Position Overview
The Senior Software Engineer develops and supports software for Fujifilm Sonosite Flagship ultrasound products. This hands-on senior individual contributor is responsible for the design, development, testing, release, and maintenance of embedded medical-device software, with primary ownership of DICOM interoperability features.
The role serves as a technical expert in planning, designing, coding, debugging, and enhancing software for high-frequency biomedical ultrasound scanners. The engineer collaborates with engineering, software, quality, regulatory, clinical, customer support, hospital IT, and PACS administrators as needed; provides technical leadership and mentorship; and may supervise junior engineers on assigned projects.
Company Overview
At FUJIFILM Sonosite, we reinvent how healthcare is delivered with point-of-care ultrasound technology. As the leader in bedside ultrasound systems, our innovations save lives - from premature babies in NICUs to trauma patients in emergency rooms.
We’re looking for purpose-driven team members ready to build technology that impacts real-world scenarios, including natural disasters and even war zones. By joining FUJIFILM Sonosite, you’ll be part of a team that thrives on collaboration, out-of-the-box thinking, and a passion for life-saving innovations. Let’s make a difference together.
Our headquarters in Bothell, Washington, blends riverside charm with urban amenities, quality schools, and an ever-evolving downtown - all part of the vibrant Seattle metro area.
Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers
Job Description
Essential Job Functions:
- Design, develop, test, debug, document, and maintain embedded software and DICOM features throughout the full software life cycle.
- Implement DICOM Storage SCU/SCP, C-FIND, C-MOVE, C-GET, MWL, MPPS, Storage Commitment, Structured Reporting, and DICOM TLS.
- Develop and troubleshoot DICOM networking, associations, presentation contexts, transfer syntaxes, configuration, error handling, and interoperability issues.
- Support ultrasound-specific DICOM objects, including Ultrasound Image Storage and Enhanced Ultrasound Image Storage.
- Integrate with PACS, VNA, and SCP systems using DCMTK; support interoperability testing with systems such as Synapse VNA.
- Create, review, and maintain DICOM conformance statements.
- Participate in requirements analysis, architecture, detailed design, implementation, peer reviews, verification, validation, traceability, software risk analysis, and defect resolution.
- Follow established software design, coding, configuration-management, quality, and documentation standards.
- Improve software reliability, performance, functionality, maintainability, and security.
- Participate in analysis, configuration, administration, support, and ongoing maintenance of device software platforms and related services.
- Contribute to the architecture and development of connected-device, cloud, or distributed services, as needed, across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Report schedule risks, task variances, and technical issues promptly to project leadership.
- Assist with product, engineering, project, and management plans and reports.
- Provide recommendations on technologies, development processes, tools, and industry practices to improve team effectiveness and productivity.
- Continue building expertise in software development, medical imaging, signal and image processing, biomedical engineering, and DICOM interoperability.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related discipline.
- 7+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong hands-on C/C++ development experience.
- Experience developing software across multiple abstraction levels, from embedded or low-level systems to application software.
- Hands-on experience with DICOM development, including DICOM networking, association negotiation, transfer syntaxes, and the DICOM services listed above.
- Experience using DCMTK or a comparable DICOM toolkit.
- Experience integrating DICOM applications or devices with PACS, VNA, or other medical-imaging systems.
- Experience authoring, reviewing, or maintaining DICOM conformance statements.
- Demonstrated proficiency in requirements analysis, software design, documentation, testing, traceability, risk analysis, verification, and validation.
- Experience with configuration-management tools such as Git, and documentation tools such as Microsoft Office and Visio.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, troubleshooting, and collaboration skills.
Skills and Abilities:
- Experience developing software for embedded systems, including Windows IoT.
- Experience developing regulated medical-device software; familiarity with IEC 62304, ISO 14971, FDA software practices, or medical-device cybersecurity is desirable.
- Experience with ultrasound imaging, ultrasound DICOM objects, signal processing, image processing, or biomedical engineering.
- Knowledge of HL7, IHE, hospital imaging workflows, and PACS/VNA environments.
- Experience building cloud, distributed, or connected-device services using AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or PTC ThingWorx.
- Experience with model-based development.
- Experience with Python, C#, SQL, Linux, CI/CD, automated testing, or static-analysis tools.
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Salary and Benefits:
- $130,000/yr. - $160,000/yr. depending on experience + variable target bonus (Compensation will vary based on skills, experience and location; it is not typical to be hired at or above the top of the salary range).
- Insurance:
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life & Company paid Disability
- Retirement Plan (401k):
- 4% automatic Company contribution
- Fujifilm matches 50 cents for every dollar you contribute, up to 6% of your salary
- Paid Time Off:
- You can accrue up to 120 hours of PTO in your first year of employment
- PTO increases based on years of service
- Employee Choice Holidays:
- 32 hours additional paid time off, based on date of hire in the calendar year
- Paid Holidays:
- Eight (8) paid holidays per year
FUJIFILM Sonosite offers a fantastic compensation package, including benefits, and a 401k program. Visit us today to learn more about our exciting technologies and how you can make a difference. To apply and obtain further details regarding key responsibilities and experience requirements, check out our careers page at www.Sonosite.com/about/careers.
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