Principal Platform Software Engineer – Surgical Robotics

Medtronic
Published
8 March 2023
Location
UK

Description

You will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform: https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html Impact patient outcomes. Come for a job, stay for a career. In the Surgical Robotics (SR) business, part of Medtronic’s Medical Surgical Portfolio, we believe patients around the world deserve access to quality care and improved outcomes. We strive to expand global access to care and reduce variability through robotic and analytics solutions. Surgical Innovations set the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) by creating innovative surgical products and services. A Day in the Life As a Platform Software Engineer you will lead and/or participate in the software development efforts in the Software Center of Excellence of the Surgical Robotics Organisation. You will work in a fast-paced environment with a group of software engineers, collaborating with cross functional teams to complete requirements definition, design, code implementation, unit test, and software and system verification and validation. Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Combine the best of your experience with training and mentorship to move your career forward. If you want a challenging, energising, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. As an ideal candidate, you will have any or all the following experience: Deep understanding of Windows, Linux, QNX or other operating system operation, drivers, interfaces, and application-level coding is required. Including but not limited to applications, processes, threads, handles, synchronisation, drivers, virtual memory, kernel objects, performance counters, performance analysis, networking, root causing, troubleshooting, and debugging in a complex multi-processor mixed OS environment. Experience in developing and commercialising software products in a fast-paced R&D environment, including understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and best practices in the medical device industry, experience in providing post product support. A bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, preferably software related: Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science. Master’s or Ph.D degree in related discipline preferred, or equivalent experience. Experience in hands-on development and troubleshooting on targets using modern C++ 11 or greater. Experience in object-oriented design and design patterns. Experience in relevant scripting languages (e.g. PowerShell, Python, Bash) Understanding and appreciation of SDLC process and tools (e.g. JIRA, Bitbucket, Stash, Confluence, JAMA, Git, CMake.) Experience in software development in medical device industry or other regulated industry is preferred. Experience in the test-driven development methodology and unit test. Experience in Agile/Scrum/SAFe software development practices. Ability to distill software requirements from system requirements. Experience with Windows OS, QNX (x86 and/or Arm target), Linux and/or other Real Time Operating System, including related IDEs, SDKs, and DDKs. Experience with Transport layer communications protocols and related network experience (e.g. DDS TCP/IP, UDP, Sockets, Wireshark, etc.) Experience Troubleshooting, Debugging, and Root Cause Analysis techniques and tools (e.g. WinDbg, GnuDbg, others) Experience performing risk management analysis of software ideally using SW FMEA techniques Experience working with the global/multi-development sites environment is a plus. Cybersecurity experience is desirable, designing and maintaining secure OS and applications (e.g. SSL/TLS, DTLS, TPM, Trusted/Secure Boot, Root of Trust, Authentication, Encryption, Public/Private Key, Key/Certificate Management, authenticated and secure communications protocols) Experience leading technical design activities. Experience leading software development process improvement activities. Experience in providing guidance, coaching, and training to other software engineers in the software development technologies and best practices. About Medtronic Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

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