Visualization Architect - Surgical Robotics

Qualifications

 Must Have: 
Bachelor’s Degree in relevant studies and a minimum of 15 years’ experience in relevant work.

 Nice to Have:

Preferred Architectural Leadership Experience:

• A proven leader of innovation on multiple, multidisciplinary projects in a regulated industry (medical device products involving low latency visualization highly preferred)

• Experience developing and documenting system architectures for complex visualization systems

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to educate, influence, and inspire others around a vision of the future

• Proven ability to translate high level program objectives into action plans for an R&D team in order to meet short- and long-term goals and timelines

• Well-developed collaboration skills with proven track record of interfacing between multiple groups and functions (R&D, QA, operations, marketing, regulatory, and external experts)

• Experience with business development and defining a product roadmap for future growth of a multidisciplinary platform

• Experience building, leading and managing small development teams, including hiring, establishing team priorities, and developing individual technical contributors

• Patient centric mindset with a strong desire to improve clinical outcomes

   

   

  Preferred Technical Experience:

• Detailed understanding of visualization and image processing hardware – including stereoscopic imagers using various video formats, high bandwidth transmission of video via copper and fiber, FGPAs, GPUs, and 3D displays

• Understanding of critical performance specifications for visualization systems and techniques and test methods to evaluate them

• Demonstrated use of traditional image processing methods, as well as, machine learning enabled techniques using parallel processing techniques optimized for use on FPGAs and GPUs

• Understanding of SW development, dataflow architectures and real-time operating systems

• Working knowledge of medical imaging modalities and imaging formats that can be used for advanced procedures and image-guided surgery

• Experience with following processes and creating documentation within a quality management system, including design descriptions, risk management, requirements, and verification / validation.

   

   

  Organizational relationship/Scope:
  Reports to the Senior Engineering Director, Systems and Controls.

   

  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

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  The physical demands described within the Day in the Life 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.

   

  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.

   

  EEO

  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.

   

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