Principal Software Systems Engineer

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in engineering field with 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 5 years of relevant experience.  Software, Computer Science, Electrical, or Biomedical Engineering preferred.

Nice to Have

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Business Administration (MBA).
• Demonstrated mastery in product-based software development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.  Ability to condense highly complex technical topics into concise, clear requirements and direction.
• Experience being part of an acquisition or merger.
• Experience with highly regulated and/or safety-critical systems is required; experience working in the medical device industry and understanding of regulations such as 21CFR Part 820 and ISO 13485, and ISO 62304 preferred.  Electrophysiology background or knowledge is a major plus.
• Experience in ideation, development, and release of large electro-mechanical capital products with both embedded firmware and application software running on Linux.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering tools and process: requirements authoring and verification systems, issue/bug tracking, configuration management, integration/release testing, rigorous verification, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), etc.
• Experience with Microsoft suite of tools (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience with Agile Software Development Methodologies (Scrum, SAFe).
• Certification for Agile roles such as Product Owner, Developer, etc.
• At least 2 years’ experience as a coding SW development engineer.  Understanding of broad technical software design concepts such as object-oriented programming, common design patterns, and software testing.
• Experience with common software development tools/platforms/languages used in medical capital equipment (GIT, Azure DevOps/TFS, C++, Linux, Windows, Qt, OpenGL/DirectX, Embedded C, .NET/C#, etc). 
• Proven ability to work in a team environment with strong collaboration skills, engaging with technical and non-technical staff across multiple geographical R&D sites, including significant remote/videoconference-based work.

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)