Senior Software Engineer, Valence

Senior Software Engineer to develop software for Alphatec Spine's surgical navigation and robotics platform.

Location: Louisville, CO onsite. Salary: USD 130,000 - 150,000 per year. Experience: 5+ years. Education: BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, maintain, and validate software applications while producing supporting documentation.
• Engage in all phases of product development, including reviewing requirements, design, usability, risk assessment, and test execution.
• Help achieve team objectives by fostering collaboration and reaching consensus on task assignments.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, systems, software, and test engineers across disciplines.
• Develop robust applications and frameworks for Unix and Linux environments.
• Create application software using C++ within the target platforms.
• Work with Marketing and cross functional R&D teams to evaluate, prioritize, and define future product features in detail.
• Perform integration and system level testing of software and software/hardware systems.
• Produce documentation for software projects, including design artifacts and test plans/cases.
• Estimate tasks and steer software projects according to the project plan.
• Manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
• Attend surgical cases, engage with surgeons, and stay informed about current company initiatives across technical areas.
• Collaborate with R&D and Marketing to support clinical prototyping, testing, and formal evaluation in cadaveric surgical lab settings.
• Provide technical support for field deployed software applications as needed.
• Partner with clinical and field teams to gather information, investigate issues, perform root-cause analysis, and lead product improvements.
• Participate in occasional on-site visits to diagnose and troubleshoot issues.
• Maintain rigorous version control, unit testing, and documentation to support regulatory evaluation and formal test efforts.
• Willingness to travel up to 15% of the time.

Requirements

• Proven experience in commercial software development for medical devices under IEC 62304; experience with surgical navigation is a plus.
• Strong C++ development experience on Linux; familiarity with the Qt framework is a plus.
• Knowledge of image processing and rendering toolkits such as VTK, ITK, OpenCV.
• Experience with 3D volumetric imaging (CT, CBCT, MRI) and medical image data formats (DICOM).
• Experience with Agile software development methodologies and tools such as Git, Azure DevOps, Jira.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Involvement in design decisions and tradeoffs for evolving codebases, including framework and language choices and architecture decisions.
• Familiarity with 3D geometry for spatial navigation systems is a plus.

Technologies

• C++, Qt, Linux, Unix, VTK, ITK, OpenCV, DICOM, Git, Azure DevOps, Jira