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

You will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform: https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html

Impact patient outcomes.  Come for a job, stay for a career.

In the Surgical Robotics (SR) business, part of Medtronic’s Medical Surgical Portfolio, we believe patients around the world deserve access to quality care and improved outcomes. We strive to expand global access to care and reduce variability through robotic and analytics solutions.

SURGICAL INNOVATIONS set the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) by creating innovative surgical products and services.

A Day in the Life

Located at the Medtronic office in the Seaport District of Boston, MA, as a Surgeon Console Software Engineer you will lead and/or participate in the software development efforts in the Software Center of Excellence of the Surgical Robotics Organization. You will work on developing next generation surgeon console to enable surgeons to drive surgical robotic arm to perform surgeries and change patients’ life. You will work in a fast-paced and highly regulated environment with a group of highly talented software engineers, collaborating with cross functional teams to develop and design surgeon console next generation, complete requirements definition, design, code implementation, unit test, and software and system verification and validation.  You will also participate in Agile activities including but not limited to (Increment Planning, Sprint Planning, stand-ups…etc.) and you might act as scrum master or product owner based on project needs.

Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Combine the best of your experience with training and mentorship to move your career forward. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

You will:

• Build and develop world class software for the surgeon console using C++.

• Work with different communication protocols including but not limited to DDS, I2C, SPI, RS232 and TCP/IP.

• Communicate with different hardware components, embedded systems, and motor controllers.

• Cross function collaboration with manufacturing and production.

• Troubleshooting and debugging issues that are SW/HW related.

• Lead process improvement initiatives to reduce release time and improve the overall program efficiency.

• Coach and mentor other junior software engineers.

• Participate in the documentation of the software including architecture and design detail, unit testing, anomaly tracking and reports.

• Define design gaps and areas of improvement.

• Lead new product development initiatives.

• Define and review software requirements, Participate in design review and architecture runway

• Cross function team collaboration with our SW partners, including integration team, testing team, Quality, System V&V…etc.

• Follow Medical device regulation (IEC 62304, FDA…etc.)

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, preferably software related: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical engineering, or related fields. Master’s or Ph.D. degree in related discipline is preferred.

The ideal candidate must have any or all the following related experience:

• Deep knowledge of object-oriented design and Modern C++ language.

• Hands-on experience in developing, debugging, and troubleshooting remotely and on targets using modern C++ 11 or later.

• Deep Knowledge with RTOS, and Real time application.

• Deep knowledge with embedded SW design, bootloader, Firmware and SW/HW interfaces.

• Experience with low level interface and communication protocols: RS232, UART, SPI, Modbus

• Experience in software architecture design, writing design documents, creating flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts.

• Hands on experience with Motor-controller and low-level control technologies.

• Experience with different network communication protocols TCP/IP, DDS, UDP... etc.

• Passione in solving complex issues and diving deep to understand the root cause.

• Understanding and appreciation of SDLC process and tools (e.g. JIRA, Bitbucket, Stash, Confluence, JAMA, Git, CMake.)

• Hand-on experience with Windows OS, Real Time Operation System (RTOS), QNX (x86 and/or Arm target), Linux and/or other Real Time Operating System, including related IDEs, SDKs, and DDKs.

• Experience in the test-driven development methodology and unit test.

• Experience leading technical design activities.

• Ability to distill software requirements from system requirements.

• Experience in providing guidance, coaching, and training to other software engineers in the software development technologies and best practices.

• Experience in relevant scripting languages Python, Matlab and bash is a plus.

• Familiarity with Scaled Agile and/or SAFe for software development practices, is a plus.

• Experience in software development in medical devices industry, is a plus.

• Experience or basic understanding of surgical robotics is a plus.

• Experience leading software development process improvement activities.

• Hands on experience with Software and Hardware embedded development using C++.

• Experience working with highly regulated environment following ISO 13485 and 14971, GMP guidelines, FDA regulations, Software as medical devices, and IEC 62304.

• Experience performing risk management analysis of software ideally using SW FMEA techniques

• Experience working with the global/multi-development sites environment is a plus.

• Experience acting as Scrum Master or Product Owner is a plus.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.  We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

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 - $180,000.00

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).

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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