Position : Application Engineer – Tulip

Location : Sparks, MD

Duration : 12 Months

Total Hours/week : 40.00

1st Shift

Client: Medical Device Company

Job Category: Engineering/Technical

Level of Experience: Entry Level

Employment Type: Contract on W2 (Need US Citizens or GC Holders Only)

Workdays/hours: M - F 8am - 5pm

Job Description:

• The client Integrated Diagnostics Systems (IDS) division is looking for a junior to mid-level software developer who has a passion for delivering great software products that meet customer needs. T
• he right candidate will be a self-motivated, positive person who can work independently as well as being a team player, has excellent debugging/problem solving skills, has built innovative forward-looking solutions and appreciates delivering a quality product.
• The candidate will be responsible for creating and documenting applications within a cloud-based process execution system called Tulip.
• This candidate will collaborate design efforts with multiple teams to ensure that paper-based manufacturing and quality processes are accurately translated to electronic form.
• The candidate must be self-directed requiring minimal daily direction while collaborating with the team to achieve agreed upon scheduled deliverable work.
• The candidate will participate in an Agile software team.

Responsibilities:

• Works independently to specify, plan, design, develop, test and support software components as assigned
• Contributes to project schedule generation including scope of work, duration of tasks, and order of execution
• Monitors work progress against schedule commitments, reports progress to leadership in a timely fashion, including when work will not be completed according to schedule milestones
• Proposes solutions to maintain schedule milestones including prioritizing efforts and monitoring scope creep
• Works with team to establish necessary requirements specifications and test plans for software product validations
• Responsible for translating requirements into design and implementation of well-structured and documented software components
• Implement new software component designs or enhancements to existing software products; participates in the implementation of more complex subsystems and systems
• Troubleshoot/debug issues within existing automation systems and implements modifications to resolve these issues
• Participate in technical design reviews and code inspections.
• Insure adherence to IDS development policies and procedures
• Ensures compliance to regulatory requirements including 21 CFR part 11 requirements, client quality standards, and conveys an expectation of high-quality software

Qualifications

• Requires a BS degree in Computer Science, Process Engineering, Continuous Improvement, or a related Engineering discipline Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills are essential
• Knowledge of the software development in a process oriented/regulated environment and adhering to a quality management system
• Experience with Agile software development
• Knowledge of Automation/Process Control experience

Nice-to-Haves:

• Application development experience using Tulip
• Experience working in an FDA/ISO-regulated environment
• Experience writing code to interact with electro-mechanical instrumentation via communication protocols such as RS-232/485, USB, CANBUS, or TCP/IP
• Experience with the Microsoft stack including C# and SQL Server