Embedded Software & Electronics Engineer

Job description

Location: Hull
Smith & Nephew is a global medical technology business dedicated to helping improve people's lives. We have almost 14,000 employees and a presence in more than 90 countries. The Wound Management Division of Smith & Nephew is a growing global business helping people with serious wounds to regain their lives. Innovation is a core value at Smith & Nephew, and the development of new products to advance the treatment of serious wounds is a key driver of our growth. Our range of products includes market leading dressings as well as advanced electro-mechanical devices such as Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Hydrosurgery products. The UK R&D group is growing rapidly, and several opportunities at our Hull Innovation Centre have arisen.

Job Summary:

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join Smith and Nephew in this newly created position within the UK New Product Development (NPD) team working as an Embedded Software Engineer . Reporting into the NPD Project Manager or Principle Engineer, the Embedded Software Engineer will have responsibility for providing guidance and direction to project teams on the design and implementation of sound Electronics and Embedded Software design for Medical Devices. The successful candidate will manage external design partners to ensure that Electronics and Software design and related design tasks are completed effectively, delivering the specified attributes.
Your role will execute packages of Electronics and Software design and systems integration including producing designs and CAD, test regimes and formal design documentation.

What will the job involve?
The Embedded Software Engineer will act as a lead on product development products, providing engineering guidance to product development teams in the design and development of medical devices. You will be comfortable supporting complex or novel assignments requiring the development of new or improved technologies or methods of application. Work is expected to result in the development of new or refined technologies, products, materials, processes, equipment, and or scientific methods. You will contribute to the definition and documentation of system-level architectures of electromechanical medical devices.

The Embedded Software Engineer will be seen as an example of engineering excellence applying technical rigor in problem solving and analysis. You will have a passion for sharing knowledge as you may be required to mentor and teach less experienced members of the engineering team.
You will partner with Manufacturing Engineering to assist in developing test methods, equipment acquisition for new product testing, validations/qualifications, statistical analysis of date for significance, and other documented requirements for quality objectives.
You will be able to demonstrate positive role model behavior and the ability to work within a diverse team environment.

Desired profile

Degree Educated in appropriate engineering discipline (e.g. Electronics and Software or Biomedical Engineering) required.

Experience / Knowledge:


Significant relevant new product development, requirements management, risk management, verification & validation, and technical leadership experience within an FDA regulated industry required.

Technical experience with electrical medical equipment with embedded software controls preferred.

Technical experience with sterile disposable medical devices preferred.
Medical device manufacturing experience preferable.

Experience in design of Electronics and Software test regimes, system testing, design verification, and documentation.

Experience in regulated design environments – specifically medical device development, FDA and ISO environment, manufacturing processes, UL and IEC standards.

Please note there may be the requirement to travel throughout the EU & Internationally up to 20% of the time to co-ordinate project activities.