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[Apply on Hitachi’s careers site →](https://careers.hitachi.com/principal-medical-device-development-engineer-embedded/job/IRC307364) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Hitachi](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hitachi/) / Principal Medical Device Development Engineer (Embedded) ## Job description ### Job Description Description Note: GlobalLogic estimates the starting pay range for this role to be performed hybrid in Waltham, MA is $145,000 – $155,000 and reflects base salary only. This pay range is provided as a good faith estimate and the amount offered may be higher or lower. GlobalLogic takes many factors into consideration in making an offer, including candidate qualifications, work experience, operational needs, travel and onsite requirements, internal peer equity, prevailing wage, responsibilities, and other market and business considerations. ### Role Lead Embedded Engineer Location: Waltham, MA (Hybrid) Project Overview The customer is a global medical-device company developing point-of-care diagnostic systems used in hospitals and clinical environments. The project supports the development, maintenance, and remediation of an established medical-device product line. The scope includes embedded software development, analysis of existing implementations, resolution of design and documentation gaps, product improvements, and support throughout the regulated medical-device lifecycle. We are looking for a Principal-level Embedded Software Engineer who can provide hands-on technical leadership and solve complex system and software problems in a regulated environment. ### Role Overview The Principal Medical Device Embedded Software Engineer will serve as a senior individual contributor responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, integration, and maintenance of embedded software for regulated medical devices. The role requires deep embedded-development expertise combined with practical knowledge of medical-device design controls, risk management, verification, traceability, and Design History File documentation. The engineer will work closely with Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Quality Assurance, Verification and Validation, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, and other cross-functional stakeholders. This is not a people-management position. The successful candidate will lead through technical ownership, architectural decision-making, mentoring, and cross-functional influence. ### Required Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Typically 10–15+ years of professional embedded software or firmware development experience. Demonstrated experience operating at Principal Engineer, Senior Staff Engineer, Software Architect, or equivalent technical-leadership level. Strong hands-on experience developing embedded software in C and/or C++. Experience developing software for regulated medical devices, IVD systems, healthcare products, or another safety-critical regulated industry. Experience with the complete embedded software lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, design, implementation, integration, verification, release, and maintenance. Strong understanding of embedded-system architecture and hardware-software interaction. Experience debugging complex embedded systems using appropriate hardware and software tools. Experience developing and maintaining multithreaded, real-time, or event-driven embedded applications. Experience with embedded operating systems, embedded Linux, or real-time operating systems. Experience with device drivers, hardware abstraction, communication interfaces, and peripheral integration. Strong understanding of software architecture, modular design, state machines, memory management, concurrency, and fault handling. Experience with source control, configuration management, code reviews, defect tracking, and controlled software releases. Ability to analyze and improve large or legacy embedded codebases. Experience producing high-quality technical and software lifecycle documentation. Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause-analysis skills. Ability to lead technical work through influence without direct management authority. Excellent written and verbal English communication skills. Embedded ### Technical Skills Advanced C and/or C++ development. Embedded Linux and/or RTOS development. Multithreaded and real-time software design. Low-level firmware and device-driver development. Hardware abstraction layer design. Board bring-up and hardware-software integration. Inter-process communication and event-driven architectures. Serial and hardware communication protocols such as UART, SPI, I²C, USB, CAN, or Ethernet. Network communication and device-connectivity protocols. Memory, performance, timing, and resource optimization. Error handling, fault detection, diagnostics, logging, and recovery mechanisms. Unit testing, integration testing, static analysis, and code-coverage analysis. Debugging tools such as JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and embedded debuggers. Build systems, cross-compilation toolchains, and CI/CD pipelines. Secure coding and embedded cybersecurity principles. Medical-Device Responsibilities Develop software in compliance with applicable quality-system procedures. Ensure that embedded software development follows IEC 62304 lifecycle processes. Support software safety classification and risk-based development activities. Contribute to hazard analysis and software-related risk assessment. Implement and document software risk-control measures. Maintain traceability between requirements, risks, architecture, implementation, and verification. Produce or review software development plans, requirements, architecture, detailed designs, test documentation, anomaly assessments, and release records. Support Design History File creation and remediation. Participate in formal design reviews. Ensure unresolved software anomalies are properly evaluated and documented. Support software validation, regulatory submissions, audits, and inspections. Contribute to cybersecurity threat analysis, vulnerability assessment, and remediation. Regulatory and Standards Experience Practical experience with several of the following: IEC 62304; ISO 13485; ISO 14971; FDA Design Controls; FDA 21 CFR Part 820; FDA guidance for medical-device software; IEC 62366-1; FDA cybersecurity guidance; EU MDR or IVDR; secure software-development lifecycle practices; medical-device verification and validation. ### Preferred Qualifications Experience with point-of-care or in-vitro diagnostic devices. ### Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership for embedded software development and sustaining-engineering activities. Design, implement, debug, test, and maintain embedded software and firmware for medical devices. Define and evolve embedded software architecture, component boundaries, interfaces, and data flows. Analyze legacy software to understand existing behavior, architecture, dependencies, and technical limitations. Resolve complex software, firmware, hardware-integration, performance, reliability, and