Sr Principal Engineer

Summary:
A Senior Principal Engineer for software will be responsible for development of products and providing creative solutions associated with the design, development, and sustaining engineering for our new and existing software product portfolio. The successful candidate will possess solid hands-on technical abilities, an excitement and energy for product development, and a passion for their work and the impact it has on meeting the needs of patients Essential Duties and Responsibilities: This section contains a list of five to eight primary responsibilities of the work. The incumbent will perform other duties as assigned. Responsible for the architecture and design of a product, makes architecture and design choices for new product development, sustenance activities, field issue resolution etc. Reviews and approves the design of a module/project Owns/leads technology strategy and roadmap for one or more product lines Demonstrates customer focus by ensuring quality of software releases and timely resolution of field reported issues Responsible for analyzing and understanding the product requirements and deriving the Software requirements Identifies key product level technical risks and assists project manager in developing mitigation and recovery plan Review work products and ensure the quality of deliverables Provides input to the test strategies at a product level Provides guidance to development and test teams with respect to overall design and development. Leads and coaches the team members and play an active role in their development. Assess and identify actions to improve the competency (technical/product) of the team. 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. Owns and drives continuous improvement activities by identifying and appropriately escalating process and product quality gaps.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. List knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.
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: a. Analysis and Design: Object oriented architecture, Design Patterns b. Programming: C, C++, Python, C# etc c. Development and Continuous Integration: Visual Studio/Eclipse, SVN, Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, BitBucket, Jira etc. d. OS: Embedded Linux, VxWorks etc. Experience in technically leading project teams involving SW architects and SW design engineers. Demonstrated success in delivering results on technical challenges. Good understanding of Healthcare domain (regulations and standards) and Medical software development process. Education and/or Experience: Include the education and/or experience that is necessary to perform the job satisfactorily. Excellent communication, inter-personal and leadership skills Firm decision maker and shall possess good influencing skills Openness to collaborate in interest of project/organization. Proactive and self-driven, possesses due sense of urgency Shall possess systems mindset and good problem-solving abilities. Working with multisite teams, Quality conscious and Process & customer Oriented Coaching capabilities.