Principal Scientist – R&T Advanced Development

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Nice to Have

• Expertise in 2D and 3D image processing, computational geometry, signal processing, non-linear optimization, or position measurement/metrology algorithms.
• Experience in the medical device industry, specifically as related to Surgical Robotics technologies and Image-Guided surgery.
• Understanding of the general principles of medical image processing and deep learning pipelines.
• Expertise with algorithm design and understanding, as related to the registration, visualization, and processing of medical image modalities.
• Knowledge and development experience of deep learning frameworks (Caffe, Tensorflow, etc.) and hardware deployment platforms (GPUs, embedded chips like Jetson).
• Passionate about learning and willing to work with a highly cross functional team
• Ability to provide creativity while solving complex problems without known solutions.
• Ability to quickly prototype new concepts and ideas, and make conclusions and recommendations on the results.
• Ability to assess new technologies via comprehensive reviews of the state-of-the-art.
• Experience building medium to large size C++ applications/libraries.
• Software development experience in the medical industry or other regulated industry.
• Familiarity and experience working with Linux, and scripting languages.
• Project management skills, including planning, estimation, and requirements management.
• Advanced technical degree.

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)