Staff Software Engineer, Navigation & Robotics

The Staff Software Engineer position will support software development for ATEC's surgical navigation and robotics platform. They will have the responsibility and authority to develop and perform activities for software development to ensure ATEC’s cutting edge medical products meet our user's needs and our quality and reliability standards. This position requires application of technical expertise to independently determine and develop approaches to solve complex technical problems with ingenuity and creativity. 

Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other software and test engineers. Designing, developing, testing, maintaining and documenting/validating software applications. Participate in all phases of product development as needed such as reviewing requirements, design, usability, risk assessment, and testing execution. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments. Interfacing with mechanical, electrical, systems, software and test engineers.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design and implement high quality applications and frameworks targeting the Unix/Linux platform 
• Design and implement application software in C++ 
• Collaborate with marketing and cross-functional R&D teams to support evaluation, prioritization, and detailed definition of future product features. Bring technical experience and analytical skills to bear on balancing technical feasibility, customer value, and business needs. 
• Lead the integration of advanced algorithms into production software applications, including AI/ML image processing systems and image display & rendering toolkits. Collaborate with research teams and product owners to evaluate maturity / feasibility of prototype algorithms. 
• Perform integration and system level testing of software and software/hardware systems 
• Perform task estimation and develop software projects according to project plan 
• Manage multiple tasks/projects and priorities 
• Mentor the Junior resources and take the ownership of the end-to-end module delivery 
• Attend surgical cases, engage with surgeons, and maintain familiarity with current company endeavors across technical areas.
• Translate clinical needs into software and system requirements.
• Work closely with R&D and marketing teams to support clinical prototyping, testing, and formal evaluation in cadaveric surgical lab settings 
• Maintain rigorous version control, unit testing, and documentation to support regulatory evaluation and formal test efforts.  
• Lead documentation efforts as needed to support FDA submissions. 
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time 

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Deep domain experience in surgical navigation in spine.   
• Proven success in providing technical direction for medical devices used in an intra-operative clinical setting 
• Experienced at delivering robust and reliable mission critical medical device systems (IEC 62304) in an FDA regulated environment 
• Proficient in C++ development in Linux environment. Experience with Qt framework is a plus 
• Experience building and testing software applications using 2D-to-3D image registration algorithms  
• Experience with image processing and rendering toolkits such as VTK, ITK, OpenCV 
• Fluency with 3D volumetric imaging (such as CT, CBCT, MRI) and medical image data formats (DICOM) 
• Fluent with 3D spatial geometry used in navigation systems, including coordinate transforms, linear algebra, and registration  
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies, Git / Azure DevOps / Jira 
• Proven experience in design decisions and tradeoffs for evolving codebases (e.g. rewrite vs. retain, code framework and language choices, architecture decisions) 
• Excellent leadership, time management, communication (written and verbal), decision-making, presentation, and organization skills 
• Familiarity with camera calibration algorithms a plus 

Education and Experience

• 8+ years experience in medical device software development 
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field  

For roles based in the United States that require access to hospital facilities, must be eligible for and maintain credentials at all required hospitals, including meeting any applicable physical requirements or vaccination requirements (including the COVID-19 vaccine, as applicable).

ATEC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state or local laws. Further, ATEC will make reasonable accommodations that are necessary to comply with disability discrimination laws.

Salary Range

Alphatec Spine, Inc. complies with state and federal wage and hour laws and compensation depends upon candidate’s qualifications, education, skill set, years of experience, and internal equity. $140,000 to $160,000 Full-Time Annual Salary
Please Note: The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.