About the job:
Since September 1st, 2022, MIKROE has been collaborating with WEST (West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.), a leading U.S. high-tech medical company, as part of a joint R&D initiative. Together, we’ve established a development center in Belgrade, dedicated to creating cutting-edge medical devices and solving complex technological challenges in collaboration with teams from Arizona, Israel, India, and Taiwan. Three years into this journey, our team has achieved significant milestones—designing market-leading on-body wearable devices and contributing to advancements in the ever-evolving medical technology landscape. Now, we’re looking for passionate individuals to join us. If you're curious, driven, and innovative—whether you already have experience in the medical field or are eager to gain it—this is your chance. Contribute to a healthier world and be part of something truly meaningful.
Job Summary:
The Embedded Software Engineer requires in-depth knowledge and experience to work autonomously and support existing electrical and electromechanical medical devices and drug delivery systems as well as design the next generation IOT devices.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support embedded software/firmware for existing medical devices
- Develop embedded software/firmware for medical device functionality
- Troubleshoot, improve, and optimize designs from prototypes to mature products
- Facilitate change controls for software changes
- Create and support project documentation
- Support product development plans (schedule, product cost, meeting design inputs)
- Support customer interactions to demonstrate system performance
- Improve processes and procedures to develop high quality products at a minimum cost
- Research, analysis, and problem solving with the generation of appropriate documentation
- Research, analyze and adopt new technologies and work methodologies
- Prepare detailed technical presentations, reports and design documentation as required
- Perform Software code review and mentoring work
- Perform device investigations
- Promote and support an agile and lean development process
- Perform other duties as assigned based on business needs
Basic Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science is required or equivalent experience
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in support of embedded software designs
- Excellent knowledge of C/C++ programming
- Experience with microcontroller architecture, digital circuit design and various communication protocols such as I2C, UART, BLE, USB etc.
- Multidisciplinary knowledge of electronics and software
- Experience in low level and drivers’ development
- Good English communication and writing skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Experience with supporting medical device electromechanical throughout product lifecycle
- Experience with Software Quality and Risk Management standards in medical devices, such as: IEC 62304, FDA 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971.
- Knowledge and experience in Algorithm development
- Knowledge and experience motor control
- Knowledge of C++, Python or other programming languages
- Experience in Static code analyses, working with tools such as Parasoft
- Experience in unit testing environment, specifically Unity Framework
- Experience with ARM architecture (32-bit)
- Ability to read electronic schematic and work with Oscilloscope
- Experience version control, automated build systems and automated testing
