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

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

• Experience in distributed product development, team building skills, talent management, conflict resolution, budget management and global stake holder management are critical to the role.
• Manage a cross functional (SW, FW, HW, Systems) engineering technical team size of 20 or more.
• Provide a blend of people management and technical savviness. Should have worked on development of products and  on successful delivery of solutions.
• Deep understanding in product development processes & regulations (IEC 60601, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971) Design controls for medical device development in order to coach and guide the technical leads is expected.
• Identify the needs and prepare capabilities in the cross functional areas, SW development and verification and validation areas to foster full turnkey solution to the business.
• Provide a deep understanding of the embedded and application SW development processes (Agile, waterfall methodology) and help establish SW metrics & recommended the processes for the team.
• Research and maintain solution architecture, technical design, tools and technology stack and related system and drive proof of concept efforts in MEIC.
• Must be able to support the global team in organic, blended, inorganic product development projects.
• Support the technology road map of Medical Devices by proactively pitching for technology development and turnkey projects.
• Support Regional Growth plans and product requirements to boost tailored product for the regions
• Establish and remain educated on the relevant technology standards (DICOM, HL7, 62304, ISO 11073 etc.)
• Develop junior members by coaching, empowering, reviewing results, both in technical areas and in “soft” skills.
• Identify solution knowledge gaps within MEIC in Medical Devices solutions and prepare plans to address them ( strategic alliances and self-managed teams )
• The incumbent would work with the project management office at MEIC to ensure that resource forecasts, project metrics are correctly captured and presented to the leadership
• Frequent interaction with team members from other disciplines, cross functional teams, to understand project requirements and to adhere to project schedules. 
• Possible interaction with clinicians, third-party vendors, manufacturers, and subcontractors.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Good hands on experience in Linux-based development environments with strong proficiency in C, C++, or Rust.
• Skilled in contributing to end-to-end software solutions.
• Knowledgeable in design controls for medical devices (related to CFR 820.30) 510K, IEC 62304 & other relevant standards.
• Product development experience for local markets (“in country for country) would certainly be a plus.
• Strong proven capability & track record in developing product applications and strong knowledge in device communication & diagnostics, database systems and latest communication protocols.
• Hands-on application development (right from requirement analysis to deployment) and management of sizeable teams in FW, HW,  & SW application development & verification activities.
• Strong Leadership expectations traits for mid-level leaders (internal candidates only)
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree either in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electronics & communication Engineering.

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. 

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.
 

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 95,000+ 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