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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

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.

 

The Principal Desktop UI Software Engineer (Qt/QML) will be a key player in  our Affera Mapping and Ablation System Software Team, working on cutting-edge technology in the electrophysiology field.  This role is pivotal in designing and developing intuitive, user-friendly interfaces that enhance the usability and functionality of our advanced medical devices. 

 

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience designing, developing, and testing real-time high-performance visualization software applications. They will take ownership of critical software features, collaborating closely with other engineering teams to bring these features to life. 

 

About the Affera Mapping and Ablation System 

The Affera Mapping and Ablation System is an innovative medical technology designed to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The system involves advanced mapping techniques to create detailed images of the heart's electrical activity, helping physicians identify abnormal areas causing arrhythmias. Once identified, the Affera Ablation System delivers targeted energy to disrupt these abnormal signals, restoring normal heart rhythm. 

 

Primary Responsibilities 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UI designers and medical professionals to gather requirements and translate them into compelling user experiences.   

• Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable, and maintainable code using Qt, Python, and QML on a Linux operating system.  

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, product design engineers, software test, reliability, and leadership to define software requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.  

• Mentor and guide less experienced software team members, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.  

• Apply best practices in software development to maintain high-quality code.  

• Attend and participate in pre-clinical in-vivo system evaluations.  

• Participate in laboratory demonstrations for internal stakeholders and clinicians. 

 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree and 7 years of relevant experience

• OR Master’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience 

• OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience
   

Preferred Qualifications 

•  Expertise working in Python/ C++ environments, ideally with ROS or device-level comms 

• Strong experience in desktop UI development (e.g. Qt/QML, PyQt, Open GL , unity, GTK, WPF, or similar) 

• Experience building real-time or data-rich interface