Sr Software Systems Engineer

Careers that Change Lives

In this role, 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 within the Surgical Operating unit: https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html

Medtronic's Surgical Operating Unit is one new, powerful operating unit bringing together the people and product portfolio of Surgical Robotics and Surgical Innovations. With the Medtronic Mission as our North Star, we will build on our legacy of proven surgical solutions and advance the promise of robotics and digital solutions for the benefit of the customers and patients we serve.

Make your impact by exploring a career with the world's leading Medical Device company, striving "to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life."

A Day in The Life

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

• Maintain working knowledge of the system design and performance

• Learn Software Deployment procedures for all aspects of the robotic platform

• Perform root cause analysis and debugging related to system level errors as well as triaging reported defects to identify impacted subsystems (software or hardware) and prioritization

• Create and manage tickets related to software defects and integration findings based on root cause analysis and self-identified trends

• Provide written disposition and evidence to resolve anomalies generated from integration issues

• Provide software support and assistance during usability studies, preclinical labs and/or manufacturing processes

• Contribute to development and maintenance of internal use tools and scripts to improve efficiency in development activities

• Develop tools and scripts for monitoring system performance, improving utility of logged data, and enhancing debugging

• Automate test procedures, data collection and data analysis to reduce reliance on redundant manual activities

• Oversee and coordinate tasks related to tool and script development within the integration team member

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience

Nice to Have

• 2+ years of experience with Linux, shell scripting, software installation, QNX and/or knowledge of C, C++, Python and SQL

• Capability to process and trend data to drive decision making and prioritization

• Demonstrated skills in managing priorities and coordinating team activities

• Excellent communication skills

• Experience working with multiple teams on concurrent, interdependent projects

• Prior work experience in system-level product development, full-lifecycle engineering programs and development of product development processes, especially complex electromechanical systems.

• Demonstrated understanding of structured product development (requirements-driven engineering, documentation, rigorous verification, etc.), engineering verification test development and execution

• Knowledge of relevant technologies including:

• Mechatronics / Robotics

• Mechanical and electrical interfaces

• Communication protocols (Ethernet, I2C, UART, SPI)

• Sensors, actuators, controllers

• Kinematics of mechanisms

• Vision and display systems

• Electromechanical devices controlled by software

• Understanding of system reliability testing, service support and/or design for manufacturing

• Knowledge of medical product R&D and clinical/regulatory process

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.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager, recruiter or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)