Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Medtronic plc; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic Digital Technologies seeks a Senior AI Engineer focused on algorithm optimization to design and deploy low-latency ML models for edge and cloud devices.

You will collaborate with ML, platform, and embedded teams to advance real-time computer vision in surgical settings, and contribute to cutting-edge AI methods in a mission-driven healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Master or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• Proven ability to design and build computer vision networks using PyTorch.
• Knowledge of AWS cloud services (EKS, ECS) and Docker.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Very proficient in Python and numerical libraries (numpy, scikit-learn, OpenCV).
• Experience with AI optimization tools (TensorRT).
• Knowledge of CUDA and writing custom kernels/operators.
• Data visualization experience would be useful for this role.

Responsibilities

• Benchmarking and optimizing different network architectures to reduce latency.
• Designing or optimizing production pipelines in the cloud or edge devices for real-time video.
• Delivering well-written and high-quality code.
• Sharing results during regular meetings.
• Staying updated with state-of-the-art methods and proposing novel approaches.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

C++

CUDA

TensorRT

AWS

Docker

CI/CD

Computer Vision

Machine Learning

Edge/Cloud Latency

GIT & CI pipelines

Visualization

Education

Master or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Vision/Machine Learning or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

• Benchmarking and optimizing different existing network architectures and their latency in different target platforms.
• Further re-designing or optimizing existing network architectures to improve their forward flow and reduce latency.
• Developing production pipelines in the cloud or edge devices to process surgical videos in real-time with our optimized models.
• Delivering well-written and high-quality code.
• Sharing results during regular meetings.
• Staying updated with state-of-the‑art methods and propose novel approaches for problems at hand (we try to devote time to do research and share it with the team).
  A Master or PhD in, Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Vision/Machine Learning or similar related field.
• Proven ability to design and build computer vision networks using Pytorch.
• Knowledge of different optimization methods (e.g. pruning, sparsity, quantization etc..).
• Experience with AI optimization tools (e.g. TensorRT).
• Very knowledgeable in Python and relevant numerical libraries (numpy, scikit‑learn, opencv, etc.).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Computer Vision., Advanced knowledge on AI‑based optimization methods (QAT, Knowledge Distillation, Network Sparsification etc..).
• Knowledge of AWS cloud and experience with their services (EKS, ECS, ...) and docker.
• Knowledge of C++ and CUDA, and ideally experience writing custom kernels / operators.
• Data visualization experience would also be useful for this role.
• Excellent communicator - You are comfortable talking with programmers, marketers, surgeons, business leaders, and everyone in‑between.
• Experience of working in video processing or equivalent performance sensitive or high‑performance applications.
  Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first - developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life Medtronic Digital Technologies is creating ambitious new products that bring connectivity, real‑time guidance, and decision support to the operating room. To support this mission, we are developing compact, high‑performance, embedded systems that enable edge computing and connectivity. Working closely with other teams across Medtronic, we are creating a connected ecosystem and leveraging the state of the art in computer vision to provide the most comprehensive view of surgery. If you're interested in using cutting‑edge technology to improve the standard of care in surgery on a global scale, this could be the place for you. As a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer, focused on algorithm optimization, you will help to design, implement, and optimize Machine Learning models to achieve low latency on edge and cloud devices. You will become part of a talented team exploring new concepts through fast iterative prototyping. You will collaborate as an AI optimization expert with our other machine learning engineers, platform engineers, embedded software engineers and research experts of the team., 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 95,000+ 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 It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

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. Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: United Kingdom: 76,800.00 GBP - 115,200.00 GBP | The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job-related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework.