Software Engineering Program Manager - Cardiac Ablation Solutions

Medtronic Inc.
Saint Paul, MN, United States
3 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$142,400.0 - $213,600.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Configuration Management Data Visualization Distributed Systems Hardware Design Software Product Management Software Engineering

Job description

  • Lead software engineering teams responsible for architecture, design, development, testing, and sustaining activities for complex medical device software.
  • Work with the development team to plan and execute release milestones, risk management, defect resolution, and continuous improvement while partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions for current and future product releases.
  • Define, plan, organize, and coordinate software development deliverables across multiple sites in accordance with FDA and other regulatory requirements.
  • Lead forecasting, effort estimation, resource planning, technical planning, execution, and release activities.
  • Manage predictable project schedules and budgets
  • Drive continuous improvement by identifying and implementing industry-standard software engineering development processes
  • Apply software development methodologies, including Agile practices, to improve execution, collaboration, and delivery across the organization.
  • Contribute to product strategy through project/product planning, roadmap input, and tradeoff analysis.
  • Provide regular status updates for management and cross-functional review
  • Ability to travel as needed

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, OR an Advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
  • Strong knowledge of medical product software development, IEC-62304, and FDA guidance, or experience in other highly regulated environments
  • Program Management experience in a technical discipline or relevant software engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Detailed skill in organizing work for unstructured problems or execution tasks
  • Ability to effectively interface and influence employees at different organizational levels
  • Strength in working with cross-functional teams across facilities to solve problems
  • Strong understanding of good documentation practices, software lifecycle processes, configuration management, and commonly used engineering management tools.
  • Record of success in leading product development and/or process improvement projects
  • Ability to work with Quality, Regulatory, Systems, Test, and other engineering partners to ensure software deliverables meet product, compliance, and business needs.
  • Experience leading teams that develop complex software systems involving real-time performance, hardware integration, data visualization, or distributed system components.
  • Strong work ethic and entrepreneurial drive
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

LI-MDT

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Benefits & conditions

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$142,400.00 - $213,600.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

About the company

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first - developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

The Affera Mapping and Ablation System is an innovative medical technology designed to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The system involves advanced mapping techniques to create detailed images of the heart’s electrical activity, helping physicians identify abnormal areas causing arrhythmias. Once identified, the Affera Ablation System delivers targeted energy to disrupt these abnormal signals, restoring normal heart rhythm.

This position may be based in Mounds View, Minnesota or Newton, Massachusetts with a minimum on-site presence of 4 days a week., If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here (https://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-wide/public/united-states/employee-support-services/careers/la-county-legal-notice.pdf) a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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, 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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