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A Day in the Life
Senior Software Engineer

Careers that Change Lives

Transforming Patient Management with Smart Technology!

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work.

Medtronic Coronary & Renal Denervation (OHS) Operating Unit develops the next generation medical technologies that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of patients across the world.

Treatments We Offer:

Renal Denervation

Key Technologies

Symplicity Spyral™ Renal Denervation (RDN) System

Medtronic's Coronary and Renal Denervation (CRDN) business is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to be part of a high-performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of energy-based therapeutic medical devices to treat hypertension. In this role, you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to support the newly approved therapy medical device software and participate in the design and development of next generation medical devices.

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Coronary and Renal Denervation (CRDN) unit. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working on-site 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

A Day in the Life

This role requires strong technical skills to support the full software development lifecycle of innovative new medical device products with embedded software within the CRDN Group. The Senior Software Engineer will apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts in working on complex technical problems, and will provide technical leadership of projects from concept generation through development and market release. In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Senior Software Engineer role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality medical device embedded software solutions as part of the software team in accordance with Agile principles and Scrum methodologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to understand the product needs and capabilities and to provide guidance on potential solutions.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, following best practices and coding standards.
• Write unit tests, integration tests, and automated acceptance tests to ensure software quality and functionality.
• Integrate code frequently into version control repositories, ensuring a consistent and reliable CI/CD pipeline that automates testing, builds, and deployments.
• Collaborate with QA engineers to perform manual and automated testing, participating in bug triaging and resolution.
• Work with different stakeholders and Cross-function team to prioritize team work according to business needs.
• Participate in Risk Assessment and requirements development.
• Cross-function collaboration with manufacturing and production.
• Participate in the documentation of the software including architecture and design detail, unit testing, defect tracking and reports.
• Cross function team collaboration with HW and systems partners, including integration team, testing team, Quality, System V&V...etc.
• Follow Medical device regulations (IEC 62304, IEC 82304, FDA...etc.)
• Provide leadership in solving engineering problems and fostering creativity and innovation in design and problem solutions.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experienced in C/C++ programming and at least one scripting language such as Python
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues in embedded software
• Experience with an embedded Linux Environment

Qualifications -

Must Have - Minimum Requirements

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME

• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline and minimum of 4 years of work experience OR advanced degree in computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline with 2 years of work experience.

Nice to Have

• Demonstrated knowledge of software design, development, debug and test practices
• Experience using unit test frameworks, such as Google Test / Mock and following a Test-Driven Development software practice
• Familiar with using static analysis tools, such as Coverity
• Experience using Git for source control and experience in a pull-request based workflow
• Experience with Docker containerization, including creating, managing, and optimizing Docker containers and images.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Travis CI to automate the build, test, and deploy software products.
• Experience in designing and developing Graphical User Interface, preferably in QT
• Experience with medical device design controls (e.g. ISO 13485), risk analysis (e.g. ISO 14971), and IEC62304 and SDLC
• Demonstrated experience in the following: embedded processors, microcontrollers, and development tools such as emulators, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes
• Proficiency in embedded communications protocols such as SPI, I2C

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):$124,800.00 - $187,200.00

This 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, and Simple 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), and Capital 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