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MITG The Minimally Invasive Therapies Group strives to enable earlier diagnosis, better treatment, faster complication-free recovery, and enhanced patient outcomes through less invasive surgical solutions

SURGICAL sets the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) by creating innovative surgical products and services that focus on obesity and diseases and conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, lung, abdominal wall, pelvic region, and the head and neck.

The Software Engineer - II, Embedded Software will be a member of the Medtronic R&D software team working on product development and support of electro surgery generator products. The individual will operate in all phases and contribute to all activities of the software development process. Candidates must be willing to work in a fast paced, multi-tasking, team environment. The Engineer frequently interacts with Lead, other developers, V&V engineers, internal partners and stakeholders concerning design, implementation or requirement clarifications, works closely with global sites.

A Day in the Life

The Software Engineer – II is responsible for providing development in the software development of cutting-edge products used in the medical field. Specific tasks include:

· Design, develop, test, debug and implementation of assigned software components, software tools and utilities.

· Leading requirements gathering, estimating, and planning efforts

· Promote continuous improvement through the use of tools and practices such as Agile, Scrum

· Interfacing with mechanical, electrical, systems, and test engineers.

· Troubleshooting, debugging, maintaining, and supporting existing software products.

· Adheres to defined software engineering policies, standards and procedures.

· Functions well in a team environment.

· Formulate, deliver and/or manage assigned projects to achieve desired results.

· Deliver initiatives related to new technologies or therapies – from design to implementation using specialized knowledge and skills.Makes minor changes in systems and processes to solve problems

· Troubleshooting, debugging, maintaining, and supporting existing software products.

· Supporting labs and surgical evaluations of products.

· Reports to the Software Manager for functional leadership.

· Frequent interaction with Global stake holders, Software Developers, team members from other disciplines, particularly SWQA, SW V&V engineers, to develop software test requirements and other project artifacts.

Must Have

Minimum Qualifications

· Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science/ ECE/EE or equivalent

· BE with 4-8 years of experience in software design and development is required.

· Medical Device Industry or related experience

· Proficient in Embedded C , C++ in RTOS development environment .

· Expert in Communication protocols ( I2C, SPI, UART) .

· Hands on experience in Embedded / Firmware Device Driver

· Experience in hardware/software interfacing and design issues required.

· Ability to define, develop and implement automated unit / integration test solutions

· Generate Software Metrics for Unit Testing, Integration Testing

· Embedded processors, controllers and development tools: emulators, logic analyzers, scopes, stack analysis, static analysis tools, software version control

· Participate in System design, coordination with teams and internal product management

· Experience working in regulated environments and delivering new products in compliance with global regulatory standards

· Prior experience leading the development of FDA Class I, II and III Medical Device systems

· Prior experience with and working understanding of complex embedded systems and software

· Great verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in easy to understand business terms.

· Works collaboratively with software engineers, and SW QA. Flexible in working under changing and different work settings and work in different time zones

· Eight Core Competencies: Intellectual Horsepower, Technical Ability, Team Building, Identifying and Developing Talent, Dealing with Ambiguity/Change, Manage Diverse Relationships, Organizational Ability, Comfort Around Higher Management

· Strong leadership skills and mentoring capabilities.

· Good interpersonal, presentation, and organizational skills

Nice to Haves

· MS with 6+ years of experience in software design and development is preferred.

· Medical device software development experiences a plus

· Knowledge of OOA&D and familiarity with UML is strongly desired.

· Experience in medical device SW development is added advantage

About Medtronic

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