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

Careers That Change Lives

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people.  Help us engineer the extraordinary!

Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. We reward you in the ways that matter most to you. We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards programs to recognize the important role you play in our Mission to transform healthcare. Learn more about Medtronic benefits and compensation at the bottom of this job description.

We are currently looking for a Senior Embedded Software Engineer (Automation) to join our Neuromodulation Engineering Team in Rice Creek, Minnesota. Our vision is to become the undisputed world leader in neuromodulation, improving patient lives through innovative solutions. Our therapies span the care continuum; from early interventional procedures to implantable surgical technologies that relieve pain, restore function, and improve lives for our patients.  We need your help to make this happen.

A Day in the Life

As a Software Verification Engineer (automation), your role is pivotal in bringing innovative medical products to the market. Your primary focus is on enhancing the patient experience by developing a new generation of patient programmers, allowing patients to manage their neuromodulation therapies effectively, reliably and with ease. You’ll be at the forefront of these developments, overseeing all aspects of Software Verification. In this dynamic position you’ll lead a team of embedded software verification engineers across the globe, fostering innovation and applying your technical expertise to drive impactful solutions. 

Your daily tasks will include:

• Verify high quality embedded software for Class 3 Medical Devices

• Implement Software Development Life Cycle activities and prepare deliverables for regulatory submission: Planning, Requirements definition, Architecture and Detailed Design and Coding, Testing (unit and integration), Release and Maintenance

• Estimate and plan development and verification efforts in compliance with Federal and International regulations (62304, 60601-1) as well as internal Quality System Regulations

• Develop test designs, test tools, automated test protocols and author reports.

• Troubleshoot, debug, and analyze product and system wide issues, maintaining and supporting existing embedded software systems

• Utilize Software engineering techniques to maximize test coverage in both manual and automation testing

• Coach and mentor firmware verification team members across the globe

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your application and resume.

• Bachelors degree in a technical discipline with minimum of 4 years relevant software and firmware experience,

• Or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant software and firmware experience

Nice to Have

• Programming Proficiency:

  • Expert in python language programming for developing automated test protocols to verify embedded systems.

  • Comfortable reading C and Java code with ability to contribute to code reviews, etc

• Automation Testing: Experience developing and executing automated testing across the Software Development Lifecycle compliant to Federal and International regulations including:

  • Requirement Analysis & Test Design

  • Software/Firmware Verification – Automation Test Script Development and Execution

  • Debugging

  • Integration Testing

• Test System & Tool Design: Experience in developing automated test tools to be used in verification, especially exposure to the following concepts/techniques:

  • Security

  • Bluetooth

  • Radio telemetry

• Agile & Devops: Experience planning and executing under Agile-Scrum development methodology as well as implementing and using Devops/continuous integration development environments.

• Quality/Verification mindset: Technical leader with a passion for verification and product quality.

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.
 

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

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.