Software Engineering Manager

What You’ll Do At Elekta

As Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a team developing advanced treatment planning algorithms that support cancer care around the world. You will combine technical leadership, people leadership and scientific expertise to help bring innovative radiation therapy capabilities into clinical practice.

In this role, you will guide a specialist software engineering team, shape priorities and support the delivery of high-quality solutions for a regulated medical technology environment. You will work closely with colleagues across engineering, product, clinical and scientific disciplines to help turn complex requirements into reliable, effective and clinically meaningful software.

Lead, coach and develop a software engineering team working on treatment planning algorithms.Define team priorities, goals and technical roadmap in alignment with company strategy.Provide technical leadership in areas such as radiation therapy, mathematics, physics, computer science, AI, algorithm development and software architecture.Support effective collaboration, communication and coordination across teams and functions.Hire, onboard, mentor and develop team members, creating an environment where people can do their best work.Contribute to requirements engineering, architectural design and medical device documentation.Participate in risk management activities and support high standards of quality and compliance.Drive continuous improvement in development processes, tools and ways of working.Stay current with software engineering practices, standards, languages, tools and developments in the radiotherapy domain.

What You’ll Bring

PhD in a relevant field, or MSc combined with clinical experience in radiation therapy.Experience in algorithm development, or a clinical radiation therapy background combined with coding skills.Experience leading, coaching or managing technical teams.Strong knowledge of software development design principles and methodologies.Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English, both written and spoken.A collaborative working style, with the ability to build trusted relationships across disciplines.Experience with lean or agile development is an advantage.Experience in medical device development is an advantage.

What You’ll Get

Comprehensive occupational healthcare and insuranceAccident insurance during work and free-timeLunch benefitAnnual sport and culture benefitMobile phone benefitFlexible working hours to support work-life balanceProfessional development and learning opportunities2 additional company-paid days off during the yearModern office in central Helsinki with excellent transport connectionsAn international and collaborative working environment

We believe that great ideas are built together. To support collaboration, team development and innovation, this role is primarily office-based, with an expectation of working from our Helsinki office at least four days per week.

Application process

We look forward to receiving your application. Please submit your CV in English via the “Apply” button. We review applications on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We are an equal opportunity employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.