Principal Infrastructure & Systems Software Engineer

Every minute matters in stroke treatment. Magnendo is developing robotic technology to make life-saving endovascular procedures faster, safer, and more accessible. By combining advanced robotics, magnetic navigation, and intelligent software, we are tackling one of the most technically demanding challenges in healthcare while aiming to expand access to advanced stroke care for patients around the world. Join us in shaping the future of endovascular intervention.

We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and development of our core software infrastructure - OS selection and configuration, real-time orchestration, inter-process communication, and hardware support. As our first hire in this domain, you will be a critical part of the small, dedicated team we are building to bring our breakthrough technology from prototype to FDA-approved product.  

You will: 

• Be our technical expert for all things relating to system software infrastructure 

• Own the architecture, implementation, and system documentation of the core software infrastructure for our powerful medical grade compute platform and robotics system 

• Evaluate and select an operating system configuration (e.g. Linux variant, QNX, etc.) for our high performance medical grade system, including multiprocessor or virtualization architecture definition as needed 

• Evaluate and select 3rd party frameworks and tooling for real-time orchestration, inter-process communication, hardware support, and other key system functionality (e.g. ROS2, DDS, Qt, etc.) 

• Assist with evaluation and selection of our compute platform 

• Develop flexible and modular architecture and interfaces that will allow subsystem-by-subsystem migration from prototype to medical grade production software including comprehensive unit and integration tests 

• Develop interfaces to 3rd party hardware 

• Build and maintain robust logging, record, and playback systems to support debugging, verification, and root-cause investigation   

• Implement cybersecurity best practices 

• Define and document a highly automated CI/CD pipeline ensuring determinism and code quality, including static analysis and unit and integration testing 

• Help develop secure and scalable infrastructure for data storage and model training 

• Help define and document a software development process that combines best practices of modern high reliability software development with a regulatory v-model framework  

• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to define and review requirements, test plans, and acceptance criteria; support risk analysis, design reviews, and root-cause investigations   

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to other engineers in your domain 

You are: 

• 9+ years of experience in systems and infrastructure software engineering with demonstrated ability to deliver the types of software described above 

• Experienced with production software development in an environment with high reliability requirements, preferably under a regulatory regime   

• Deeply knowledgeable about Linux/OS fundamentals and how distributions are controlled and maintained 

• Experienced in evaluating, selecting, and packaging 3rd party frameworks and libraries 

• Experienced with systems infrastructure for high-performance edge compute platforms, CPU/GPU interfaces, memory access and alignment, caching, latency etc. 

• Experienced with hardware interfaces 

• Strong proficiency in C++ and/or Python, with a firm grasp of real-time performance considerations, memory management, and software design patterns 

• Deep knowledge of git workflows, automations, and CI/CD pipelines and tooling 

• A good collaborator who understands the importance of clear communication and humility 

• Able to clearly convey complex tradeoffs to cross-functional teams and external partners 

Bonus Points:  

• Experience in the medical device industry, ideally with interventional or robotic systems, working knowledge of medical device software requirements 

• Experience developing software under a regulatory framework such as medical device (e.g., IEC 62304, IEC 60601), functional safety (IEC 61508, ISO 13849), or automotive (ISO 26262) 

• Experience with robotics or autonomous systems 

• Experience with RTOS/embedded systems 

• Experience with packaging in source-based Linux distributions (Yocto, Gentoo, etc.)  

Magnendo Corp. is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applications without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law. We also participate in E-Verify. Employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of employment authorization verification (Form I-9) through E-Verify after hire.