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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

As a Principal Software Architect, Embedded Software, you are an expert for and will be a lead contributor to the software design for our embedded sensor, actuator, control, and peripheral hardware that build the foundation of our surgical robotic platform. You will work closely with your software, hardware, and systems architecture team and product management team, to create the right embedded software architecture. You will collaborate with our Research & Technology team to mature new technologies for our embedded platform. Your work will involve the identification of the right architecture patterns and hardware interface specifications for a product with more than 50 embedded computers and numerous sensors and actuators.

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

• Partner with hardware and systems engineering, our Research & Technology team to maintain our embedded software platform

• Partner with the Systems team, product owners and validation groups to define and review requirements and use cases

• Partner with the development teams to create the Software Architecture and Design for the embedded software platform

• Create and maintain the software architecture model and documentation with UML/SysML and Enterprise Architect

• Support and review the design of C++ implementation of the embedded software.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 5 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• Solid architecture and model-based design skills using UML (SysML a plus)

• Experience with Enterprise Architect (Matlab/Simulink a plus)

• Solid understanding of design patterns, data structures and architectures for embedded and real-time software

• Experience with data processing and signal processing architectures, esp. robot control architectures

• Medical product development process highly desired-regulator processes, safety considerations, hands-on experience with medical/surgical devices/instruments

• Experience with a big company with matrix structures, having already worked with cross functional teams within an international environment

• Fluency in English is required (German a plus)

• 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.

Benefits & Compensation

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. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). Learn more about MIP and benefits here (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&co_num=30601&co_affid=medtronic) .

The provided base salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations). The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experience, certification/education, market conditions, location, etc.

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.

Min Salary

130400

Max Salary

175200

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.