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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

Software Engineering Director

Careers that Change Lives

Transforming Patient Management with Smart Technology!

At Medtronic we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work.

Medtronic Coronary & Renal Denervation (CRDN) Operating Unit develops the next generation medical technologies that alleviate pain restore health and extend life for millions of patients across the world.

Treatments We Offer:

Renal Denervation

Key Technologies

Symplicity Spyral Renal Denervation (RDN) System

Are you ready to make a real impact Medtronics CRDN business is seeking a Quality Software Director to join a high-performing team thats pioneering the design and development of energy-based therapeutic medical devices for hypertension this role youll blend your technical expertise and business acumen to support our newly approved therapy software and help shape the future of next-generation devices.

Why This Role Stands Out:

Lead Innovation: Be at the forefront of digital transformation influencing software quality design assurance and risk management for life-changing therapies.

Collaborate & Grow: Work side-by-side with talented Agile Scrum teams in a dynamic environment that values continuous improvement and creative problem-solving.

Impact the Future: Play a critical role in ensuring our softwarefrom Capital SiMD and SaMD to non-medical device solutionsis safe effective and compliant.

A Culture Where You Belong:

We believe that when people from different cultures genders and points of view come together innovation is the result and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

On-site Collaboration for Excellence:

This position is in Mounds View MN. within the Coronary & Renal Denervation (CRDN) operating unit. 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 on-site 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.

Ready to help revolutionize patient care and grow your career with us Join Medtronics CRDN team and be part of something extraordinary.

A Day in the Life:

The Director of Software Quality will lead our software quality organization within CRDN supporting both current products in the markets ensuring ongoing reliability performance and customer satisfaction as well as new product development and release initiatives. This role is accountable for managing and developing a high-performing quality Engineering team defining the long-term quality strategy and ensuring the delivery of reliable high-quality software across our product portfolio.

The Director of Software Quality will balance strategic vision with operational excellence- driving quality initiatives across the organization while overseeing day-to-day management mentoring and cross-functional collaboration.

In general the following responsibilities apply for the Director of Software Qualityrole. This includes but is not limited to the following:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive software quality strategy supporting growth scalability and evolving products.
• Collaborate with global partners in quality regulatory and R&D to align quality and digital transformation goals.
• Anticipate and adapt the quality function for emerging technologies and future needs.
• Lead mentor and grow a high-performing diverse team focused on software design assurance and risk management.
• Oversee all aspects of software design assurance and risk management for all software products (Capital Equipment with Embedded Software Software as Medical Device (SaMD) Non-Medical Device Software) to ensure regulatory compliance and support audits and submissions (FDA ISO 13485 IEC 62304 IEC 82304 ISO 14971 etc.).
• Champion continuous improvement and best practices in software engineering verification validation and documentation.

MUST HAVE - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME

• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering Software Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline and a minimum of 10 years of Software Development experience OR a Masters degree with a minimum of 7 years of Software Development experience along with 7 years of managerial experience

Nice to Have

• 7 years of experience in software quality assurance or software development in the medical device industry.
• 5 years of experience leading teams in Agile/Scrum environments.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant standards and regulations (IEC 62304 ISO 13485 FDA QSR ISO 14971).
• Demonstrated experience with software engineering and product quality for Capital SiMD SaMD and Non-Medical Device Software.
• Demonstrated experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies digital transformation initiatives and continuous improvement frameworks (Lean Kaizen etc.).
• Scaled-Agile Principles awareness and execution experience
• Software reliability best practices
• Product Security Risk Management
• AI/ML based software release experience

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 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 accommodation 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)

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.