Senior Principal Systems Engineer

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

We are looking for a highly skilled Software Engineer with strong expertise in C/C++ programming, Data Structures, Socket Programming, Multi-threading, DDS, and QT. As part of the Platform COE, you will work on cutting-edge technology to build high-performance, scalable, and reliable systems in a Linux environment.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into platform solutions and evaluate emerging technologies.
• Design, develop, test, document software components, and resolve infrastructure/application issues.
• Lead CAPA, field investigations, and capacity planning for platform growth.
• Maintain technical documentation and drive continuous improvement with Agile/Scrum.
• Interface with cross-functional teams, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations.
• Report to Engineering Director and collaborate with global teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Assess design changes, applying Model-Based Systems Engineering and ensuring safety and risk management compliance.
• Mentor junior engineers, track deliverables, and support occasional travel.

Required Knowledge And Experience:

• Requires mastery level knowledge of specialty area and working knowledge of several other areas, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
• May have deep knowledge of project management.Must Have: Minimum Requirements
• B-Tech/BE in Computer Science/Electronics or equivalent with 17+ years of relevant experience
• ME/M-Tech in Computer Science/Electronics or equivalent with 15+ years of relevant experience.Skills & Experience
• Industry Experience & Domain Knowledge
• Experience in the Medical Device Industry or related field.
• Experience in regulated environments and global regulatory compliance.
• Prior experience with FDA Class I, II, and III Medical Device systems.
• Understanding of complex embedded systems and software.
• Familiarity with networking protocols.Technical Expertise
• Expertise in Embedded C/C++ within RTOS development environments.
• Hands-on experience in Embedded/Firmware Device Drivers.
• Proficient in hardware/software interfacing and design.
• Desired experience with Qt, SQLite, Linux Yocto, and Security.
• Strong understanding of software development and system design.
• Software Development Practices
• Proficiency in Agile software development processes.
• Experience with change control, requirements management, and source code control.
• Conduct Code Reviews, Static and Dynamic Code Analysis.
• Generate software metrics for Unit and Integration Testing.Team Collaboration & Communication
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in flexible settings and different time zones.
• Ability to work in a team environment and directly contribute to its success.
• Participate in system design and coordinate with teams and internal product management.
• Leadership and mentoring skills; able to manage diverse relationships and work with higher management.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.
• Full Product Life Cycle & Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Demonstrated experience in full product life cycle development.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams (software, mechanical, hardware, reliability, quality, and regulatory).Communication Skills
• Superior written and verbal communication skills required.Nice to Have
• Experience with designing for the Hardware/Firmware and wireless interfaces of electronic devices with user-centric design practices 
• Knowledge of OOA&D and familiarity with UML is strongly desired.
• Experience working with designing systems in a regulated environment (e.g to meet ISO and Quality system regulation requirements, including IEC 60601-1, -2, -6, IEC 62304, ISO-14971, FDA 21CFR820.30, for Class I, II and III medical systems.
• Proven experience delivering software using .Net, C, Java, Python, Golang, or similar languages 
• Understanding of cloud native architecture. AWS & Azure experience.

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