field issues. Translate system and product requirements into clear, testable software requirements and technical designs. Decompose system-level requirements into embedded software components and interfaces. Ensure alignment between software requirements, architecture, detailed design, implementation, risk controls, and verification evidence. Participate in and lead technical reviews, software design reviews, code reviews, and root-cause investigations. Collaborate with electrical and systems engineers on hardware-software interfaces, sensors, communication protocols, diagnostics, and device behavior. Develop low-level drivers, device-control logic, hardware abstraction layers, communication components, and application-level embedded functionality. Support integration between embedded devices and external systems such as middleware, host applications, hospital networks, or cloud services. Perform technical impact analysis for software changes, defects, anomalies, component updates, and cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Support software remediation by identifying gaps between documented requirements and implemented behavior. Create or update software lifecycle documentation required for the Design History File. Ensure complete bidirectional traceability between requirements, risks, design, code, tests, defects, and release evidence. Collaborate with V&V and Software Quality teams to define verification approaches and improve testability. Support unit, integration, system, regression, performance, reliability, and cybersecurity testing. Investigate field-reported issues and support corrective and preventive actions. Support controlled software builds, releases, configuration management, and design changes. Contribute to product risk analysis and ensure that software-related risk controls are properly implemented and verified. Support internal audits, regulatory inspections, and submission-related activities. Mentor software engineers and promote effective embedded-development and documentation practices. Identify architectural improvements and technical-debt reduction opportunities. Drive continuous improvement of software engineering processes, tools, code quality, and development efficiency. ### What we offer Exciting Projects Come take your place at the forefront of digital transformation! With clients across all industries and sectors, we offer an opportunity to work on market-defining products using the latest technologies. ### Collaborative Environment You can expand your skills by collaborating with a diverse team of highly talented people in an open, laidback environment — or even abroad in one of our global centers or client facilities! ### Work-Life Balance GlobalLogic prioritizes work-life balance, which is why we offer flexible work schedules and opportunities to work from home. ### Professional Development We provide continuing education classes, professional certification and training (technical, soft skills, language, and communication skills) to help you realize your professional goals. Being part of a global organization, there are additional learning opportunities through international knowledge exchanges. ### Excellent Benefits We provide our employees with competitive salaries, health and life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, a matched contribution 401K plan, flexible spending accounts, and PTO and holidays About GlobalLogic GlobalLogic is a full-lifecycle product development services leader that combines chip-to-cloud software engineering expertise and vertical industry experience to help our customers design, build, and deliver their next-generation products and digital experiences. We expertly integrate design, complex engineering, and agile delivery capabilities to deliver superior business outcomes for global brands in telecom, automotive, healthcare, technology, media and entertainment, manufacturing, and semiconductor industries. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic employs over 25,000 designers and engineers across the globe. Analysts like NASSCOM and Zinnov have recognized us for being a top company in our field, and we are consistently nominated as a preferred employer by both global HR consultative firms and local job boards. By creating a work environment that is exciting and flexible, and by fostering growth through ongoing learning and development programs, we empower our employees to achieve both their professional and personal goals. At GlobalLogic, we make amazing products — and careers. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Not stated - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 26, 2026 - Last checked: Nov 2, 2026 - Listed for: 7 days - Location: Waltham, MA, United States - Work arrangement: Hybrid - Employment type: Full-time - Pay: $145,000 – $155,000[Apply on Hitachi’s careers site →](https://careers.hitachi.com/principal-medical-device-development-engineer-embedded/job/IRC307364) ## Hiring at Hitachi - Open jobs: 3,547 - New in the last 7 days: After two weekly collections - Tracked since: Oct 12, 2026 [All Hitachi jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hitachi/) · [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/) ## More jobs at Hitachi ### [Principal Embedded Verification and Validation (V&V) Engineer_Medical Device](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hitachi/jobs/24d0f425f570b98d9077/) Waltham, MA, United States ### [Principle DevOps Engineer (Medical Devices & Embedded Systems)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hitachi/jobs/21afbe4cf212a6db72cb/) Waltham, MA, United States ### [AVP of Engineering – Healthcare & Life Sciences](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hitachi/jobs/ec839a089676bc6d457f/) Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine +2 more ### [Industrial Occupational Health Nurse](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hitachi/jobs/a9b4ec701e18abe3646a/) Crystal Springs, MS, United States ### [Principal Medical Imaging Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hitachi/jobs/e4c922807903ec374ceb/) Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Medical Device Repair Technician](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/steris/jobs/afbbafeef53034054383/) Steris · Wilmington, Delaware, United States ### [Contract Opportunity - Medical Device Auditors](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/sgs/jobs/79da80369a5ab240b0ed/) SGS · Remote, United States ### [Sr. Sales Executive – Medical Device](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/sgs/jobs/08ab07181346700a5c98/) SGS · Suwanee, GA, United States ### [Operator - Medical Device Assembly](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/eli-lilly/jobs/43d7d148f0ca04c30ee6/) Eli Lilly · Concord, North Carolina, United States of America ### [FSP Sr CRA - Medical Device - Central US](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/thermo-fisher-scientific/jobs/1c1a3be34ff05791d23a/) Thermo Fisher Scientific · Remote, Indiana, United States of America OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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