The Principal Engineer provides technical leadership to advance software engineering excellence for software‑centric Class II medical device products. This role defines and scales best practices, frameworks, patterns, and standards that future teams will use, enabling high‑quality, compliant development within FDA‑regulated and IEC 62304‑aligned environments.
Working in a cross‑functional, matrixed organization, this role partners with software, systems, hardware, quality, regulatory, and product teams to ensure development practices support patient safety, fault tolerance, maintainability, and long‑term product quality. By championing modern, right‑sized practices and tools, the Principal Engineer sets the standard for how the organization builds safe, reliable, and innovative products.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Define, document, and evolve software development best practices, templates, and workflows aligned with IEC 62304 and applicable FDA guidance.
• Ensure architectural principles are reflected in everyday development practices through close collaboration with software architects and senior engineers.
• Promote frameworks, tools, and processes that enhance patient safety, fault tolerance, robustness, and maintainability.
• Design and scale Agile practices that balance iterative delivery with design controls and verification needs.
• Drive effective use of tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub) for planning, traceability, reviews, and controlled change.
• Define and track engineering and Agile metrics (e.g., velocity, cycle time, lead time, defect trends) to inform decisions.
• Use metrics to identify bottlenecks, reduce risk, and continuously improve predictability and quality.
• Coach engineers and technical leads on Agile methods, Git workflows, and DevOps pipelines with appropriate quality controls.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to translate safety, risk, and system requirements into practical engineering workflows.
What Success Looks Like
• Software teams consistently apply best practices that support patient safety and product reliability.
• Agile execution improves delivery predictability without sacrificing quality or rigor.
• Metrics show reduced risk, smoother flow, and higher software quality over time.
• Products demonstrate strong fault tolerance, maintainability, and engineering excellence.
• Hardware, software, and systems teams collaborate more effectively with clearer expectations and aligned timelines.
• Organizational processes become more robust and right‑sized, driving efficiency and value.
So why join Hologic?
We are committed to making Hologic the company where top talent comes to grow. For you to succeed, we want to enable you with the tools and knowledge required and so we provide comprehensive training when you join as well as continued development and training throughout your career. We offer a competitive salary and annual bonus scheme, one of our talent partners can discuss this in more detail with you.
If you have the right skills and experience and want to join our team, apply today. We can’t wait to hear from you!
The annualized base salary range for this role is $155,000 - $210,000 and is bonus eligible. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, geography, education, business needs and market demand.
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We’re an innovative medical technology company whose purpose is to enable healthier lives everywhere, every day. While we discover and develop groundbreaking products and services that benefit everyone, we are especially passionate about those that advance women’s health and well-being. This allows us to be a company that prospers, grows and empowers women to experience healthier lives.
None of this would be possible without the talent, skills and aspirations of our employees. Their expertise and dedication to developing and sharing more robust, science-based certainty drives our increasingly global presence, as well as a pipeline that responds to the unmet health and wellness needs of women, families and communities.
What powers our growth across Breast & Skeletal Health, Diagnostic Solutions, and GYN Surgical Solutions is also what differentiates us: the exceptional and clinically proven ability of our products to detect, diagnose and treat illnesses and other health conditions earlier and better. This clinical superiority creates high expectations, which we fulfill by always challenging ourselves to improve health through better technology, education and market access. Our goal is to minimize doubt and maximize the confidence our customers and their patients have in their decisions and diagnoses.
We work toward this goal every day, always aware that in an increasingly complex and competitive global environment, we must continually earn the trust of our customers and their patients. By focusing on women’s health while still delivering health benefits to everyone, we are setting a new standard of excellence that is strengthened by purpose, driven by passion and brought to life by our promise of more certain early detection and better health outcomes.
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