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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

The Software test engineer II will be responsible for software design and development activities of complex electro-mechanical medical devices.The engineer will be a part of a small but a highly professional and geographically distributed Software team.

Job Description

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

• Test execution and document software using manual and/or automation methodologies.

• Thoughtfully develop testing strategies and protocols with state-of-the-art software best practices.

• Develop test strategies, review test designs, and validate test scripts, verification of software for Surgical Robotic Medical System.

• Provide support for NPTV (Non-product tool validation).

• Navigate the complexities of industry and government regulations to include IEC62304, IEC82304 and FDA QSR (Quality System Regulation) requirements.

• Develop, document, and test software to ensure that the software meets the needs of end-users and achieves business goals.

• Provide assistance to development teams.

• Commitment to achieving and exceeding project goals and timelines.

• Thrives in working with other disciplines to develop system-minded implementations that consider safety, performance, communication, user interface and other aspects of a final Medical Device product.

• Work in a cross-functional Agile team across global R&D teams to test software for new and existing medical device products.

• Participate in reviews of requirements, design, implement and test to ensure quality standards are met.

• Analyze unexpected, undesirable, or non-understood behavior in software and in interactions of software with hardware.

• Document results of defect analysis.

• Follow the IEC 62304 standard and project documents such as the software development plan and coding standards.

• Participates in other quality assurance functions, including, but not limited to, static code analysis, risk/hazard analysis, and test automation development.

• Should be an excellent team player with good communication skills.

• Should meet key business KPI/project metrices.

Required knowledge and Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Electrical, Electronics / equivalent from reputed institution.

• 4 to 8 years’ experience in Embedded Software verification & Validation with at least two (2) years’ experience in the Medical device/Medical IT or regulated industry.

• Experience in test automation preferably using Python .

• Knowledge in C++ software & OS/RTOS in an Embedded development environment.

• Experience on both white box and black box testing and strong debugging skills.

• Experience in hardware/software interfacing and design issues.

• Participate in System design, coordination with teams and internal product management.

• Experience/Knowledge of Networking protocols and Know-how of field-bus technology (EtherCAT preferred) and standard embedded communication protocols (DDS, SPI, I2C, AXI, UART, etc.)

• Experience working on GTest / GMock .

• Experience with software risk analysis (per ISO 14971) including software failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA).

• Awareness of Medical Device standards IEC 60601-1, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and applicable FDA standards

• Excellent debugging skills and problem-solving capabilities

• Experience working in a structured software development environment following a well-defined software development process like Agile / Lean.

• Must be a great individual contributor and team player.

• Must have qualities including being positive, high standards, resilient, open, and creative.

Appreciation of discipline and work required to develop software in a regulated industry

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. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com)

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We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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