Manager Software Treatment Planning

Give hope.

Give health.

Make your mark in the fight against cancer.

At Accuray, we make a direct and powerful impact on the lives of cancer patients every day — helping them live longer, better lives.

But our commitment to innovation offers a truly unique opportunity: the chance to change the fight against cancer — helping to develop, introduce and support new treatment delivery systems and software that will give new hope and new health to cancer patients and cancer survivors around the world .

Accuray develops, manufactures and sells radiotherapy systems for alternative cancer treatments.

Our radiation therapy for cancer makes treatment shorter, safer, personalized and more effective, ultimately enabling patients to live longer, better lives.

Job Description

Summary:

Lead an experienced team of software engineers and problem solvers working to fight cancer through designing, implementing, testing, and deploying software solutions for Accuray’s premier radiation therapy systems.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Own the effectiveness of their organization and how their department contributes to the organization's effectiveness.

Selection of new team members, identification of Group/Tech Leads, subsystem owners, architects.

Determining/monitoring training and development plans, performance/personnel management of members.

Communicates key information to team from business updates on timely basis.

Builds capacity among team by identifying skill gaps, making and executing plans to address them.

Manages team performance through annual performance reviews, as well as sharing observations and suggestions for greater effectiveness on individual and team basis throughout the year.

Rewards and recognizes performance on individual and team basis, utilizing Accuray programs and those of the department.

Coaches, mentors and develops engineers to enhance their professional growth.

Participates with PM and Subsystem Owner to ensure resource availability.

Determines resource allocations and deploys accordingly.

Adjusts resources as needed and communicates changes.

Process and Compliance.

Ensures compliance with Accuray processes under a regulated environment
• Identifies needs for process improvement and development in team space and drives necessary changes in SOPs and Wis.

Reviews, recommends, and implements changes in procedures consistent with company policies and objectives.

Product Ownership.

During development, delegates responsibility to ensure requirements meet the needs, and that the final design meets the approved requirements, prior to system integration.

Considers cross-functional inputs for subsystem level requirements and architecture designs changes.

Lead and mentor a team of software engineers working on the Treatment Planning system of the Radixact and CyberKnife Delivery System.

Consulting with management and Software Developers to determine software solution requirements.

Solicit and provide meaningful feedback with the team to grow strengths and capabilities.

Manage budgetary needs and participate in the budget process.

Participates in the negotiation of scope and system level requirements by collaborating with PDT rep/PM, directors, managers, systems engineering, and group leads.

Co-owns development of subsystem schedules with PM to address project scope, including task estimation, resulting in engineering execution plans clearly defining measurable engineering outputs.

Accountable for requirements/design/implementation/testing at subsystem level and below.

Ensures subsystems are optimally designed through collaboration with cross-functional teams on Design-for-X (X = Manufacturability, Serviceability, Reliability, COGS, Quality, Safety, Testability, Usability, etc).

Ensures subsystems are represented as necessary at phase review activities.

Product Input and Strategy.

Maintains knowledge of market, state-of-the-art, research, and emerging technologies in area of responsibility.

Qualifications:

a.

Required :

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or similar.

Proven experience managing a team of engineers with at least 2 years of demonstrated success.

5+ years of experience in software development and team management.

Excellent communicator on both a technical level with the engineers and a project level with stakeholders and executives

Demonstrated understanding of development processes and an interest in driving successful projects through process improvement,

Willingness to perform a broad range of tasks in order to ensure the success of the development team.

Comfort working alongside several remote teams around the world to solve issues and deliver value to our products,

Ability to mentor Junior Software Developers, as well as to collaborate with all stakeholders.

Ability to keep up with software industry trends and innovation.

b.

Preferred or Desired :

Experience using other software languages and technologies.

Familiarity with Agile and other methodologies.

Experience engineering software in a regulated industry.

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To qualify for this position, candidates must be able to furnish proof that they are authorized to work in the country they are applying on a permanent basis without sponsorship.

EEO Statement

At Accuray, our commitment to patient-first outcomes drives an inclusive and collaborative work environment where the best ideas rise to the top — and everyone works to push them further.

We value diversity in both the professional and personal backgrounds of our employees, as this variety adds rich energy to every team, every project and every work day.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin – including individuals with disabilities and veterans.
Full time