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** **Careers that Change Lives** Principal Software Engineer in the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) R&D Software Organization developing software supporting Medtronic implantable cardiac devices. The individual will operate in all phases and contribute to all activities of the software development process. Candidates must be willing to work in a fast paced, multi-tasking, team environment. **A Day in the Life** + Design, Develop and test Software high integrity software for class II and III medical devices. + Learn and understand software standards for Medical devices, ex. IEC62304. + Define and implement software requirements and designs and review software developed by other team members. + Contributes and applies advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts to solve complex technical problems. + Participate in process improvement initiatives for the software team. This includes recognizing areas for improvement as well as working with others to develop and document process improvements. + Demonstrate ownership of software feature/module and drive development of the feature/module through SDLC. + Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, mentoring, and software engineering best practices to junior software engineers. + Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will increase team velocity. + Maintain, improve and design new software tools. These tools use either scripting languages (Perl, Python), programming languages (Java, C, C#), or web technology (HTML5, JavaScript). + Work under general direction and collaboratively with internal and external partners. + Continuously keep updated with latest technology trends and channel that learning to Medtronic Product development **Must Have** **Job Responsibilities** + Experience in software design for medical devices. + Hands on experience in developing implantable System Software components related to data acquisition, Real Time Data processing and data presentation. + Experience in defining control system state machine for processing real time data and synchronizing real time data across different inputs. + Applying industry standard best practices to develop system software complying to security requirements to ensure patient privacy and safety. + Experience in developing Firmware and Device Drivers for embedded peripherals. + Experience in developing simulators for simulating implantable device behavior through design patterns and architecture patterns. + Hands on experience in Blue Tooth enabled device communication. + Hands on experience in Mobile Operating System apps development targeted at Class III Medical Systems. + Strong oral and written communication skills + Experience with configuration management tools + Proficiency working in a team environment + Demonstrated skills in writing engineering documents (specifications, project plans, etc) **Must Have** **Minimum Qualification** B.E/BTech.in Computer Science Engineering and 14+ years of experience (or ME/MTech in computers science and 12+ years) + Strong programming skills in C#, .NET and Strong knowledge of software design, development, debug and test practices + Apply best practices to develop software that’s driven by test first approach. + Create automation protocols to test complex software stack for behavior and coverage. + Provide design guidance for designing Networking Services (Web Services, SOAP and REST services) for communicating over TCP / UDP between Tablet and external Servers. + Perform thorough analysis and synthesis of data at hand to apply relevant software engineering algorithms to provide best user experience for real time data representation. + Should be able to design systems that comply to object oriented design patterns for scalability and extensibility. + Should be able to analyze system requirements, map them to sub system requirements , create design and design artifacts using UML diagrams, provide traceability into Requirements, + Should be able to understand Operating System thread priorities, thread scheduling concepts and apply those concepts to realize efficient and optimal flow of data through the system for real time data processing. + Apply software engineering principles for requirement analysis, requirement prioritization, life cycle models such as waterfall, Agile. + Should be able to understand Web Based applications design , remote procedure calls and distributed computing and apply those concepts to Product development. + Should be able to understand concepts of relational data base management, normalization of tables, and design well normalized data base tables. + Should be able to understand Socket communication and design/development of applications involving socket communication across process boundaries. + Should be able to perform build system management through thorough understanding of compiler optimization, compiler design. **Principal Working Relationship** + Reports to the Engineering Manager + The Senior Software Engineer frequently interacts with Product Owner, Tech Lead, other developers, V&V engineers, internal partners and stakeholders concerning estimations, design, implementation or requirement clarifications, works closely with global sites. **Nice to Haves** + 5+ years of experience in software design for medical devices + Strong Leadership skills and mentoring capabilities + Experience in mobile software development, ex. iOS, Android + Experience in web based technologies, ex. HTML5, JavaScript, CSS or Cordova + Experience in Microsoft Visual Studio development platforms/Azure DevOps/Github/tools + Experience in Open Source development platform/tools + Effectively communicate and operate within a cross-functional work environment. (Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Firmware Development, Software Development, Test Development, Manufacturing) + Experience leading a software development team. **TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM:** An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies – from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills. **DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS** **Autonomy:** Recognized expert, managing large projects or processes. Exercises considerable latitude in determining deliverables of assignments, with limited oversight from manager. Coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level specialists. **Organizational Impact:** Contributes to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on work group results. May manage large projects or processes that span outside of immediate job area. **Innovation and Complexity:** Problems and issues faced are difficult, moderately complex and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation. Develops solutions to moderately complex problems, and/or makes moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products independently to enhance performance of job area. Implements solutions to problems. **Communication and Influence:** Represents organization as a primary contact for specific projects and initiatives; communicates with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels. May negotiate with others to reach understanding or agreement, and influence decision-making. **Leadership and Talent Management:** Typically provides guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area. Typically manages major / moderately complex projects, involving delegation of work and review of work products, at times acting as a team leader. **Required Knowledge and Experience:** Requires mastery of a specialty area and full knowledge of industry practices, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have broad knowledge of project management. Requires a Baccalaureate Degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. (For degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A)). **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 95,000+ 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) 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 95,000+ 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. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. 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