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A Day in the Life

Medtronic Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our R&D Organization to lead the design and development of application software for cardiac ablation systems.

Areas of responsibility will include driving software development activities to support the development of our electrophysiology capital equipment through the software development lifecycle in compliance with design control procedures used within the medical device industry: design, requirements, implementation, documentation, interface definition, testing, release, and maintenance. Candidates must be willing to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, geographically dispersed team environment.

CAS R&D seeks candidates who will meet our customer expectations by striving without reserve for the greatest possible reliability and quality in our products, processes, and systems by being accountable, having a voice, and taking action.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

• Lead design, implementation, documentation, and verification testing efforts for Windows-based computing systems software and embedded firmware systems, which are integrated with mechanical and electrical capital equipment.
• Work in an evolving, maturing Agile environment as part of a scrum team, in consultation with scrum masters, product owners, and other developers.
• Investigate, propose, and implement new technologies, tools, or processes that improve the reliability and efficiency of software development and testing.
• Train on and apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the software development life cycle, following FDA regulations as well as IEC 62304 for medical device software.
• Effectively work with individuals from various engineering disciplines in a variety of locations, including supporting Manufacturing in troubleshooting operations through assembly and test.
• Provide technical assistance to other functional departments such as Quality, Systems Engineering, Reliability, Service, and Manufacturing.
• Support software deployment and release, supporting and troubleshooting DevOps components, continuous integration, and eventual manufacturing integration/installation and field release.
• Maintain an attitude of positive flexibility, sometimes performing assigned work outside the boundaries of a typical software engineering job description to meet overall team deadlines and milestones.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• 12+ years of software development and/or test experience with a bachelor’s degree in engineering (Computer Science, Software, Biomedical, or Electrical preferred) or 5+ years of experience with an additional advanced degree.
• 5 + years of direct development experience, preferably within a Windows desktop environment.
• Ability to mentor and review the work of less experienced and/or remote engineering teams.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work in a multi-site team environment, displaying strong collaboration skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to clearly and concisely summarize complex technical concepts and problems.

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. 

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.
 

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.

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