Staff Software Developer

Job Description

Title: Staff Software Developer
Job Description:
The Becton Dickinson Diagnostics Systems (BDDS) division is looking for a staff level software developer who has a passion for delivering great software products that meet customer needs.
The right candidate will be a self-motivated, positive person who can work independently as well as being a team player, has excellent debugging/problem solving skills, has built innovative forward-looking solutions and appreciates delivering a quality product.
The candidate will be responsible for writing and documenting board level C#/.NET code and mentoring junior engineers.
The candidate must be self-directed requiring minimal daily direction while collaborating with the team to achieve agreed upon scheduled deliverable work.
The candidate will participate in a full software development life cycle.
Responsibilities:

Works independently to specify, plan, design, develop, test and support software components as assigned
Contributes to project schedule generation including scope of work, duration of tasks, and order of execution
Monitors work progress against schedule commitments, reports progress to leadership in a timely fashion, including when work will not be completed according to schedule milestones
Works with team to establish necessary requirements specifications and test plans for software product validation
Responsible for translating requirements into design and implementation of well-structured and documented software components
Implement new software component designs or enhancements to existing software products; participates in the implementation of more complex subsystems and systems
Troubleshoot/debug issues within existing automation systems and implements modifications to resolve these issues
Participate in technical design reviews and code inspections.
Insure adherence to BDDS development policies and procedures
Ensures compliance to regulatory requirements, BD quality standards and conveys an expectation of high software quality
Qualifications:
Requires a BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related Engineering discipline
Minimum of 7 years of experience in software development through entire product life cycle to develop commercial products
Minimum of 7 years of experience designing and implementing with C#/.NET
Minimum of 5 years of experience with SQL in a .NET development environment required
Demonstrated understanding of multi-threaded software design and development
Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills are essential
Demonstrated understanding of development in a process oriented/regulated environment and adhering to a quality management system
Knowledge of Automation/Process Control experience
Understand Motion Control concepts

Nice-to-Haves:

Experience working in an FDA/ISO-regulated environment is a plus
Experience interacting with any type of instrumentation
Experience with Entity Framework and LINQ
Experience with some of the following skills/technologies is desirable:
JavaScript
Node.JS
Web Services