My name is Elizabeth Jolissaint and I am a contract sourcer with St. Jude Medical in Sylmar, CA ( a suburb of Los Angeles) . St. Jude specializes in the design and development of cardiac management devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators. We were recently named by Fortune Magazine as one of the top 5 most admired medical device companies. We offer a stable work environment with great opportunity for growth along with competitive salary and solid benefits.
We are currently seeking a mid to senior level Software Engineer with firmware experience (OOD/modeling a plus). Knowledge of C++, Assembly, an RTOS and OOD skills who has strong interest working in the biomedical field is required. Preference is for MS in CS graduate with at least 5+ years work experience. Complete job description is below. If you are interested, please send your resume as a WORD attachment along with answers to the Q&A; below. I will forward your resume and Q & A to the hiring manager and recruiter.

Firmware Development Engineer (Firmware & OOD Modeling)

Interfaces with other engineers and the research department in the development of the requirements, firmware interface specifications, plans, object oriented designs, implementations of source code, test cases, tools, and resolving problems. Will be working primarily on Object Orientated Design and modeling. Must be skilled in both. Experience with firmware is essential with xUML a big plus. Reviews project deliverables such as source code for feasibility, thoroughness, clarity, correctness, and accuracy. Work requires the application of theoretical principles, evaluation, ingenuity and creative/analytical techniques. Follows a structured development process and consistently maintains high quality standards. Communicates task status to management and ensures changes are incorporated into projects. Exchanges technical information with the Clinical, Quality Assurance, Technical Support, Software Verification, and Hardware groups. Must be able to handle frequent requirement changes.

Required skills:

Interest in software design to enhance medical devices
2 years of assembly language programming experience
3 years firmware development experience
3 years of Object Oriented Design and Analysis / UML / C++ experience
2 years of software modeling experience
2 years of Real-time embedded system
Software debugging experience
Detailed oriented
xUML methodology experience a plus
Knowledge of cardiac physiology and electrophysiology a plus

TO APPLY:

Please send your resume as a WORD attachment along with answers to the questions
(Q & A) below:

1.)Why are you seeking a job at this time?

2.) Please describe your most difficult modeling project utilizing C++, object-orientated design and embedded systems. We are seeking an engineer skilled in OOD and modeling interfacing with RTOS.

3.) Overall experience with:
- C++
- Object-orientated design and analysis
- Assembly
- UML
?xUML
- Java

4) Describe your most innovative development project. What was your role on the project?

5.) How much overall experience do you have with firmware? Describe your toughest firmware development project.

6.) Salary requirements?

7.) If hired, how soon can you start and are you able to provide legal right to work documentation?