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

Medtronic leads the health care industry to provide solutions that benefit the daily lives of people across the globe. Our organization contributes directly to this mission through our rich software system, which include Mobile applications combined with scaled infrastructure and advanced analytics. Become part of our team and you will be challenged to build these amazing software products, and in the process, make a real difference.

The Medtronic Diabetes Operating Unit is on a mission to deliver the power of an Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) algorithm, as well as our Multiple Daily Injection (MDI) therapy, with its proven benefits to give people with Diabetes a choice in the treatment approach that is right for them. We are looking for a Software Engineer II to be part of this dynamic and high-impact team.

As a Software Engineer II – Mobile Apps, you will be asked to design and develop mobile applications that help patients manage their diabetes. Our product suite spans from medical devices that a patient wears, to mobile apps, up to our back-end servers so this is a challenging task, and one that requires critical thinking to ensure the system performs well.

The best candidates will be ‘engineers’. That is, critical thinkers who solve problems efficiently, pragmatically, and continually seek information from all sources. Strong relationship skills are a must, as is excellent verbal and written communication.

Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to apply your best technical innovation, problem solving and leadership skills to improving how people live their lives every day.

This position is onsite (hybrid, 3 days per week onsite) in Northridge, CA, or San Diego, CA

Job Description

Responsibilities include the following:

• Experience developing and maintaining complex mobile applications (iOS or Android)
• Self-motivated with great written and oral communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with System and software architects to interpret, analyze, and implement software requirements
• Ability to provide constructive feedback to improve other’s designs and implementation
• Designs, develops, tests, debugs, and unit tests mobile apps, components, and tools independently without any guidance
• Develop in Android Studio or Xcode
• Be an expert in one of the following languages: Dart, Java, Kotlin, C/C++, Objective-C, Swift 
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills; can identify root cause of complex problems and provide solutions to such complex issues
• Knowledge of Database operations on mobile devices
• Knowledge of integrating with REST/SOAP based APIs 
• Provide feedback to members of the requirements, development, and test team. 
• Work closely with quality and systems teams to ensure the product works properly from end-to-end, both pre and post-release
• Work in agile/scrum environment
• Participate and contribute to product code and design reviews

 Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• 2 years of software engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Sciences 
• Or, advanced degree with 0+ years of experience

Nice to Have 

• Knowledge of mobile application security (Cert pinning, TLS, SS)
• Have a deep understanding and experience working with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Experience in cross-platform technologies such as Flutter 
• Experience coordinating with remote teams 
• Experience working in a regulated industry 
• Experience creating and maintaining documentation for software systems such as design documents, class diagrams, and sequence diagrams

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