Software Engineering Manager

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 LifeAs a Engineering Manager working at Medtronic, you will be a leader contributing to the Systems Verification and Validation functional area. This involves building and managing a highly engaged team of engineers to ensure that they are positioned for growth and success.
You Will:
Lead a team of engineers of Systems Verification and Validation. Expected to have extensive technical knowledge and expertise in Design of Experiments, Measurement system Analysis, Test Method Development, Root Cause Analysis, Capability studies, Fixture Qualification, Statistical process control, Risk Management & Non-Product software validation. Should be well-versed in verification and validation methodologies, industry standards, and best practices.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree required with Minimum of 15+ years of relevant experience
• Manage a cross functional engineering technical team size of 20 or more.
• Provide a blend of people management and technical savviness. Should have worked in matrix reporting structures with accountability on successful delivery of solutions.
• Deep understanding in product development processes & regulations (ex: 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.
• Experience with validation of test methods, hard and software, test fixtures.
• Knowledge of principles and applications of biomechanics, physics, mechatronics, and electrical, mechanical and software development
• Experience writing technical reports for the medical device industry
• Solid understanding of Design Controls, Medical Device Design Verification, and GDP (Good Documentation Practices)

Nice to Have

• Mechanical engineering or mechanical system modeling/physics experience
• Knowledge for how to manage teams in a large organization, especially at multiple locations and remotely.
• Great communication skills: Strong ability to coordinate people and teams around unstructured challenges and moving project priorities.
• Knowledge of software development workflow.  Not necessarily a former developer but need to understand the process and expectations.
• Fluency in English
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Medical robotics, medical capital equipment, or highly regulated industry experience
• Knowledge of medical device development process: 60601, 13485, 62304.  Not necessarily an expect, but understand the work required to release medical products and the general process.
• Software architecture and model-based development best practices
• Can inspire a team and show vision.
• A passion for learning new things.

PRINCIPAL WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• Reports to the Sr. Engineering Manager/Engineering Director
• Accountable to Project Manager(s) for project-related responsibilities
• Frequent interaction with team members from other disciplines, particularly hardware engineers, to develop project requirements and other project artifacts such as project schedules.  Possible interaction with clinicians, third-party vendors, manufacturers, subcontractors, and other users.
• Possible interaction with clinicians, third-party vendors, manufacturers, and subcontractors.

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 90,000+ 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