A Day in the Life Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned
- Experience in distributed product development, team building skills, talent management, conflict resolution, budget management and global stake holder management are critical to the role.
- Manage a cross functional (SW, FW, Systems) engineering technical team size of 20 or more.
- Provide a blend of people management and technical savviness. Should have worked on development of products and on successful delivery of solutions.
- Deep understanding in product development processes & regulations (IEC 60601, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971) Design controls for medical device development in order to coach and guide the technical leads is expected.
- Identify the needs and prepare capabilities in the cross functional areas, SW development and verification and validation areas to foster full turnkey solution to the business.
- Provide a deep understanding of the embedded and application SW development processes (Agile, waterfall methodology) and help establish SW metrics & recommended the processes for the team.
- Research and maintain solution architecture, technical design, tools and technology stack and related system and drive proof of concept efforts in MEIC.
- Must be able to support the global team in organic, blended, inorganic product development projects.
- Support the technology road map of Medical Devices by proactively pitching for technology development and turnkey projects.
- Support Regional Growth plans and product requirements to boost tailored product for the regions
- Establish and remain educated on the relevant technology standards (DICOM, HL7, 62304, ISO 11073 etc.)
- Develop junior members by coaching, empowering, reviewing results, both in technical areas and in soft skills.
- Identify solution knowledge gaps within MEIC in Medical Devices solutions and prepare plans to address them ( strategic alliances and self-managed teams )
Required Knowledge and Experience
- Experience of minimum of 17+ years in product development with at least a min of 10+ years in medical device development & verification.
- Good hands on experience in systems engineering, software development C#/C++ and real time systems. Knowledge of Python programming/scripts
- Knowledgeable in design controls for medical devices (related to CFR 820.30) 510K, IEC 62304 & other relevant standards.
- Product development experience for local markets ( in country for country) would certainly be a plus.
- Strong proven capability & track record in developing product applications and strong knowledge in device communication & diagnostics, database systems and latest communication protocols.
- Hands-on application development (right from requirement analysis to deployment) and management of sizeable teams in FW, HW, & SW application development & verification activities.
- Strong Leadership expectations traits for mid-level leaders (internal candidates only)
- Bachelor s degree either in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electronics & communication Engineering.
- A Master s degree preferred.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).