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

Medtronic leads the health care industry to provide solutions that benefit the daily lives of people across the globe. Our organization contributes directly to this mission through our rich software system, which include Mobile and Web applications combined with scaled infrastructure and advanced analytics. Become part of our team and you will be challenged to build these amazing software products, and in the process, make a real difference.

As a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test, you will design and build the frameworks to test and deploy these complex systems. Our product suite spans from medical devices that a patient wears, to mobile apps, up to our back-end servers – so this is a challenging task, and one that requires very critical thinking to ensure the system performs well, and the data is correct.

We develop with some of the latest technologies across iOS, Android and Web, paired with continuous build and test with tools like Jenkins, Selenium and Appium. Our test engineering team is encouraged to drive new ways to improve automation, with the goal of highly scaled testing across numerous hardware and OS variations.

The best candidates will be ‘engineers’. That is, critical thinkers who solve problems efficiently, pragmatically and continually seek information from all sources. Strong relationship skills are a must, as is excellent verbal and written communication.

This is a unique opportunity to apply your best technical innovation, problem solving and leadership skills to improving how people live their lives every day. Software Testing “IS” engineering, and it’s and is a hard, fun problem to solve.

This position is onsite/hybrid, 3 days per week in Northridge, CA

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

• Craft a flexible and reliable test automation framework tailored to our company and product needs.
• ⁠Elevate existing test coverage through new code, codebase optimization, and collaborative code reviews (MR/PR).
• ⁠Be a problem-solver: identify and resolve challenges in both manual and automated testing infrastructures. Kick off new initiatives and own them.
• ⁠Lead a project and/or a module from start to finish. That includes but not limited to create Test Strategy, write Test Design/Test cases, Test plan, Hardware and software requirement needs, review product requirements, identify the gaps and risks, delegate the work to the other team members, gather daily and weekly updates and ensure overall project testing is on track.
• ⁠Become a knowledge hub: create training materials and mentor teammates.
• Smooth transitions: support onboarding, offboarding, and team member integration.
• Hands on experience and deep understanding in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) testing.
• ⁠Be an in-house expert and SME of the automation framework, programming language which is in-use, Appium, Jenkins, GitHub, BLE testing, Pump emulator/Simulator, SPIS boards, POSTMAN and API testing, Database testing.
• ⁠Optimize existing device farms and make them useful, while exploring alternatives like BrowserStack and Saucelabs.
• ⁠Lead geographically dispersed test engineering teams effectively.
• ⁠Quantify success: define KPIs and metrics to track team and project performance, leveraging data to identify and address issues proactively. Analyze dashboard stats weekly to find any issues happening on specific platforms, OS and help drive JIRA tickets to be assigned to right folks to mitigate the issues (Example dashboard logs, Firebase, Crash events).
• ⁠It is crucial for engineers to have access to physical test devices, including pumps, sensors, mobile and boards, to gain a comprehensive understanding of their hardware functionality and performance. This hands-on experience is essential for leading the design of effective and optimized tests and modules.
• Proactively track upcoming mobile OS releases and device launches to minimize support risks.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field and 7+ years of experience
• Or, Advanced Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field and 5+ years of 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):$116,800.00 - $175,200.00This 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).

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.

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