Software Engineering Director, Affera Mapping System, Newton, MA

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Newton, MA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 202400 - 303600
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 3 Nov 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.

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As the Software Engineering Director your role will be at the intersection of leadership and technical delivery. As the lead the Affera Mapping System software team will guide a talented group of engineers in developing innovative features that automate inform and optimize cardiac ablation procedures. Your leadership will ensure the delivery of high-quality reliable and software that is impactful for clinicians and patients.

The Affera Mapping System sits at the center of the Cardiac Ablation Solutions this role you will build and scale a high-performing engineering organization that is transforming the cardiac mapping and ablation space. Your curiosity technical depth and passion for elegant solutions will drive both team excellence and product innovation.

You thrive in a highly collaborative fast-paced environment and can adapt to evolving needs foster a culture of technical and operational excellence and consistently deliver investigational pre-clinical and commercial software releases.

At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we -person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working onsite 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects

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

  • Lead the development and delivery of the Affera Mapping System software roadmap spanning new features manufacturing support and field deployment.
  • Provide strong technical leadership including architectural guidance code and design reviews and mentorship of senior engineers.
  • Lead sustaining and deployment activities for the Mapping System spanning manufacturing support operating system integration and field distribution of software packages.
  • Champion innovation and efficient transition of concepts from R&D to production leveraging modern agile development testing and DevOps best practices.
  • Scale and develop engineering capacity to meet business objectives while cultivating a high-performance engaged and inclusive team culture.
  • Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure full compliance with design controls software lifecycle standards and industry regulations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware engineering clinical research product design and marketing to deliver integrated solutions that meet customer needs and business needs.

    Must Have: Minimum Requirements- To be considered for this role please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile:

    • Requires a Baccalaureate degree and Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience with 7 years of managerial experience or advanced degree with a minimum 8 years prior relevant experience minimum of 7 years of managerial experience.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Background in electrophysiology cardiac ablation or related medical device domains.
    • Track record of leading highly technical engineering and research teams balancing deep technical guidance with organizational leadership to drive impactful product outcomes.
    • Expertise in software development within regulated environments with mastery in one or more disciplines (e.g. embedded systems product design medical imaging or computational geometry).
    • Experience with commercialization and post-market support of medical devices or other embedded software/hardware products including manufacturing support and software distribution fleet/inventory management.
    • Familiarity with cybersecurity practices risk assessment and vulnerability management within regulated environments.
    • Strong understanding of cross-functional product development processes and demonstrated ability to deliver integrated solutions with multidisciplinary teams.
    • Exceptional leadership communication and organizational skills with the ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders.

    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. Lets work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients lives. Help us shape the future.

    Physical Job Requirements

    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. (ADA-United States of America).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. Learn more about our benefitshere.

    LTI Eligible: This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) here.

    The provided base salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations).The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experiencecertification/education market conditions location pay is based on numerous factors and may vary depending on job-relatedknowledge skills and 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):$202400.00 - $303600.00

    This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

    This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

    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.

    If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic Inc. (Medtronic) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County you can findhere a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.


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