Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

Posted Friday, January 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Company Information:

At HiArc, we believe clients don’t need another vendor; they need a strategic partner who gets it. One who listens harder, thinks deeper, and builds smarter—around their needs, products, and goals. HiArc engineers and manufactures complex medical technologies with one goal in mind: creating the perfect fit for our clients. No off-the-shelf thinking. No compromises. Just a tailored, high-performance solution our clients need, the way they need it.

That’s why HiArc is the most client-centered partner in the market. We fuse design, engineering, and manufacturing into a seamless, collaborative process—crafted entirely around our clients. We operate as an extension of our clients' teams, de-risking their processes and accelerating their path to market. And the result is a solution you won’t find anywhere else.

Join our team! We hire experts in hardware and software design, robotics, optics, fluidics, chemistry integration, motion and thermal control, risk management, supply chain management, performance testing, advanced manufacturing techniques, finance, human resources, sales, and marketing.

For more information, please visit HiArc .

Are you a strong Principal Software Engineer who collaborates with other high quality, dedicated engineering professionals? Looking for purpose? You would have the opportunity to develop cutting edge Medical Device products that are used every day to improve people’s health and well-being.

This opportunity requires a driven engineer willing and able to tackle complex and challenging technical issues using their expertise and ingenuity. You will enjoy a culture that values hard work, creativity, and getting the job done; will work side by side with other dedicated engineers across a range of disciplines; and will know that the products that they take to market will ultimately make real improvements in people’s lives.

• Design, implement, and deliver reliable, high quality, robust embedded and desktop software targeted to complex medical instruments meeting regulatory standards.
• Create, maintain, and review software project documents including software development plans, software configuration plans, and detailed software design documents.
• Participate in software project risk analysis and hazard analysis.
• Drive software requirements with other members of the software team as appropriate (team lead, architect, etc.) and proactively work to integrate with system requirements.
• Participate in Software Change Control Boards and investigate and resolve software defects.
• Utilize software engineering best practices (e.g., unit testing, integration testing, static analysis, code reviews, design reviews, Doxygen documentation)
• Develop software within Continuous Improvement development process.
• Improve Continuous Improvement process (recommend process improvements, software tools, and helper scripts)
• Work cooperatively within the software group as well as across disciplines such as systems, electrical, optical and mechanical to deliver projects on-time and on budget.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline (master’s degree preferred)
• 10 or more years of relevant experience developing software for complex instruments or devices that include motion control and fluidics
• Demonstrated experience in object-oriented design methodology and programming languages, primarily C#, and C++
• Understanding of revision control systems and issue tracking systems
• Ability to work independently or in a team environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously (Good organizational and multi-tasking skills)
• Demonstrated experience in software development lifecycle (Agile, Spiral), object-oriented design methodology.
• Design experience of software for hardware instruments / devices that include motion control interfaces
• Experience with medical device regulatory standards such as 21 CFR Part 820, IEC 62304 and ISO 13485 including experience with system risk / hazard analysis
• Experience with software…