We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 Nov 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

Software Engineering Director

Careers that Change Lives

Transforming Patient Management with Smart Technology!

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work.

Medtronic Coronary & Renal Denervation (CRDN) Operating Unit develops the next generation medical technologies that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of patients across the world.

Treatments We Offer:

Renal Denervation

Key Technologies

Symplicity Spyral™ Renal Denervation (RDN) System

Are you ready to make a real impact? Medtronic’s CRDN business is seeking a Quality Software Director to join a high-performing team that’s pioneering the design and development of energy-based therapeutic medical devices for hypertension treatment. In this role, you’ll blend your technical expertise and business acumen to support our newly approved therapy software and help shape the future of next-generation devices.

Why This Role Stands Out:

• Lead Innovation: Be at the forefront of digital transformation, influencing software quality, design assurance, and risk management for life-changing therapies.

• Collaborate & Grow: Work side-by-side with talented Agile Scrum teams in a dynamic environment that values continuous improvement and creative problem-solving.

• Impact the Future: Play a critical role in ensuring our software—from Capital SiMD and SaMD to non-medical device solutions—is safe, effective, and compliant.

A Culture Where You Belong:

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

On-site Collaboration for Excellence:

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Coronary & Renal Denervation (CRDN) operating unit. 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 are working on-site 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

Ready to help revolutionize patient care and grow your career with us? Join Medtronic’s CRDN team and be part of something extraordinary.

A Day in the Life:

The Director of Software Quality will lead our software quality organization within CRDN supporting both current products in the markets, ensuring ongoing reliability, performance and customer satisfaction as well as new product development and release initiatives.  This role is accountable for managing and developing a high-performing quality Engineering team, defining the long-term quality strategy, and ensuring the delivery of reliable, high-quality software across our product portfolio.

The Director of Software Quality will balance strategic vision with operational excellence- driving quality initiatives across the organization while overseeing day-to-day management, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration. 

In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Director of Software Quality role. This includes, but is not limited to the following: 

• Develop and execute a comprehensive software quality strategy supporting growth, scalability, and evolving products.
• Collaborate with global partners in quality, regulatory, and R&D to align quality and digital transformation goals.
• Anticipate and adapt the quality function for emerging technologies and future needs.
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing, diverse team focused on software design assurance and risk management.
• Oversee all aspects of software design assurance and risk management for all software products (Capital Equipment with Embedded Software, Software as Medical Device (SaMD), Non-Medical Device Software), to ensure regulatory compliance and support audits and submissions (FDA, ISO 13485, IEC 62304, IEC 82304, ISO 14971, etc.).
• Champion continuous improvement and best practices in software engineering, verification, validation, and documentation.