▷ (High Salary) 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

1. Experience in distributed product development, team building skills, talent management, conflict resolution, budget management and global stake holder management are critical to the role.

2. Manage a cross functional (SW, FW, Systems) engineering technical team size of 20 or more.

3. Provide a blend of people management and technical savviness. Should have worked on development of products and on successful delivery of solutions.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Research and maintain solution architecture, technical design, tools and technology stack and related system and drive proof of concept efforts in MEIC.

8. Must be able to support the global team in organic, blended, inorganic product development projects.

9. Support the technology road map of Medical Devices by proactively pitching for technology development and turnkey projects.

10. Support Regional Growth plans and product requirements to boost tailored product for the regions

11. Establish and remain educated on the relevant technology standards (DICOM, HL7, 62304, ISO 11073 etc.)

12. Develop junior members by coaching, empowering, reviewing results, both in technical areas and in “soft” skills.

13. 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

1. The incumbent would work with the project management office at MEIC to ensure that resource forecasts, project metrics are correctly captured and presented to the leadership

2. Frequent interaction with team members from other disciplines, cross functional teams, to understand project requirements and to adhere to project schedules.

3. Possible interaction with clinicians, third-party vendors, manufacturers, and subcontractors.

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

• Good hands on experience in systems engineering, software development C# / C++ and real time systems. Knowledge of Python programming / scripts
• Knowledgeable in design controls for medical devices (related to CFR 820.30) 510K, IEC 62304 & other relevant standards.
• Product development experience for local markets (“in country for country) would certainly be a plus.
• Strong proven capability & track record in developing product applications and strong knowledge in device communication & diagnostics, database systems and latest communication protocols.
• Hands-on application development (right from requirement analysis to deployment) and management of sizeable teams in FW, HW, & SW application development & verification activities.
• Strong Leadership expectations traits for mid-level leaders (internal candidates only)

EDUCATION