Starkey Hearing is looking for a software engineer to join our software engineering team in our R&D team. You will join a talented team and help make an impact with a cutting-edge medical device company that is making a difference in people’s lives around the world. We are looking for a passionate and innovative engineer with strong object-oriented skills to help create the future of our customer facing software application used to configure hearing aids. Primary objective of this position is to participate in or support software development to meet schedule and performance goals for Starkey’s software systems. Software Engineer II signifies that at least 50% of the competencies at the senior Subject Matter Expert level have been demonstrated.
Starkey is a world leader in the manufacturing and distribution of advanced hearing technologies. We are in the business of connecting people and changing lives. Our teams come to work each day focused on ensuring people everywhere have the products and services they need to hear better and live better. Founded in 1967 by Bill Austin, Starkey is known for our cutting-edge hearing health innovations, industry-leading research and development, and not being afraid to push the edge of what’s possible. We are headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, have over 5,000 employees in 29 facilities across the globe, and do business in more than 100 markets worldwide.
Job Responsibilities/Results
- Apply technical skills, commensurate with formal training and moderate experience, to develop software.
- Choose between alternative proven techniques with some originality and moderate technical risk.
- Develop software using prior software and state of the art techniques.
- Conduct simple software investigations and software tests.
- Work with detailed project plans and schedules that may exceed several months.
- Participate in formation of project schedule.
- Help plan for availability of needed capital equipment.
- Interact on a regular basis with other functional groups and customers on technical matters.
- Work with outside consultants and experts.
- Interact with other functional groups in various support roles.
- Administer technical procedures.
- Maintain a record of all software developmental activities.
- Prepare various project related reports including Software Specification and Software Design reports.
Job Requirements
Minimum Education, Certification and Experience Requirements
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Software Engineering, Computer Science or closely related field.
- Masters Degree is desired.
- Experience
- Proficiency in object-oriented principles and design.
- Innovative mindset.
- Ability to thrive in a team environment.
Knowledge / Technical Requirements
- Proficiency in Object Oriented development concepts required.
- Working knowledge in .NET/C#.
- Java, Kotlin.
- Swift, Objective C.
- TypeScript, JavaScript libraries (Angular JS).
Competencies, Skills & Abilities
- Good organizational skills required.
- Good written and verbal skills required.
- Good attention to detail required.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Good technical writing skills required.