Software Safety Engineer
Our mission is to hasten the transition to universally accessible healthcare. We are authorised by governments to assess and grant market access to medical AIs. Our approach enables the most innovative technology to reach patients safely and quickly.
Scarlet is the pre-eminent authority on AI medical devices. We serve customers that matter. Companies building bleeding-edge medical AI systems choose Scarlet. You will be joining a team with product-market fit, flowing data, and exponentially growing revenue.
Come help us bring the next generation of healthcare to the people who need it.
About this role:
Scarlet’s Devices function is a team of clinicians, AI experts, and software engineers, working together to assess and certify the most innovative and impactful medical device software. We deliver fast and efficient assessments to enable market access, device updates and ongoing surveillance of a growing portfolio of medical devices. As we scale, we need software expertise to provide support across all stages of the customer journey. You will join a team of software experts conducting swift and accurate device assessments and providing expertise to internal functions and external stakeholders.
Your responsibilities:
- Get authorised to assess the software lifecycle processes of the most innovative medical devices in the world
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team on technical documentation assessments
- Create content to help explain complex regulatory topics to customers and prospects
- Screen and action regulatory insights from the latest research, standards and guidance
- Support the Sales and Customer Experience functions by providing regulatory insights on prospects and customers
- Work with Product, Engineering, Design and Applied ML functions to build and improve our systems
- Support the Technical Operations function as they expand Scarlet’s approvals in various jurisdictions and technologies
Key skills:
- A degree in computer science or a related discipline
- Minimum of four years' experience in healthcare products or related activities (manufacturing, auditing or research)
- Minimum of two years' experience in the design, development or testing of medical device software (or other critical software)
- Practical experience in conducting performance, verification and validation testing and/or assessing test protocols, data and results for medical device software
- Practical programming experience and knowledge of one or more programming languages, software testing and debugging techniques
- Knowledge of programming principles, software development life-cycle processes, software verification and validation testing, software configuration management, problem resolution techniques, medical device cybersecurity, interaction between medical software and its environment and data protection
Desirable skills:
- Ferociously curious — enjoys deep investigation and challenging the status quo
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly adaptable and able to operate autonomously on ambiguous tasks
- Knowledge or training in relevant standards and guidance for medical device software (e.g. IEC 62304, IEC 81001-5-1)
- Strong technical knowledge of modern generative AI (LLMs, embeddings, RAG, fine-tuning, evaluation/monitoring) and understanding of system failure modes
The interview process
- Intro chat with Hann — 30 mins
- Interview with Sandy and a member of the Devices function — 30 mins each
- Technical task and interview with Hann — 1 hour
- Culture and values interview with James and Jamie — 30 mins each
- Referencing and offer
Compensation Range: £75K - £85K
How to apply
Apply via the application page: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/scarlet/798b7bf2-b870-46c7-9d0c-9f7ebc806fda/application
Application details
Click the "Apply for this Job" button on the job page or use the application link above. The application is submitted through Scarlet's careers portal; you may be asked to complete eligibility and background questions as part of the process.