Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Product Realization

Nextern

Nextern

Contract medical device development and manufacturing

No salary listed

Maple Grove, MN, USA

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Python
Software Testing
C#
C/C++
Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
  • Five to ten years of related work experience.
  • Knowledge of software design, development, debugging, and testing practices in a regulated environment.
  • Experience designing, implementing, and testing embedded software.
  • Proficiency in C++ and/or C programming in embedded environments.
  • Understanding of multitasking and device-driver complexities.
  • Experience with software architecture and design.
Responsibilities
  • Develop software and firmware and maintain associated documentation according to established quality-system procedures.
  • Work in multidisciplinary teams to meet product and project requirements and collaborate with engineers from different companies and industries.
  • Design, develop, and maintain software solutions using C, C++, C#, and Python.
  • Create and maintain product documentation covering requirements, specifications, design, development, integration, test procedures, and results.
  • Participate in technical reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, code, and other artifacts.
  • Contribute to system risk analysis and failure mode and effects analysis activities.
  • Break down project schedules and plan development activities.
  • Act as the software product owner on smaller projects and own components on larger, more complex systems as a technical subject matter expert.
  • Contribute to and help drive software process improvements within the organization.
  • Implement source code that meets product requirements and coding standards.
  • Plan, develop, and execute integration and unit tests to ensure source-code quality.
  • Consult on verification testing activities.
  • Provide corrective actions for assigned defects and issues.
  • Coordinate the configuration and release of embedded software and firmware.
  • Provide technical mentorship to software engineers, including guidance on software architecture decisions, code review and approvals, and software verification planning.
Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge of and experience with IEC 62304 and medical software lifecycle development.
  • Experience with Qt or other graphical user-interface toolkits.
  • Experience with wireless communication protocols.
  • Experience with C# and Python for tool development, automation, and manufacturing processes.
  • Experience with unit- and module-level software testing.

Nextern provides contract engineering and manufacturing services for medical devices across the product lifecycle, collaborating with OEMs, clinicians, and innovators from concept through commercialization. It offers four integrated pillars—Medical Device Product Development, Medical Device Manufacturing, NPX Precision Technologies, and Nextern Consulting Services—covering electromechanical systems, catheters, guidewires, pulse generators, and nitinol components with NPX laser cutting and welding. The company differentiates itself with an end-to-end, globally distributed model and a revenue structure tied to manufacturing output, aligning success with its partners’ commercial performance. Its goal is to enable medical device commercialization by delivering scalable, globally distributed manufacturing and lifecycle support across markets like peripheral vascular, interventional cardiology, structural heart, neuromodulation, and electrophysiology.

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What believers are saying

  • On 2026-06-22, Nextern launched Consulting Services for regulatory, clinical, quality, and lifecycle work.
  • John Hastings became CEO on 2025-09-29, bringing Nonin and Abbott operating discipline.
  • The 125,000-square-foot Maple Grove headquarters consolidated Minnesota operations and expanded cleanroom capacity in 2024.

What critics are saying

  • Key Tronic sued Nextern on 2025-05-06; Nextern counterclaimed on 2025-06-18.
  • Manufacturing revenue depends on OEM commercialization, so one failed launch hits utilization immediately.
  • A major quality failure at Maple Grove or Vietnam can trigger customer exits and shutdown.

What makes Nextern unique

  • Nextern spans design, development, manufacturing, and consulting across one contract lifecycle.
  • Its 2026 footprint covers Maple Grove, Costa Rica, Vietnam, China, and Kenosha.
  • NPX Precision Technologies adds laser cutting, welding, and specialty-alloy catheter capabilities.

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