We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 Dec 2024

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in programming and working with embedded systems and software development, with core competencies in Python and C#. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions to program (over UART and the cloud) and test our innovative products.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for software development. The primary role for this position is designing and writing the software to program the embedded device and test it. It requires proficiency in networking principles, OS-level interactions, and efficient data transmission across various interfaces, ensuring seamless and secure integration with embedded systems. As part of this role, you will also coordinate technical discussions and problem solving for software projects and collaborate with the platform and system architects on the impacts of design decisions. You will coach other engineers on best practices and new technologies and review designs and architectures of the development team. You will be a key interface between the software team and other software teams and functions including participating in change control and risk analysis activities as part of the software quality process.

• Design and implement software to install embedded code into a device using UART, BLE, cloud-based networking protocols, and operating system calls.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code in Python.
• Interpret, understand, and provide feedback on software requirements for a project. Perform requirement analysis to determine completeness and compliance with software system. Ability to work with requirement management tools.
• Pursues industry best practices and technology trends. Collaborates with industry thought leaders.  Recognized as the organization’s leader in applying new technology. Provides vision and assures the organization is an early adopter of industry innovations.
• Recognized as a technical leader of software development methods for safety critical, fault tolerant real-time software, and current embedded system technologies.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Designs, develops, tests, debugs, and implements software tools and utilities.
• Drives requirement and test issues to resolution.
• Determines systems software design requirements.
• Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.
• Generates software engineering policies, standards, and procedures.
• May work across a variety of software lifecycle activities as determined by program needs.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related Engineering or Sciences field required.
• 4 years of embedded systems engineering experience in product development with a Bachelor’s degree, or, 2+ years of embedded systems engineering experience in product development with a Master’s degree.

Nice to Have

• Experience in C#
• Embedded systems development experience

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$120,000.00 - $180,000.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance,Health Savings Account,Healthcare Flexible Spending Account,Life insurance, Long-term disability leave,Dependent daycare spending account,Tuition assistance/reimbursement, andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match,Short-term disability,Paid time off,Paid holidays,Employee Stock Purchase Plan,Employee Assistance Program,Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.