Senior Software Engineer

Medtronic; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical technology company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop cutting-edge embedded systems that enhance surgical care. This role involves working on intra-operative devices, enhancing software performance, and ensuring quality and compliance. Candidates should have experience in modern C programming along with skills in Unix environments and inter-process communication. Join a diverse team committed to improving healthcare through innovative technology. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Flexible Benefits Package

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience in developing high-quality, high-performing code in modern C (C17 and higher).
• Comfortable with complexity in a highly interconnected ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Develop enhancements for existing intra-operative devices.
• Ensure maintainability and reliability of application software.
• Investigate and resolve issues from testing and support.

Skills

Modern C programming

Unix/Linux environments

Inter-process communication frameworks (gRPC, DDS, Zenoh)

Unit testing (TDD, Google Test)

GUI frameworks (React, Qt)

AWS systems

Education

BS/MS in Computer Electrical Electronics Engineering or equivalent

Job description

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

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 youre 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 Software Engineer youll be performing development primarily in modern C helping to expand the services offered by our existing and new generation of devices while ensuring the codebase is maintainable.

Responsibilities

• Work within our highly technically diverse multidisciplinary teams (application software embedded cloud platform etc.).
• Contribute to the core application software by developing enhancements for our existing intra-operative devices.
• Take ownership of the maintainability and reliability of the application software in our existing intra-operative devices and helping develop the software stack for our next generation intra-operative devices.
• Maintain and enhance methods for device monitoring and cloud connectivity.
• Investigate debug and resolve issues reported from testing and support.
• Participate in the relevant security and regulatory compliance processes.
• Develop robust and secure-by-design software fit for a medical-grade system.
• Must be able to commute frequently to London-based office; 2 days per week onsite.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• BS / MS in Computer Electrical Electronics Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 or 3 years of relevant industry experience.
• Current experience in developing high quality high performing code in modern C (C17 and higher).
• Strong knowledge of Unix / Linux environments.
• Experience with inter-process communication frameworks (gRPC DDS Zenoh etc.).
• Experience working with deployed hardware systems and remote device management.
• Experience with unit testing using methodologies like Test-Driven Development (TDD) including proficiency with testing frameworks such as Google Test (gtest) or similar tools.
• Flexible - you can independently solve problems as they arise but are comfortable asking for help when you need it.
• Comfortable with complexity being able to think through consequences of changes in a highly interconnected ecosystem over varied use environments.
• A high level of code craftsmanship and focus on quality.

Preferred skills include experience with GUI frameworks like React or Qt and familiarity with regulated industries such as medical devices automotive finance or aerospace. Knowledge of AWS systems engineering principles and core security concepts is also valued.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

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.

About Medtronic

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 95000 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.

Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here

Required Experience : Senior IC

Key Skills: Spring,.NET,C / C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,AWS,Data Structures,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1