Contract: Staff Software Development Engineer / USA

Software Development Engineer
12+ month contract
Chaska, MN
Hourly Rate: $75/hr

The client is seeking experienced software engineers to assist with a multi-national biotech company with their research and development of their medical device product line!

This is a hands-on job working with internal customers to identify issues, correct bugs, and design performance improvements for our device. The product is an in-vitro diagnostics medical laboratory device, and combines robotics, chemistry, and computing to provide critical test result data to health care professionals.

In this role, you will be working in a Scrum team environment to plan, design, code, and test new features and fixes for the product. You will be expected to ensure all work is thoroughly unit tested, integration tested, and traceability is complete in a compliant way.

This job includes debugging the product via log files and other analysis tools.

Expect to spend time in our in-house laboratories working directly with the engineering team and scientists.

It will be possible to work from home often while the COVID pandemic continues, but occasional on-site work is expected during this period.

Main Technologies in use: C#/.NET, WPF, SQL Server, Windows 10, Azure Dev Ops, GIT

Responsibilities
* Participate actively in team Scrum ceremonies (daily scrum, planning, review, refinement)
* Produce/update software design documentation and programming guides as applicable
* Design and write C#/.NET code
* Write unit tests and design and perform manual bench testing as needed
* Perform peer code reviews to ensure quality
* Work with other engineering functions to find root causes of systemic product issues

Minimum qualifications:
* 4-year degree in Computing, Software, IT, or similar
* 4+ years in a software programming role with an object- oriented language (Main Technologies in use: C#/.NET, WPF, SQL Server, Windows 10, Azure Dev Ops, GIT)
* Excellent technical communication skills, both written and verbal
* Strong critical thinking and problem- solving skills
* Good time management and multitasking capabilities
* Experience with controlling hardware, preferably in a timing-sensitive or real-time environment
Additional Desirable Qualifications:
Has worked with medical devices or in another regulated industry
* Experience working in a Scrum/Agile environment, CSM a plus
* Experience with automated test frameworks