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Medtronic Software Engineer II SR in Nanakramguda, India
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
Medtronic’s Surgical Operating Unit brings together the people and product portfolio of Surgical Robotics and Surgical Innovations. With the Medtronic Mission as our North Star, we 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.”
As a Controls Software Engineer working at Medtronic, you will be a significant contributor in the development of control algorithms that supports, legacy, current and future generations of robotic surgical instruments. You will create software solutions that run on a sophisticated real-time embedded platform, using embedded sensor and actuator hardware to deliver high-bandwidth, precise and robust instrument response. In addition, this role will involve engagement with the electromechanical design of surgical instruments at all stages – with a focus on control software requirements development that is compatible with the test, verification, and validation of a safety-critical system.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Design and develop software in Simulink that enables surgeons and operating-room staff to control “Hugo”; a Robotic Assisted Surgery System
Integrate and test new controller software on hardware and with the rest of the robotic platform.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of verification methods.
Partner with the greater software organization, systems engineering, and validation groups
Define and review software requirements.
Conduct hardware-in-loop testing of prototype as well as product software.
Act as an independent reviewer of Simulink models to ensure that all software meets quality standards.
Prepare and participate in design reviews.
Document or participate in the documentation of the software including architecture and design detail, unit testing, anomaly tracking and reports.
Bachelor’s Degree with 6 to 9 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 4+ years of relevant experience.
Experience developing software to control complex dynamical systems, preferably in regulated industries.
Experience in analysis of complex dynamical systems (mechatronics preferred)
Proficient use of Simulink to design and develop complex software products.
Experience with real-time operating systems (QNX/VxWorks or equivalent)
Design and implementation of safety critical software – this includes aspects of risk analyses, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Redundancy , Coding Standards and Verification of software implementations.
Strong understanding of the fundamentals in signal processing, especially in the context of discrete systems.
Required knowledge and Experience:
Experience developing software in a Linux environment.
Familiarity with virtual machines, networking concept.
Experience with common software development tools, including build automation, code coverage, unit testing, static analysis, debugging, and source control (git preferred).
Familiarity with Simulink Coder and an in-depth understanding of code generation.
Knowledge of mathematics for controlling robotic systems, including multi-body kinematics, feedback controllers, and signal processing.
Experience with medical product development is highly desired, including regulatory processes, safety considerations, and hands-on experience with medical devices and surgical instruments.
Strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail, with ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to build consensus and establish common goals.
Experience with diverse, cross functional teams; Geodiversity spanning an international environment is a bonus.
Experience in model-based product software development for real-time applications.
Unit and integration testing of software.
Software testing with plant models.
Software architecture design and documentation.
Knowledge of software development processes such as the V-model, requirement engineering, impact analysis.
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 90,000+ 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)
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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 90,000+ 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
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