We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 24 Sep 2025

 

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

Job Specific Summary
Medtronic strives to enable earlier diagnosis, better treatment, faster complication-free recovery, and enhanced patient outcomes through less invasive surgical solutions. The Robotic Surgical Technologies Business Unit set the standard for Robotically Assisted Surgery (RAS) by creating innovative surgical products and services that focus on surgical procedures of diseases and conditions.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.  ​

You Will:

• ​Create and maintain software tools in support of surgical robotics as part of a collaborative agile team

• Design and develop software tools in C++ and/or Javascript that interface with Hugo robots and perform critical support and diagnostic functions as efficiently and reliably as possible.

• Develop requirements with a cross-functional team to define the behavior of Hugo’s software tools

• Triage defects, develop software unit tests, and review the testing team’s software verification protocols.

• Analyze the software for failure modes and develop solutions that mitigate risk.

• Contribute updates to your team’s software documentation and architecture.

• Improve the quality of your team’s software through design reviews, and ensure your work complies with the procedures of the organization’s quality management system.

• Join an Agile Scrum team that collaboratively plans sprints, improves the quality of the team's backlog of tickets, and defines and completes tasks.

• Role requires in-person in-office presence at least 4 days per week unless eligible for reasonable accommodation.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 4 years of relevant experience or

• Advanced degree with 2 years of relevant experience.

• At Least One of the Following:

  • Experience developing software in C/C++, including experience with object-oriented and functional programming

  • Experience developing software in JavaScript or related framework

  • Experience developing for Windows applications

Nice to Have:

• Medical Device Experience

• Experience developing software for commercial products, preferably in regulated industries

• Experience with medical product development is highly desired, including knowledge of regulatory processes such as IEC 62304, safety considerations, and hands-on experience with medical devices and surgical instruments

• Knowledge of biomedical engineering

• Strong knowledge of computer science, including how embedded systems, operating systems, and compilation work

• Experience using common software development tools on Linux, including the Bash shell, build automation (CMake preferred), code coverage, unit testing, static analysis, debugging, and source control (Git preferred)

• Experience using generative AI as a software development tool is a plus

• Strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail, with ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to build consensus and establish common goals

• Experience working with diverse teams across the globe

• Fluency in English

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 Responsibilities 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. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobi