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Software Engineer II, Valence

ATEC Spine
Carlsbad, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/6/2026
The Software Engineer II position will support software development for ATEC's surgical navigation and robotics platform. They will support activities for software development to ensure ATEC's cutting edge medical products meet our user's needs and FDA quality and reliability standards.

Designing, developing, testing, maintaining and documenting/validating software applications. Participate in all phases of product development as needed such as reviewing requirements, design, usability, risk assessment, and testing execution. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments. Interfacing with mechanical, electrical, systems, software and test engineers.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

  • Design and implement high quality applications and frameworks targeting the Unix/Linux platform
  • Design and implement application software in C
  • Assist product owners and senior engineers in analyzing future product features, including feasibility, effort, and technical tradeoffs
  • Perform integration and system level testing of software and software/hardware systems
  • Develop documentation related to software development projects (design artifacts, test plans/cases, etc.)
  • Assist with technical support for field-deployed software applications as needed. Collaborate with clinical and field teams to gather information, investigate issues, contribute to root-cause analysis, and help drive product improvements. Participate in occasional on-site visits to support issue diagnosis and troubleshooting.
  • Support and participate in clinical prototyping, testing, and formal evaluation in cadaveric surgical lab settings
  • Maintain rigorous version control, unit testing, and documentation to support regulatory evaluation and formal test efforts
  • Ability to travel up to 15% of the time

Requirements

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Experience with commercial software development. Experience with medical device software a plus
  • Experience with C and Linux strongly preferred
  • Experience with Agile software development methodologies, Git / Azure DevOps / Jira
  • Experience in a government-regulated product environment desirable

Education And Experience

  • 3 years experience in commercial software product development
  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred

Equal Employment Opportunity & Other Disclosures 

ATEC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state or local laws. Further, ATEC will make reasonable accommodations that are necessary to comply with disability discrimination laws.

For roles based in the United States that require access to hospital facilities, must be eligible for and maintain credentials at all required hospitals, including meeting any applicable physical requirements or vaccination requirements (including the COVID-19 vaccine, as applicable).

At this time, ATEC Spine does not sponsor employment visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.

Benefits

Salary Range

Alphatec Spine, Inc. complies with state and federal wage and hour laws and compensation depends upon candidate's qualifications, education, skill set, years of experience, and internal equity. $95,000 - $110,000 Full-Time Annual Salary

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