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Job Location drjobs

Jacksonville - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 123200 - 184800

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 26 Sep 2025


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

Principal Software Quality Engineer

Medtronic ENT (Ear Nose and Throat) is an operating unit within Medtronics Neuroscience Portfolio. We focus on providing innovative solutions for ENT conditions including surgical and therapeutic products designed to improve patient outcomes in ear nose and throat health.

We are currently offering an excellent opportunity to join the ENT Quality team as a Principal Software Quality Engineer. This position is based onsite in Jacksonville FL.

Role Overview

In this role you will serve as an individual contributor responsible for ensuring the quality of software design and development for medical devices and related software products. As a Principal Software Quality Engineer you will lead initiatives that advance existing technology and introduce new technologies and therapies. You will formulate deliver and manage assigned projects collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve results. Your expertise in software quality engineering will be critical in mentoring colleagues and guiding lower-level professionals.

Key Responsibilities

  • Quality Standards Development: Develop modify and maintain standards for software systems quality operating methods processes and procedures.
  • Software Evaluation: Conduct comprehensive evaluations of software system activities including requirements design development documentation integration testing verification and validation.
  • Quality Assurance Measures: Define and implement measures to ensure software quality while developing and maintaining quality and reliability metrics.
  • Reliability Controls: Work on software reliability controls including reliability prediction and stress/performance testing.
  • Compliance Oversight: Ensure projects and process control documentation comply with requirements objectives and contracts.
  • Design Review: Review software systems design and change specifications against contractual and process requirements.
  • Risk Management: Lead risk management activities including system risk analysis (ISO 14971) and software risk management documentation (e.g. FMEA).
  • Cybersecurity Participation: Participate in and review cybersecurity documentation including SBOM STRIDE analysis and penetration testing.
  • Quality System Practices: Adhere to Quality System Practices as defined by Medtronic to ensure compliance with FDA ISO and European Medical Device quality standards.
  • Verification and Validation: Provide or direct verification and validation of software system requirements ensuring traceability and testability.

To Be Successful in This Role

  • Direct experience in software quality.
  • Experience with medical device design controls embedded systems and hardware/software interactions.
  • Experience with software development standards including IEC 62304 IEC 81001 ISO 14971 ISO 13485.
  • Proficiency in one or more programming languages: C/C C# Linux/Unix Python and automated testing frameworks.

Nice to Have

  • Experience in applying software quality tools for static code analysis code coverage and code quality.
  • Familiarity with product risk assessment requirements management defect tracking configuration management techniques.
  • Proven leadership experience in organizing and directing engineering teams.
  • Flexibility and adaptability to work in a dynamic environment.
  • Cybersecurity experience is a plus.
  • ASQ CSQE or similar certifications

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):$123200.00 - $184800.00

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 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 addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.


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