Software Engineer Ii - Surgical Robotics

Careers that Change Lives

You will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform: https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html

Impact patient outcomes. Come for a job, stay for a career.

In the Surgical Robotics (SR) business, part of Medtronic’s Medical Surgical Portfolio, we believe patients around the world deserve access to quality care and improved outcomes. We strive to expand global access to care and reduce variability through robotic and analytics solutions.

SURGICAL INNOVATIONS set the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) by creating innovative surgical products and services.

A Day in the Life

Located at the Medtronic office in the Seaport District of Boston, MA, as a Platform Software Engineer you will participate in the software development efforts in the Software Center of Excellence of the Surgical Robotics Organization. You will work in a fast-paced environment with a group of software engineers, collaborating with cross functional teams to complete requirements definition, design, code implementation, unit test, and software and system verification and validation.

Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Combine the best of your experience with training and mentorship to move your career forward. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience

Nice to have:

As an ideal candidate, you will have any or all the following experience:

Understanding of Windows, Linux, QNX or other operating system operation, drivers, interfaces, and application-level coding is required. Including but not limited to applications, processes, threads, handles, synchronization, drivers, virtual memory, kernel objects, performance counters, performance analysis, networking, root causing, troubleshooting, and debugging in a complex multi-processor mixed OS environment.

Exposure to developing commercial software products in a fast-paced R&D environment, including understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and best practices in the medical device industry, experience in providing post product support.

• Experience in Agile/Scrum/SAFe software development practices is a plus.
• Experience in object-oriented design and design patterns.
• Experience in relevant scripting languages (e.g. PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• Experience in software development in medical device industry or other regulated industry is desired.
• Understanding and appreciation of SDLC process and tools (e.g. JIRA, Bitbucket, Stash, Confluence, JAMA, Git, CMake.)
• Experience in the test-driven development methodology and unit test is a plus.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, preferably software related: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science. Advanced degree in related discipline preferred.
• Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting on targets using modern C++ 11 or greater.

Working Conditions:

Work-from-Home and Standard Office setting in Boston, MA. Some limited travel may be required.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

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. The physical demands described within the Day in the Life section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EEO

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.