Glaukos Corporation is an ophthalmic medical technology and pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel surgical devices and sustained pharmaceutical therapies designed to transform the treatment of glaucoma, one of the world’s leading causes of blindness. The company pioneered Micro-Invasive Glaucoma Surgery, or MIGS, in order to revolutionize the traditional glaucoma treatment and management paradigm. Glaukos launched the iStent®, its first MIGS device, in the United States in 2012 and is leveraging its platform technology to build a comprehensive and proprietary portfolio of micro-scale injectable therapies designed to address the complete range of glaucoma disease states and progression. The company’s second-generation MIGS device, the iStent inject® Trabecular Micro-Bypass System, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA in June 2018. The company believes the iStent inject,® measuring 0.23 mm wide and 0.36 mm long, is the smallest medical device ever approved by the FDA. In June 2015, Glaukos completed an initial public offering and our shares are now traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “GKOS”. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in San Clemente, California.

How will you make an impact?

The Principal Software Engineer, based in Waltham Massachusetts, will bring with them skills and experience in desktop software design and implementation. Reporting to the Director of Software Development, the Principal Software Engineer works side-by-side with software, electrical, mechanical engineers, and scientists to design and create software code within our products to achieve design goals. This position is in a cross functional team that is working to develop future generations of our corneal therapy system. The Principal Software Engineer will contribute to product design & development, testing, risk analysis, design for reliability, and design for manufacturability of existing and next generation products. The Principal Software Engineer will work with Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, Operations, Quality and Marketing/Sales; meeting performance, quality, and cost goals, while optimizing time to market.

What will you do?

• Create, with the senior engineering team, the Software architecture, design philosophy, design requirements and specifications, and similar.


• Responsible for all levels of software design and implementation, from algorithm design to coding. Responsible for design documentation.


• Implement software development and design control requirements for regulated markets per 21 CFR 820, IEC 14971, IEC 62304, and applicable FDA guidance.


• Responsible for unit testing, and integration testing of software modules. Applies best practices with regards to the use of version control software.


• Work closely with the SWQA team to investigate and resolve issues identified during testing.


• Work together with hardware designers in order to obtain optimum system performance.


• Support maintenance and improvement of legacy products as required.

How will you get here?

Education:

• Bachelor Science in computer science, electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, or similar required; advanced degree preferred.

Requirements:

• Experience designing and programming multi-threaded desktop applications.


• 10 + years of experience in software engineering, algorithm creation, I/O control, systems control, software creation, and similar.


• 5+ years of progressive and hands-on experience designing and developing commercial software in C# and C++.


• 5+ years of progressive and hands-on experience designing and developing commercial software using a cross-platform GUI framework such as QT.


• Experience with software architecture formulation and assessment, and software technology selection for new products.


• Strong working knowledge of common programming languages, especially C, C++, C#, and associated development environments. Python and other high-level language experience are a plus.


• Experience with design patterns and experience with architecture patterns like MVC and MVVM is required.


• A demonstrated record of innovation and creative problem solving on fast‑paced engineering projects.


• Experience developing applications that incorporate 3rd party libraries and UI components.


• Experience with Git.


• Experienced at implementing custom command protocols over a variety of communication including TCP/IP.


• A record of successful product development – concept through commercialization.


• Experienced in writing requirements and specifications.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.


• Experience developing applications that incorporate 3rd party libraries and UI components.


• Experience with Git.


• Experienced at implementing custom command protocols over a variety of communication including TCP/IP.


• A record of successful product development – concept through commercialization.


• Experienced in writing requirements and specifications.


• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Glaukos Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.