Sustaining Software Engineering Manager

About the role

Position Summary:

Cadwell is seeking a Sustaining Software Engineering Manager who will be solely focused on ensuring the highest quality and maintaining the performance and stability of our general release and Long-Term Service Release (LTSR) products. This critical role leads a dedicated team of engineers focused on production stability, maintenance, bug fixes, and patch management. This role does not include new feature development.

*Relocation Assistance Available*

Job Duties And Responsibilities:

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Team Leadership & Growth: Recruit, mentor, and lead a dedicated sustaining engineering software team; establish performance metrics and operational workflows to scale the team’s capacity.

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Escalation Leadership: Define and manage escalation paths for urgent customer-facing issues in coordination with the Support Platform teams and Product Management.

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Reactive Work Management: Act as a collaborative filter for incoming maintenance requests, ensuring they meet defined intake criteria before team assignment.

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Production Stability and Maintenance: Own the implementation and release (including documentation and paperwork) of critical production software bug fixes and security patches across the entire product portfolio.

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Codebase Stewardship: Maintain a high level of technical familiarity and code quality across all product codebases (EEG, EMG, Sleep, IONM, and CadLink).

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Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all software maintenance releases adhere to Cadwell’s Quality Management System (QMS) and contribute to its necessary refinements/changes.

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Inter-team Collaboration: Partner with the Platform and Product teams to ensure fixes are integrated into the main development branch without introducing regressions.

Qualifications: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

- Comprehensive Knowledge: Software Team Leadership, Staff Development, and Operational Workflow Design for Sustaining Software Engineering

- Comprehensive Knowledge: Stakeholder Communication and Management of Technical Escalation Paths (Internal and Customer-Facing)

- Thorough Knowledge: Regulatory Compliance and Quality Management Systems (QMS) required for Medical Device Software

- Thorough Knowledge: Advanced Troubleshooting, Debugging, and Production Bug Fix Implementation for complex software systems

- Thorough Knowledge: Technical Proficiency in C#, SQL, and desktop software development

Education and Experience:

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Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

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Required: 3+ years of experience in software engineering management or a high-level technical leadership role.

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Required: Strong background in troubleshooting complex, multi-component software systems.