Senior Principal System Engineer

Role & responsibilities

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

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

• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into platform solutions and evaluate emerging technologies.
• Design, develop, test, document software components, and resolve infrastructure/application issues.
• Lead CAPA, field investigations, and capacity planning for platform growth.
• Maintain technical documentation and drive continuous improvement with Agile/Scrum.
• Interface with cross-functional teams, ensuring compliance with standards and regulations.
• Report to Engineering Director and collaborate with global teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Assess design changes, applying Model-Based Systems Engineering and ensuring safety and risk management compliance.
• Mentor junior engineers, track deliverables, and support occasional travel.

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM:

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy:

Organizational Impact:

Innovation and Complexity:

Communication and Influence:

Leadership and Talent Management:

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE :

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

Skills & Experience
Industry Experience & Domain Knowledge•    Experience in the Medical Device Industry or related field.•    Experience in regulated environments and global regulatory compliance.•    Prior experience with FDA Class I, II, and III Medical Device systems.•    Understanding of complex embedded systems and software.•    Familiarity with networking protocols.Technical Expertise•    Expertise in Embedded C/C++ within RTOS development environments.•    Hands-on experience in Embedded/Firmware Device Drivers.•    Proficient in hardware/software interfacing and design.•    Desired experience with Qt, SQLite, Linux Yocto, and Security.•    Strong understanding of software development and system design.Software Development Practices•    Proficiency in Agile software development processes.•    Experience with change control, requirements management, and source code control.•    Conduct Code Reviews, Static and Dynamic Code Analysis.•    Generate software metrics for Unit and Integration Testing.Team Collaboration & Communication•    Strong interpersonal, presentation, and organizational skills.•    Ability to work in flexible settings and different time zones.•    Ability to work in a team environment and directly contribute to its success.•    Participate in system design and coordinate with teams and internal product management.•    Leadership and mentoring skills; able to manage diverse relationships and work with higher management.Core Competencies•    Intellectual Horsepower, Technical Ability, Team Building, Identifying and Developing Talent.•    Dealing with Ambiguity/Change, Manage Diverse Relationships, Organizational Ability.•    Comfort Around Higher Management.Full Product Life Cycle & Cross-Functional Collaboration•    Demonstrated experience in full product life cycle development.•    Collaboration with cross-functional teams (software, mechanical, hardware, reliability, quality, and regulatory).Communication Skills•    Superior written and verbal communication skills required.

Nice to Have
•    Experience with designing for the Hardware/Firmware and wireless interfaces of electronic devices with user-centric design practices •    Knowledge of OOA&D and familiarity with UML is strongly desired.•    Experience working with designing systems in a regulated environment (e.g to meet ISO and Quality system regulation requirements, including IEC 60601-1, -2, -6, IEC 62304, ISO-14971, FDA 21CFR820.30, for Class I, II and III medical systems.•    Proven experience delivering software using .Net, C, Java, Python, Golang, or similar languages •    Understanding of cloud native architecture. AWS & Azure 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.