Build Technology That Saves Lives
What if the software you wrote today could deliver life-saving medicine to a disaster zone tomorrow?
At DEKA, that's not a hypothetical, we like to call it Tuesday! We are developing advanced systems, backed by federal support, designed to produce life-saving fluids at the point of care, deployable anywhere from community hospitals to disaster relief operations. The goal: near-perfect uptime for something people's lives depend on.
The engineers who make this possible work at the intersection of robotics, precision fluid control systems, IoT connectivity, intuitive user interfaces, and quality-by-design principles. They don't just write code, they build the nervous system of machines that matter. If you want to look back on your career and point to something real, this is where you do that work.
How you will make an impact:
- Design, implement, and verify robust applications within an embedded Linux software stack powering life-critical systems
- Own complex back-end modules from requirements through delivery, with a keene eye toward reliability, maintainability, and performance.
- Collaborate across mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering disciplines to integrate hardware and software into cohesive, dependable products.
- Analyze, author, and update software requirements and verification procedures.
- Mentor junior engineers, contribute to code reviews, and raise the technical bar across the team.
- Solve hard problems - and take pride in doing it right.
To be successful in this role, you will need to following skills and experience:
Experience & Education
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) with 5+ years in software/hardware system design and implementation
- Strong Python 3 skills for tooling, automation, scripting, multiprocessing services, and system-level development
- Embedded Linux application development - you know what it means to write software that runs close to the metal
- Proficiency in C and C++ is a plus including hands-on experience in modern C++ (C++20 preferred)
Technical Skills
- Practical experience with containerization tools: Docker, Docker Compose, and related Docker products.
- Familiarity with configuration management and infrastructure automation using Ansible.
- CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance; comfort with the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Experience with source control and project tracking tools, including GitLab and Jira
- Working knowledge of serialization and data interchange formats such as Protocol Buffers and JSON
- Experience with development containers and IDEs such as VS Code.
- Ability to write clear, navigable technical documentation (Markdown, Doxygen, Confluence).
- Strong attention to detail in all written work.
- Experience with requirement driven design in regulated spaces.
- Familiarity with the AWS IoT ecosystem, MQTT, Pub-Sub Communication.
- Familiarity with microservice architecture.
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL or similar SQL based platforms.
Who Thrives Here
- Engineers who dig deep - root cause is not "unknown," it's "not yet found".
- Self-starters who can own a problem from whiteboard to production.
- Communicators who write clearly, speak directly, and collaborate across disciplines hand-on.
- People who care about reliability because lives depend on it - not because the Jira ticket says so.
- Curious minds who seek to understand how things work all the way down.
About DEKA:
One hour from the beach, Boston, and the mountains, the historic Amoskeag Millyard once housed the largest textile mills in the world. It is now home to DEKA Research and Development, where we are taking the same innovation and cutting-edge technology into the modern age.
Behind DEKA’s brick walls sits a team of professionals who strive to make a difference every day through thoughtful engineering, design, and manufacturing. Here at DEKA, some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time are created, and new ideas are always welcome and explored.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years in software/hardware system design and implementation
- Strong Python 3 skills
- Embedded Linux application development experience
- Proficiency in C and C++
- Practical experience with containerization tools
- Familiarity with configuration management using Ansible
- CI/CD pipeline development experience
- Experience with GitLab and Jira
- Working knowledge of serialization formats like Protocol Buffers and JSON
- Experience with PostgreSQL or similar SQL platforms
What We Do
DEKA is one of the leading research and development companies in the country and is the birthplace of some of the most innovative and life-changing products of our time. For over thirty years, DEKA Research & Development Corp. has made Manchester, New Hampshire home. Located about an hour from Boston, the beach, and the mountains, we are situated in the beautiful and historic Amoskeag Millyard buildings located in downtown Manchester. DEKA continues to be a place where no idea seems too big and where creativity and crazy cool gizmos reign supreme. The engineers, technicians, machinists, designers and all of the other folks who make up DEKA are some of the most creative and innovative professionals you could ever hope to meet. It's a place where one crazy idea can end up being the next greatest invention. At DEKA we embrace the spirit of innovation and constantly aim to turn the impossible into a reality. DEKA is filled with people who are driven to be among the best and brightest in their field of work. It’s a concentrated bunch of really smart thinkers, doers and problems solvers, who are driven to using innovative design solutions and state-of-the-art technology to improve lives. We all see endless possibilities in the power of technology to do good. Employees have the opportunity to work on diverse projects that have a positive, enduring impact on millions of people worldwide. We are growing! We're always seeking passionate individuals to join our growing team of evolved thinkers.
