Job Description

Introduction

Werfen

Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. We are a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics in the areas of Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Transfusion, Autoimmunity, and Transplant. Through our Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) business line, we research, develop, and manufacture customized assays and biomaterials. We operate directly in 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors. Our Headquarters and Technology Centers are located in the US and Europe, and our workforce is more than 7,000 strong.

Our success comes from a specific focus in these rapidly evolving diagnostic areas, our commitment to customers, and our dedication to innovation and quality. We’re passionate about providing healthcare professionals the most valuable and complete solutions to improve hospital efficiency and enhance patient care.

Under minimal supervision, perform software development activities including software requirements, design, implementation, and integration.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities

Essential Functions:

• Participates as an active member on a development team; This includes participating in requirements review, design reviews, code reviews, test case reviews, and team meetings.
• Participates as an active member on a project development team; This includes requirements change control, defect management, risk analysis, and release management
• Creates/Maintains software requirement/functional specifications
• Identifies interfaces between software components and/or hardware
• Creates/Maintains software (component) design documentation
• Creates/Maintains software source code that adheres to design documentation
• Performs unit testing and/or code reviews as per project policy
• Performs integration testing to ensure software functions within application and with devices
• Evaluates, investigates, and implements fixes to assigned software defects
• Evaluates, investigates, and implements assigned software change proposals

Key Relationships:

To be determined based on department needs, to include interactions such as:

• Provides level of effort for assigned software activities
• Tracks personal estimates over time in order to improve accuracy
• Effectively communicates technical information to a multidisciplinary team in the form of documentation, presentations and technical summaries.
• Makes recommendations or suggestions for department improvements
• Ability to work in a team environment of software developers and testers

Skills & Capabilities:

The ideal candidate for this position will exhibit the following skills and capabilities:

• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Ability to use software engineering tools: configuration, requirements, and defect management
• Ability to operate instrumentation

Qualifications

Minimum Knowledge & Experience Required for the Position:

Education

• Associates Degree plus typically 4 to 10 years of related experience or Bachelor’s Degree plus typically 4 to 8 years of related experience or Master’s Degree plus typically 2 to 6 years of related experience or waiver based on experience. Degree should be in a technical discipline such as Chemistry, Math, Physics, Engineering, or Computer Science.

Experience:

• Proficiency in computer code (C, C++, Java, C#, etc.) found in product development

Additional Skills/Knowledge:

• Proficiency with a personal computer and software packages
• Ability to use software engineering tools: configuration, requirements, and defect management
• Ability to handle many software components
• Language: English

Travel Requirements:

• < 5% of the time

Closing

If you are interested in constantly learning and being challenged on a daily basis we encourage you to submit your resume or CV.

Werfen is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workplace. Werfen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination, harassment or retaliation based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as defined by applicable state or federal law. If you have a disability and need an accommodation in relation to the online application process, please contact NAtalentacquisition@werfen.com for assistance.

We operate directly in over 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors. Annual revenue is approximately $2 billion and more than 7,000 employees around the world comprise our Werfen team.

www.werfen.com