Principal Software Engineer - UI/UX (Qt/QML)

MED Medtronic Inc; Newton (MA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health Savings Account

Healthcare Flexible Spending Account

Life insurance

Long-term disability leave

Tuition assistance/reimbursement

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Medtronic seeks a Principal Software Engineer - UI/UX (Qt/QML) to set the technical direction for the Prism Mapping UI. You will lead architecture, partner with UX and product, shape multi-release direction, and raise engineering standards in a regulated clinical environment.

You will mentor senior UI engineers, tackle real-time data challenges, GPU rendering, and clinical workflow constraints, delivering fast, clear, and correct user interfaces across releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture for Prism Mapping UI - Qt/QML structure, state management, navigation, theming, accessibility, and performance.
• Define multi-release UI direction in partnership with UX and product.
• Set engineering bar for UI code on clarity, safety, testability, and performance in clinical conditions.
• Lead the design and delivery of major subsystems and cross-cutting architecture initiatives.
• Exercise broad technical judgment in solving complex system and architectural problems with limited oversight.
• Drive technical alignment across software, systems, quality, product, and cross-functional teams.
• Promote software design patterns and development best practices.
• Mentor teams through reviews and guidance on critical engineering decisions.
• Identify improvements in architecture, development processes, and system design.
• Shape the technical roadmap for major subsystems or product capabilities.
• Communicate complex technical tradeoffs and risks to stakeholders.

Skills

Qt/QML architecture

Python

C++

Real-time data

GPU rendering

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Qt

C++ toolchain

Job description

Principal Software Engineer - UI/UX (Qt/QML)

As a Principal Software Engineer - UI/UX (Qt/QML) you will set the technical direction for the Prism Mapping application UI - the architecture that lets clinicians drive an extremely complex real-time medical system without ever feeling its complexity. You'll lead Qt/QML application architecture across the product, partner closely with UX design leadership and product to shape multi-release direction, and drive standards for interaction patterns, state management, accessibility, and performance in a regulated environment. You'll mentor senior UI engineers across teams, drive root cause on the hardest UI problems - the ones tangled up with real-time data, GPU rendering, and clinical workflow - and raise the engineering bar for UI software in a medical device, where every interaction has to be fast, clear, and correct.

About the Affera Prism Mapping System

The Affera Prism Mapping System is an advanced electrophysiology mapping platform used by physicians to diagnose and guide the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. It captures and processes signals from inside the beating heart, builds detailed real-time three-dimensional maps of cardiac anatomy and electrical activity, and presents that information to clinicians and mapping specialists during live procedures. Engineers on this team build the software that makes that possible - from the runtime and data pipelines that move signals in milliseconds, to the algorithms that turn raw signals into clinically meaningful information, to the visualization and UI surfaces clinicians rely on in the lab.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead architecture for the Prism Mapping application UI - Qt/QML structure, state management, navigation, theming, accessibility, and performance.
• Define multi-release direction for the UI in partnership with UX design leadership and product.
• Set the engineering bar for UI code on clarity, safety, testability, and performance under clinical conditions.
• Lead the design and delivery of major subsystems, cross-cutting architecture, or large technical initiatives.
• Exercise broad technical judgment in defining approaches to complex system and architectural problems with limited oversight.
• Drive technical alignment across software, systems, quality, product, and other cross-functional teams.
• Establish and promote software design patterns, engineering standards, and development best practices.
• Provide technical leadership across teams through mentoring, design reviews, and guidance on critical engineering decisions.
• Identify and drive improvements in architecture, development processes, and system design.
• Shape the technical roadmap and architectural direction for major subsystems or product capabilities.
• Communicate complex technical tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders across functions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise architecting Qt/QML applications at scale - state management, threading, performance, accessibility, theming.
• Track record of shaping UI architecture for complex technical or clinical products across multiple releases.
• Strong understanding of how UI architecture interacts with real-time data, GPU rendering, and clinical workflow constraints.
• Deep expertise in Python and C++ and in software architecture for complex, multi-component systems.
• Proven experience delivering complex, real-time, device-integrated, or networked systems.
• Experience leading large, complex, cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Experience defining architecture, standards, or technical direction across multiple components or teams.
• Experience solving ambiguous, high-impact technical problems spanning multiple domains or subsystems.
• Experience influencing technical decisions beyond immediate team boundaries.
• Experience in regulated environments preferred.
• Advances how the team uses AI tools - introduces new approaches that raise team productivity and quality.

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For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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. The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Benefits & Compensation

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$152,800.00 - $229,200.00

• Health, Dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability leave
• Dependent daycare spending account
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement
• Simple Steps (global well-being program)
• Incentive plans
• 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
• Short-term disability
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)

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. If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (Medtronic) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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.

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 transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With a 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.

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.

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