Senior DevOps Engineer

Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives.

Join our innovative team as a Senior DevOps Engineer - Mechelen Belgium and play a pivotal role in developing cutting-edge software systems and tools.

Position Overview / Purpose

As a DevOps Engineer, you will work closely with engineering and research teams to design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, automate workflows, and ensure seamless integration of diverse software components. You will be the go-to person for process ownership / driving efficiency, reliability, and scalability in our development lifecycle.

Accountabilities 

Accountability 1:  DevOps Engineer

• Setting up and maintenance of the new and existing CI/CD systems and tools
• Setting up and maintenance of the package management system
• Support of the CI/CD infrastructure for different projects and teams
• Containerization for projects builds/tests where applicable
• Collaborate and align with the different software teams using the CI/CD systems at CTC to deliver shared templates/standards and reduce duplication

Accountability 2:  Quality 

• Document & report developments and progress clearly
• Follow all applicable development & verification processes and methodologies.  These may be part of internal policies, applicable international standards, applicable regulatory requirements and/or specific team processes
• Establish and meet CI SLOs
• Collaborate and influence across multiple teams to ensure good quality delivery of the activities

Accountability 3: Team, people 

• Good communication skills. 
• Ability to communicate openly and constructively with other team members, and knowledge sharing within the team and across teams. 
• Contributing to the team’s work and result. 
• Participate in team events and celebrations. 

Accountability 4: Personal development 

• Keep well informed about latest technology developments in software engineering as well as in the audiological field of Cochlear System. 
• Be aware of competitor activities. 
• Follow job specific training courses. 
• Contribute to the development of new technologies and intellectual property. 

Key Requirements 

Minimum: 

• Master in software engineering or equivalent with +5 years of experience in a full lifecycle commercial software development environment. 
• Demonstrated experience with Software Development as DevOps.
• Good level of experience in C++ and C#.
• Solid experience with the setting up and working with several CI/CD systems (TeamCity, Gitlab, Jenkins etc.).
• Experience with setting up and usage of the package management systems, e.g.: NuGet, vcpkg, Conan etc.
• Familiar with Agile development environments and scrum. 
• Good writing skills for purposes of design and code documentation. 
• Ability to have a broad perspective on technical development. 
• Familiar with hardware integration, electronics and measurement equipment (oscilloscopes, …) is a plus. 
• Working knowledge of the English language. 

Ideal: 

• Experience with several build environment/compilers: VisualStudio/msvc, clang, gcc, Qt, makefiles, cmake
• Scripting knowledge: python, bash, ps
• Containerization (Docker)
• Git, experience with Perforce is a plus
• Experience with medical device software development.
• Strong interest in medical device development and associated quality regulations
• Kubernetes; cloud runners (AWS/Azure/GCP); Prometheus/Grafana/ELK.
• Hardware-in-the-loop or lab automation.

What we offer

An attractive remuneration package and flexible extra-legal benefits

An extensive onboarding and training program

An enjoyable work environment with attention to life-work balance and homeworking

A stimulating environment with growth opportunities and opportunity to meet multi-disciplinary colleagues across the globe

This is your chance to be part of a premier organization with a great culture, working in a dynamic, growing and rapidly evolving environment to deliver outstanding results that benefit our customers every day. Be part of something purposeful and APPLY now by clicking on the link below and see your career grow!

Cochlear Summary

Cochlear’s mission is to help people hear and be heard. Around the world, more people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping people to Hear Now. And Always. Cochlear is the global market leader in implantable hearing solutions including cochlear implant systems (CI) and bone anchored hearing aids (Baha™).

Equal opportunities