We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 16 Dec 2024

 

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

The Diabetes Operating Unit focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community. As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We’re committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, always with an aim to make their lives easier. Our portfolio of innovative solutions is designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health, helping them achieve better glucose control, while spending less time managing their disease.

In this exciting role you will have overall responsibility for delivering mobile apps programs that are part of our therapy eco-system.

You will report to our Software Engineering Director and will play a key technical leadership role for the software organization. You will guide the successful completion of major programs and projects whose end products will impact patients around the world.

We look for leaders who have a clear vision of where we are going and how to get there, bold inclusive thinkers who create new ideas and bring our best solutions forward to benefit our patients, business partners, and customers.

** This position is onsite in San Diego, CA or Northridge, CA (hybrid)

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• First and foremost, build and develop a strong SW organization creating a positive team culture with a can-do attitude
• Provide resource planning for development programs and ensure that development programs are served
• Establish infrastructure to drive efficiency and scale-ability
• Work on initiatives to drive continuously improvements in processes and procedures
• Manage a team of experienced engineers who will exercise independence in their assignments but will look to you to provide tactical and operational leadership and coaching on performance and career development. You will be responsible for leading, directing and reviewing their work and providing feedback
• Use your leadership skills especially as it pertains to communicating effectively across a matrix using influence and cross-collaboration skills
• Provide leadership to Engineers across multiple sites, consisting of employees and contract personnel
• Follow standards defined by the Food and Drug Administration for the medical device industry

Nice to Have

• Leading/managing software product development teams
• Mobile apps software development.
• Building, developing, and executing high scale development programs
• Safe Agile practices
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and an ability to deal with ambiguity
• Experience with continuous integration environment
• Experience with layered architecture
• Knowledge in recent mobile apps technologies and languages
• Knowledge of technology trends and domain expertise
• Self-motivated to strive for excellence

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Sciences and 7+ years software engineering experience with 5+ years of managerial experience
• Or, Master’s Degree in Engineering or Sciences and 5+ years software engineering experience with 5+ years of managerial experience      

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 mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co