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The Medtronic Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) team is looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead our Medtronic Engineering & Innovation Center (MEIC) software team, who supports testing and DevSecOps for application software and operating systems components for cardiac electrophysiology capital systems.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will be part Medtronic’s Global R&D organization and will hold responsibility for the functional management of MEIC software test and DevOps engineers for the Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) operating unit. You will collaborate closely with upper management, software managers, product owners, scrum masters, and engineers at MEIC and in North America, to ensure that program and functional goals are met. You will be responsible for managing staff and who support activities across multiple development programs within the CAS electrophysiology capital equipment product lines.

Cardiac Ablation Solutions seeks candidates who will meet our customer expectations by striving without reserve for the greatest possible reliability and quality in our products, processes and systems by being accountable, having a voice, and taking action.

A Day in the Life

• Lead a software test and DevOps team supporting current and next generation medical device development to treat and improve the lives of people with cardiac arrhythmias.Directly manage a combination of full-time employees and contractors.

• Establish strong relationships with direct reports, including scheduling regular 1:1s, and participate in providing and accepting timely, candid feedback in unrelenting pursuit of continuous personal and team improvement.

• With the support of Talent Acquisition staff, lead hiring/staffing efforts for all CAS MEIC software engineering roles.Strategize on, evaluate, and execute resourcing strategies that meet supply and demand over multiple years.Support growing the size of the MEIC CAS team.

• Guide, coach, and develop software test and DevOps engineers to attain their professional objectives for growth while ensuring functional success and high performance for the business.

• Heavily collaborate with U.S.-based CAS SW functional managers and product owners for software program planning, encompassing scope, cost, schedule, and resourcing strategies.

• Become the primary designated lead for CAS software at MEIC.

• Work closely with the CAS SW-FW management team to represent and advocate for the CAS-MEIC team, continuing to improve the working norms of the team within a new and growing partnership.Educate U.S.-based management team on cultural norms and best practices to support high retention of CAS MEIC staff.

• Advocate for and provide support towards CAS capital medical devices being shipped to and safely used in MEIC labs.

• Lead one or more team process improvement efforts across CAS SW-FW, as aligned with skillset/experience and as designated by leadership.

• Ensure completion of Medtronic SW DRM (Design for Reliability and Manufacturing) and Agile Scrum training for self and team.

• Establish a culture of quality and safety in conjunction with strong innovation, as well as high collaboration across the organization.Listen to team’s concerns, and advocate for safety- and reliability-driven additional work when necessary.

• Train on and apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the software development life cycle, following FDA regulations and IEC 62304 for medical device software.Ensure training of direct reports is appropriate.

• Maintain an attitude of positive flexibility, sometimes performing assigned work outside the boundaries of a typical software engineering manager job description to meet overall team deadlines and milestones.

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

• Oversees activities of the company’s development and design requirements for software systems, applications and software quality assurance for enhancements and new products, including cloud-based or internet-related tools, to meet the current and future Software needs.

• Manages activities to assure programs are appropriately resourced and ensure continuous improvement in technical capability, process, and compliance.

• Manages scope, cost, and schedule within a cross-functional development team.

• Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in technical field with 15 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 3 years of relevant experience.

• 2+ years of direct software engineering (test and/or DevOps) experience.

• 3+ years of experience in management , leading the execution of processes, people, and projects within software testing and DevOps.

Nice to Have

• Degree in computer science, electrical engineering

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science

• Experience managing one or more software teams, including performing hiring activities and performance reviews.

• Experience working with multi-site or remote teams, in particular direct collaboration with U.S.-based colleagues.

• Strong knowledge of software testing, test automation, regression testing, and validation & DevOps

• Experience with highly regulated and/or safety-critical systems is required (medical device experience strongly preferred).

• Solid understanding of structured product development: requirements-driven engineering, requirements documentation, rigorous verification, risk analysis, etc.

• Experience with Microsoft suite of tools (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Very strong verbal and written English communication skills.

• Able to influence leadership and team regarding issues that impact the business and its technical service and product strategies.

• Experience with Agile Scrum.

• Experience in development and maintenance of large electro-mechanical capital products with embedded firmware and application software running on Windows or Linux.

• Multiple years’ experience as a SW test engineer using automated testing.Understanding of broad technical software testing concepts such as test-driven development, behavior-driven development, white box and black box testing.

• Familiarity with common software development test tools/platforms/languages (GIT, JIRA, TFS, Polarion, C#/.NET, CodedUI, Appium, Microsoft Test Manager, etc).

• Familiarity with DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with 21CFR Part 820 and ISO 13485, and ISO 62304.

• Proven ability to work in a team environment with strong collaboration skills, engaging with technical and non-technical staff across multiple geographical R&D sites, including significant remote/videoconference-based work.

• Up to 15% travel internationally.

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