Job Description

Careers that Change Lives

You will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform: https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html



Impact patient outcomes. Come for a job, stay for a career.

In the Surgical Robotics (SR) business, part of Medtronic's Medical Surgical Portfolio, we believe patients around the world deserve access to quality care and improved outcomes. We strive to expand global access to care and reduce variability through robotic and analytics solutions.



SURGICAL INNOVATIONS set the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) by creating innovative surgical products and services.



A Day in the Life

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a lead contributor to the software that drives the behavior of the Robotic Assisted Surgery platform. This involves creating sophisticated state machines that coordinate the behavior of multiple computing nodes based on input from users and hardware. You will focus on the design, development, and testing of software that drives the behavior of surgical stapling and bipolar electrosurgical vessel sealing instruments.



Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Combine the best of your experience with training and mentorship to move your career forward. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.


If you would like to have a big impact on the new world of medical robotics - then come join our team!


You will

Collaborate with a cross-functional team to define software requirements pertaining to state machines that serve as the "brain" of the system and coordinate behavior across multiple computing nodes.


Rapidly design and develop software and supporting tools in MATLAB/Simulink and test your software changes on the surgical robotic system.


Use your expertise to 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 Haves

Bachelor's Degree and 8 -12 years of relevant experience.



Nice to Have

• Strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail, with ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to build consensus and establish common goals.
• Experience developing software for commercial products, preferably in regulated industries
• Experience developing software in a Linux environment
• Comfortable with common development tools: build automation (cmake preferred), code coverage, unit testing, static analysis, debugging, source control, etc.
• Experience developing software in C/C++ with strong object-oriented programming skill
• Experience developing software with state machines (Matlab Stateflow preferred)
• Experience designing software using visual modeling languages (UML, SysML)
• Knowledge of surgical robotics
• Fluency in English
• Ability to travel up to 25%

About Medtronic



Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.





Whatever your specialty or ambitions, you can make a difference at Medtronic - both in the lives of others and your career. Join us in our commitment to take healthcare Further, Together.


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