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At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

You will be a member of the Acute Care & Monitoring (ACM) product development team. Specifically you will join an R&D team creating category-redefining products for the high-growth airway management portfolio. Our team originated from Medtronics acquisition of Aircraft Medical and combines the agility of a startup with the support of an established manufacturer.



You will work in a cooperative workspace with key cross-functional partners. Design research clinical science marketing and engineering come together to create meaningful products.

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

Careers that Change Lives



Engineers are indispensable to achieving our Mission. Thats why we empower you to bring the best of your experience to bear on our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Apply your existing skills and develop new ones with the training mentorship and the guidance you need to continue to develop your expertise. Today were partnering across the industry to confront systemic healthcare challenges this requires bold leadership. 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.



A Day in the Life



This position is responsible for developing specialized embedded software systems for healthcare workers specifically related to airway management in acute care setting such as Operation Room Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department. You will be at the junction of user experience and software engineering applying deep technical expertise to realize challenging design goals. This position applies technical expertise combining software and hardware in solving complex technical problems and provides solutions that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity. Work is performed with some direction and latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment. The role will collaborate with cross-function team members including software hardware mechanical and systems engineers.



Responsibilities Include:



Work with the software lead to define project goals and deliverables

Responsible for successfully delivering on project objectives and milestones

Bring architectural/design concepts into the product design and assist at creating platform level architectures that can be used for multiple product lines

Ensure the design development and maintenance of complex software systems with high performance scalability and reliability

Develop and debug software for embedded systems ensuring seamless integration with hardware components

Work closely with the hardware team to provide feedback on hardware designs

Work with algorithm engineers to port complex algorithms into an embedded platform.

Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality and adherence to best practices.

Generate Deliverables (including documentation) to support IEC 62304 ISO14971 and ISO13485 requirements

Assist the effort to elicit and create software requirements

Implement and maintain robust software testing strategies including unit integration and automated testing to ensure high-quality code

Participate in the design of software verification and validation test

Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues providing timely and effective solutions

Participate in system level risk analysis and DFMEAs

Participate in HW design reviews and component selection. Contribute to HW DFMEAs

Creation of new and maintenance of existing custom software tools

Gathering of tool requirements

Development of scalable architecture

Validation and deployment

Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies continuously improving the software development process.

May work across a variety of software lifecycle activities as determined by program needs.

Additional tasks as assigned



Nice to Have:



Previous software engineering experience in the medical device industry or a highly regulated environment (like defence/aviation etc.) is a plus

A strong background in designing implementing and maintaining complex software systems

Experience in real-time software optimization

Solid knowledge of network communication protocols and image processing algorithms is a plus

Knowledge of continuous development and/or integration tools and practices included automated testing and deployment

Experience with software risk analysis including software failure mode and effects analysis

Awareness of Medical Device standards and applicable FDA standardsBachelors degree in Computer Engineering Software Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering or related technical field.

Bachelors degree with at least 2 years of embedded software development experience or a Masters degree with 1 years of relevant experience

Expert-level proficiency in C and C software design & coding required in an Embedded development environment

Ability to comprehend datasheets schematics and apply information to software design

Experience with firmware development in embedded Linux and/or real-time operating systems e.g. FreeRTOS ThreaX QNX etc.

Familiar with standard embedded communication protocols e.g. SPI I2C UART etc. as well as driver implementation.

Experience with IAR Toolchain and other cross-platform compilers

Ability to work closely with hardware engineers and technicians to bring up new boards and debug issues at the hardware/software interface level.

Experience working in a structured software development environment following a well-defined software development process

Demonstrated ability to quickly interpret an extensive variety of technical information and find resolution to an issue quickly.

Understanding of version control systems and configuration management.

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to learn and apply new technology in areas of responsibility.

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

• Designs develops tests debugs and implements operating systems components software tools and utilities.
• Determines systems software design requirements.
• Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.
• Generates systems software engineering policies standards and procedures.
• May work across a variety of software lifecycle activities as determined by program needs.

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM:An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies from design to implementation - while adhering to policies using specialized knowledge and skills.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy:Established and productive individual contributor.
Works independently with general supervision on larger moderately complex projects / assignments.

Organizational Impact:Sets objectives for own job area to meet the objectives of projects and assignments.
Contributes to the completion of project milestones.
May have some involvement in cross functional assignments.

Innovation and Complexity:Problems and issues faced are general and may require understanding of broader set of issues or other job areas but typically are not complex.
Makes adjustments or recommends enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area.

Communication and Influence:Communicates primarily and frequently with internal contacts.
External interactions are less complex or problem solving in nature.
Contacts others to share information status needs and issues in order to inform gain input and support decision-making.

Leadership and Talent Management:May provide guidance and assistance to entry level professionals and / or employee in Support Career Stream.

Required Knowledge and Experience:Requires practical knowledge and demonstrated competence within job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience or advanced degree with 0 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):$98400-$147600

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 insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple 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 matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital 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 95000 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.