Software Engineering Manager

SUMMARY OF POSITION

Be a part of the Medtronic Engineering and Innovation center (MEIC) by applying your skills to the growth and development & sustaining efforts of Medical Devices products at MEIC.

As a member of the MEIC team, you will collaborate with the broader Medical Devices engineering team, clinical and commercial teams globally. You will enable design & development of medical devices / products and the associated infrastructure & capability building elements in close conjunction with the Global teams.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Experience in distributed product development, team building skills, talent management, conflict resolution, budget management and global stake holder management are critical to the role.
• Manage a cross functional (SW, FW, Systems) engineering technical team size of 20 or more.
• Provide a blend of people management and technical savviness. Should have worked on development of products and on successful delivery of solutions.
• Deep understanding in product development processes & regulations (IEC 60601, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971) Design controls for medical device development in order to coach and guide the technical leads is expected.
• Identify the needs and prepare capabilities in the cross functional areas, SW development and verification and validation areas to foster full turnkey solution to the business.
• Provide a deep understanding of the embedded and application SW development processes (Agile, waterfall methodology) and help establish SW metrics & recommended the processes for the team.
• Research and maintain solution architecture, technical design, tools and technology stack and related system and drive proof of concept efforts in MEIC.
• Must be able to support the global team in organic, blended, inorganic product development projects.
• Support the technology road map of Medical Devices by proactively pitching for technology development and turnkey projects.
• Support Regional Growth plans and product requirements to boost tailored product for the regions
• Establish and remain educated on the relevant technology standards (DICOM, HL7, 62304, ISO 11073 etc.)
• Develop junior members by coaching, empowering, reviewing results, both in technical areas and in “soft” skills.
• Identify solution knowledge gaps within MEIC in Medical Devices solutions and prepare plans to address them ( strategic alliances and self-managed teams )

PRINCIPAL WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

EXPERIENCE

Experience of minimum of 17+ years in product development with at least a min of 10+ years in medical device development & verification.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY

EDUCATION