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

Senior Software Systems Engineer in Test for the Cardiac Rhythm Management Systems R&D Engineering function of Medtronic Engineering and Innovation Center R&D facility. The individual will operate in all phases and contribute to all activities of the systems engineering group. The candidate must be a motivated engineer, willing to work in a fast paced, team environment. The position responsibilities will primarily focus on system integration, system verification and systems validation for Medtronic products, with future opportunity to expand into system definition and design. The position offers an excellent opportunity for an engineer interested in designing and executing test plans to produce reliable and successful products. Candidates should have demonstrated ability to execute independently after receiving high level scope and constraints. Candidates with exposure to systems engineering practice in industry are requested to apply.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

• Understand scope of project use scenarios from interpretation of the system model and consultation with project systems engineers
• Read, analyze, understand product requirements, support requirements reviews
• Transform use case scenarios and system requirements into defined test cases
• Maintain, improve and design new software tools
• Design and execute project test plans and strategies
• Support manual system integration and system verification test execution
• Establish and maintain traceability from system requirements to systems verification test design and implementation
• Provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within job area.
• Understand and execute best practices of Systems Engineering processes, advocate for high quality engineering.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (development, quality, regulatory) to drive product quality and compliance
• Identify opportunities for process improvement in manual testing methodologies and contribute to best practice adoption
• Learn and understand software standards for Medical devices, ex. IEC62304

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Experience describing systems requirements, requirement tracing to subsystems and interface requirements
• Experience developing Verification and Validation strategy and test cases
• Experience performing Verification and Validation testing
• Experience performing system design input tracing to tests
• Experience working in the Medical Device or other regulated industry
• Experience leading a team and communicating information at various levels
• Familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall software development methods
• Strong organization, prioritization, and communication skills
• Ability to test, analyze, and solve technical problems.
• Quality focus, willingness to learn, versatility and adaptability
• Nice to have - Proficiency with one or more of the following programming languages: Python
• 8+ years of Software industry experience.
• Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Technology in Electronics or Electrical Engineering, Bio-Technology, Bio-Medical, from a premium institute.
• Preferred: Maters in Engineering or Masters in Technology in Electronics or Electrical Engineering, Bio-Technology, Bio-Medical from a premium institute.

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.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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