Software Engineering Manager at Medtronic in Mounds View, Minnesota

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 22 Nov 2024

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
Software Engineering Manager

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 (OHS) 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

Medtronic's Coronary and Renal Denervation (CRDN) business is looking for a Software Manager to be part of a high-performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of energy based therapeutic medical devices to treat hypertension. In this role, you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to support the newly approved therapy medical device software and participate in the design and development of next generation medical devices.

This position is in Mounds View, MN within the Coronary & Renal Denervation (OHS) Operating Unit and requires on-site presence four days a week.

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.
A Day in the Life:

The Manager is accountable for the overall health of their scrum teams. This includes responsibility for building and maintaining a team with the right level of skills and experiences to meet the team's business objectives. The Manager is ultimately accountable for their teams' performance and execution.

In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Software Engineering Manager role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Plans, directs, and implements all aspects of the company's design and development lifecycle of new medical device products or software systems.


• Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function. Challenges each direct report to focus on technical leadership and growth.


• Leads design, develop, test, debug, and verification including software.


• Direct the team to ensure compliance to the device design controls (e.g. ISO 13485), risk analysis (e.g. ISO 14971), and IEC62304 and SDLC


• Organizes the coordination of activities with outside software service providers, suppliers, and consultants to ensure timely delivery.


• May develop, evaluate, implement, and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems or reliability systems and standards pertaining to materials, techniques, or company products.


• Understands and champions agile and scrum software development practices and cadences. Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, processes, or products.


• Directs the development of new concepts from initial design to market release. Partners with program managers, product owners (POs), and scrum masters (SMs) to understand challenges and resolve issues.


• Reviews team metrics to drive a continuous improvement culture. Escalates issues following established governance practices as appropriate. Monitors documentation maintenance throughout all phases of development.


• Active member of software functional manager community, establishing processes and sharing best practices.


• Celebrates team and individual successes and wins.


• You will provide oversight for the development and maintenance of programs, systems, processes, and procedures that ensure compliance with policies and that the performance and quality of services conform to established internal and external standards and guidelines.


• Partner with R&D and Process Development Engineering, Regulatory, Marketing & Clinical to align group skills and capabilities with NPD strategies and future process technology needs.


• Grow and nurture cross site and cross functional relationships in a large, multi-site, matrixed organization.


• Participate at department management level and build strong peer relationships.


• Collaborate with core teams to establish objectives and evaluates progress of direct reports.

Qualifications-

MUST HAVE - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

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

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.


• Minimum of 5 years of relevant technical experience, or advanced degree with 3 years of technical experience.

Nice to Have

• Strong knowledge of software design, development, debug and test practices


• Experience using unit test frameworks, such as Google Test / Mock and following a Test-Driven Development software practice


• Familiar with using static analysis tools.


• Experience developing software within the medical device industry


• Experience using Git for source control and experience in a pull-request based workflow


• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Travis CI to automate the build, test, and deploy software products.


• Experience with medical device design controls (e.g. ISO 13485), risk analysis (e.g. ISO 14971), and IEC62304 and SDLC


• Demonstrated experience in the following: embedded processors, microcontrollers, and development tools such as emulators, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes


• Proficiency in embedded communications protocols such as SPI, I2C


• Working knowledge of systems engineering principles, requirements management, and medical device regulation.


• Broad knowledge of project management, including Agile Scrum methodologies.

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 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)

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):$150,400.00 - $225,600.00

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.