Purpose/Objective:

  The Associate Principal Engineer, Software will be responsible for the design and development of next-generation histology product platform of Leica Biosystems. Responsibilities of the incumbent will include leading overall software lifecycle activities and the development of application-level software. This position works intensely with global cross-functional team to meet/exceed business and quality objectives of Danaher Corporation.

Area of Responsibilities:

  Lead the software architecture design of new histology products.  Lead design and testing effort for full software development lifecycle with an Agile/Scrum environment.  Participate in system workflow design to meet specification.  Lead the system architecture and integration across system, hardware/firmware, and software as a Tech Lead role.  Lead the handling of large-scale technical debt and refactoring.  Collaborate with global teams to ensure project on-time delivery.  Collaborate with global teams to drive synergies across common platform.  Work with cross-functional team to ensure medical product design meets the requirement for quality, manufacturing, cost, service, and regulation.

Person Specification：

Skills / Competencies  Strong C/C++ programming skills; Master more than one other programming language.  Good knowledge of software and application design and architecture.  Good knowledge of UML and other modelling methods.  Hands-on experience in complex software system architecture and UML modelling.  Extensive knowledge of agile methodologies.  Good knowledge of medical system and hardware.  Understanding of software quality assurance principles.  Good English written and verbal communication skills.  Expert in responsible area.  Can lead multidisciplinary task.  Proactively drive platform establishment.  Lead DBS tool deployment to drive the continuous improvement.  Lead Kaizen identification and Implementation.  Mentor/coach IC for competence development.  Lead competence development of core team.  Influence to drive CFT team to handle complicated problem and solve conflict.  Smooth communication within global team on daily work.

Functional knowledge  Demonstrates and applies conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and is able to apply knowledge in related disciplines.

Business expertise   Applies knowledge of best practices and analyses which best practices should be applied in own team to achieve differentiation in the market.

LeadershipActs as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements.

Problem solvingDemonstrated ability to leverage PSP to solve complex problems independently; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on limited set of data.

Impact  Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies.

Interpersonal Skills  Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus.

EducationBachelor/Master’s in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Automation, or related field.

Experience8+ years of solid embedded software development experience across multiple platforms and technologies.3+ years of experience of software architecture design.Working experience in Medical Device is preferred.

TravelAs necessary

 LanguageNative Chinese & Good English.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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