Why Join Us?
- Impact Lives – Your work will contribute to medical breakthroughs and help patients breathe easier.
- Career Growth – Clear development pathways to advance your skills and expertise.
- Keep Learning – Educational Assistance Programme to support your professional development.
- Great Benefits – Private Health Insurance & Pension Contributions for peace of mind.
Based in either our R&D facility in Ennis, Co. Clare, or our office in Limerick city and reporting to the Product Development Engineering Manager, the Software Development Engineer will assist in developing and maintaining our next generation applications. With an extensive portfolio of products and software applications, we are constantly seeking out the best to work with the best.
About Us
Vitalograph is the world’s leading manufacturers of medical respiratory diagnostic devices and software, used in the diagnosis of respiratory disorders, and advanced high-reliability equipment and software systems used in respiratory end-point clinical drug trials.
The role
The Software Development Engineer will work in one of our Spirometry application project teams, to help drive continuous roadmap delivery. Spirometry is a common office test used to assess how well your lungs work by measuring how much air you inhale, how much you exhale and how quickly you exhale. Spirometry is used to diagnose asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other conditions that affect breathing.
The team
The Spirometry team consists of hardware, mechanical and software engineers and the Software Development Engineer will assist the team in developing new features for our spirometry applications, driving the product roadmap forward.
Responsibilities:
The responsibilities of Software Development Engineer will include: -
· Projects
o Designing and developing some aspects of the software roadmap.
o Assisting the project team in distilling requirements into clear, actionable work packages.
o Ensuring project artefacts e.g. documentation are delivered at each release point.
· People
o Operating in the project team in a co-operative, respectful manner.
o Maintaining a positive and motivating outlook.
· Process
o Operate in an agile environment, delivering tasks on a sprint-by-sprint basis.
o Assisting in the planning, scheduling and delivery of software releases.
o Ensuring that all work and tasks carried out are consistent and compliant with our Quality Management System.
The ideal candidate:
The Software Development Engineer will: -
· Have a 3rd level degree, or equivalent, in a Software Engineering or related discipline.
· Have a strong team ethic.
· Have a minimum of 2 years relevant software engineering experience, preferably having 1 year C# experience.
· Demonstrate competence in own area.
· Work with moderate guidance in area of knowledge.
· Have the ability to perform the duties specified effectively and efficiently.
· Have the ability to complete all aspects of a given task timely, and to a high standard.
· Have the ability to communicate effectively with those he/she works with both in and ex-house.
· Have the ability to work with others in a spirit of good will and cooperation.
· Have a strong sense of urgency and ownership.
The following skills would be advantageous:
o Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and DevOps.
o Experience with SQL Server and SQL Server Express.
o Experience with WPF.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person