, TLS, certificate management, vulnerability management. 

• Tooling: Git, ADO/GitHub, Visual Studio, VS Code, CMake, unit/integration testing, static/dynamic analysis. 

• Nice to have: gRPC/Protobuf, MQTT, Python for tooling/test harnesses, exposure to FDA/EU MDR expectations. 

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
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About Philips
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.

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