We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 29 Aug 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

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.  ​

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You Will:

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be a lead contributor to the software that drives the behavior of the Robotic Assisted Surgery platform. You will focus on the design, development, and testing of software that drives the behavior of surgical stapling and bipolar electrosurgical vessel sealing instruments. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Design and develop software in Simulink and C++ that enables surgeons and operating-room staff to control Hugo

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

• 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.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 7 years of relevant experience

• Or advanced degree with 5 years of relevant experience. 

Nice to Have

• Medical Device Experience

• Knowledge of biomedical engineering

• 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 

• Software Engineering Experience

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

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

• Experience developing software in Simulink, including experience with Stateflow and Simulink Coder

• 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) 

• 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