Principal Enterprise Software 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

Principal Data Software Engineer in the Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management (CRDM) R&D Software Organization developing software supporting Medtronic implantable cardiac devices. 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.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

Design, Developand test Software high integrity software for class II and III medicaldevices.  Learnandunderstand software standardsforMedicaldevices, ex. IEC62304. Defineandimplement software requirementsand designs and review software developedbyother team members. Contributesandappliesadvancedtechnicalprinciples, theories, andconceptstosolve complex technicalproblems. Participate in processimprovementinitiativesforthesoftware team. Thisincludesrecognizingareasforimprovement as well as workingwithotherstodevelopand document processimprovements. Demonstrateownership of software feature/module and drive development of the feature/module through SDLC. Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, mentoring, and software engineering best practicesto junior software engineers. Developreusablepatternsandencourageinnovationthatwillincrease team velocity. Maintain, improveand design new software tools. These tools useeitherscriptinglanguages (Perl, Python), programminglanguages (Java, C, C#), or web technology (HTML5, JavaScript).  Workundergeneraldirectionandcollaborativelywithinternalandexternal partners. Continuously keep updatedwithlatesttechnology trends andchannelthatlearningto Medtronic Product development Experience in software designformedicaldevices.  Hands on experience in developingimplantable System Software componentsrelatedto data acquisition, Real Time Data processing and data presentation.  Experience in defining control system state machine for processing real time data andsynchronizing real time data across different inputs. Applyingindustry standard best practicestodevelop system software complyingto security requirementstoensurepatient privacy andsafety. Experience in developing Firmware and Device Drivers forembeddedperipherals. Experience in developing simulators forsimulatingimplantable device behaviorthrough design patternsandarchitecturepatterns. Hands on experience in Blue Toothenabled device communication. Hands on experience in SVG Graphicbased development. Hands on experience in Mobile Operating System apps development targeted at Class III Medical Systems. Strong oralandwrittencommunication skills Experiencewithconfiguration management tools Proficiencyworking in a team environment Demonstrated skills in writing engineering documents (specifications, project plans, etc)

Required Knowledge and Experience

B.E/BTech.in Computer Science Engineering and 14+ years of experience (or ME/MTech in computers scienceand 12+ years)  Strong programming skills in C#, .NET AND/OR C/C++Strong knowledge of software design, development, debug and test practices Apply best practicestodevelop software that’sdrivenby test first approach. Createautomationprotocolsto test complex software stack forbehaviorandcoverage. Provide design guidancefordesigning Networking Services (Web Services, SOAP and REST services) forcommunicating over TCP / UDP between Tablet andexternal Servers. Performthorough analysis andsynthesis of data at hand toapply relevant software engineering algorithmstoprovide best user experiencefor real time data representation. Shouldbeableto design systems thatcomplyto object oriented design patternsforscalabilityandextensibility. Shouldbeabletoanalyze system requirements, map themto sub system requirements ,create design and design artifactsusing UML diagrams, providetraceabilityintoRequirements,  Shouldbeabletounderstand Operating System thread priorities, thread schedulingconceptsandapplythoseconceptstorealizeefficientandoptimal flow of data throughthe system for real time data processing. Apply software engineering principlesforrequirement analysis, requirementprioritization, life cyclemodelssuch as waterfall, Agile. Shouldbeabletounderstand Web Basedapplicationsdesign , remote procedure calls anddistributed computing andapplythoseconceptsto Product development. Shouldbeabletounderstandconcepts of relationaldata base management, normalization of tables, and design well normalizeddata basetables. Shouldbeabletounderstand Socket communicationand design/development of applicationsinvolving socket communicationacrossprocessboundaries. Shouldbeabletoperformbuild system management throughthoroughunderstanding of compiler optimization, compiler design.

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.

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