Senior Software Engineer – C++ / Video Processing

DSL Digital Surgery Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)

Job summary

Medtronic seeks a Senior Software Engineer to advance real-time video processing in a medical device context. You will develop high-performance video and AI pipelines, leveraging hardware acceleration and parallel processing in a multidisciplinary environment.

The role emphasizes C++ expertise (C++17-23), multi-threading, IPC, and production-grade code, with a requirement to commute to the London office two days per week. A competitive package and MIP incentive are included.

Qualifications

• Excellent C++ development & debugging skills with modern standards.
• Deep knowledge of software design principles and patterns.
• Experience with real-time video pipelines and low-latency systems.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable and well-documented code.
• Self-driven, able to take concepts to production with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication and collaboration in multidisciplinary teams.
• Requirement to be onsite in London two days per week.

Responsibilities

• Leverage hardware acceleration for high-performance, low-latency video and AI processing.
• Design, implement, and optimise video pipelines for operating room devices.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe-by-design software for a medical device.
• Maintain code quality and participate in team reviews.

Skills

C++ development

Multithreading

IPC

Performance optimization

C++ design patterns

Real-time video pipelines

Code quality

Independent work

Communication skills

London commute

Tools

NVIDIA NPP

Intel MKL

BLAS libraries

Job description

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 Software Engineer working on the real-time video processing team, you'll be helping to develop high-performance video and AI processing pipelines for use in the operating room. We're looking for someone experienced with real-time video manipulation and parallel processing who is comfortable working in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Leverage hardware acceleration to develop high-performance, low-latency video capture, processing, AI inference, visualization and streaming software.
• Design, implement, and optimise video processing pipelines running on computing systems deployed in the operating room.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop robust and safe-by-design software for a medical device.
• Maintain a high level of quality and reliability in submitted code and participate in team code reviews.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Excellent C++ development & debugging skills with C++17-23, multi-threading, inter-process communication and performance optimization.
• Excellent knowledge of software design principles and C++ design patterns.
• Experience with real time video pipelines.
• Ability to write clear, maintainable and well-documented code.
• Capability to work independently, driving development from concept to production.
• Strong communication skills.
• Must be able to commute to London-based office; 2 days per week onsite.

Preferred skills

• Experience with NVIDIA NPP, Intel MKL, and BLAS libraries.
• Experience developing or implementing real-time image processing algorithms using hardware acceleration.
• Experience with medical-grade quality processes.
• Knowledge of video compression and coding standards such as H.264, H.265, and VP9.
• Good knowledge of Linux.

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.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: United Kingdom: 76,800.00 GBP - 115,200.00 GBP | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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.

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. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here.

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