Senior Software Manager - CRDN

Medtronic plc; Mounds View (MN); On-site; USD 175,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic in the United States is seeking a Senior Software Manager to lead a high-performing team responsible for capital equipment software, firmware, embedded software, GUI, Windows applications, and cloud services in the Interventional Cardiology Therapies unit in Mounds View, MN.

You will guide agile teams through IEC62304/82304, collaborate across functions, mentor engineers, and ensure quality metrics, with limited travel and on-site work four days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience building medical device software.
• Experience building Windows based applications and Cloud services.
• Experience leading agile software development teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers for capital equipment software, firmware, embedded software and GUI for medical devices, Windows applications and cloud services.
• Lead the Scrum Team through the SDLC for medical devices following IEC62304/82304.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize work according to business needs and align product strategies.
• Mentor and coach team members to drive value-focused capabilities.
• Accountable for quality, robustness, and compliance with design controls and medical device regulations.

Skills

Medical device software

Windows applications

Cloud services

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or related

Advanced degree with 5 years of managerial experience

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 3 Nov 2026 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 Senior Software Manager Careers that Change Lives Medtronic is a global leader in medical technology, services, and solutions that take on the healthcare industry’s greatest challenges. Engineers and Scientists create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join the Coronary & Renal Denervation team and help us bring the next generation of life‑changing medical technology to patients worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology 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. Come for a job, stay for a career.

Treatments We Offer: Renal Denervation Key Technologies Symplicity Spyral™ Renal Denervation (RDN) System Medtronic’s Interventional Cardiology Therapies (ICT) business is looking for a Senior Software Manager to be part of a high‑performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of energy‑based therapeutic medical devices to treat hypertension. In this role, you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to support the newly approved medical therapy device software, along with accessory digital solutions. This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Interventional Cardiology Therapies Operating Unit. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In‑person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working on‑site 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross‑functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers for capital equipment ((RF Generator) and accessory software, this encompasses development and support of firmware, embedded software and GUI for medical device; along with Windows applications and Cloud services.
• Lead the Scrum Team through the SDLC for medical devices following IEC62304/82304.
• Work with different stakeholders and Cross‑functional team to prioritize team work according to business needs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather input, provide updates, and align product strategies with their needs and expectations.
• Decompose and elaborate on feature requirements and management of team backlog
• Guide SW development scrum team in sprint and increment planning, championing and supervising value‑focused capabilities.
• Participate in Risk Assessment and requirements development.
• Participate in the documentation of the software including architecture and design detail, unit testing, defect tracking and reports.
• Accountable for the quality, robustness, predictability, and completeness of the team’s output, including tracking and reporting software quality metrics.
• Accountable for your team’s compliance with internal design controls and medical device regulations and standards
• Prepare team members for certification and regulatory audits.
• May represent the team’s work in audits.
• Drive departmental excellence, proficiency, best practice, and consistency across project teams.
• Anticipate the need for new development tools, methods, technologies, and processes.
• Represent your team to the wider organization.
• Mentor and coach your team members.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have: Experience building medical device software Experience building Windows based applications and Cloud services Experience leading agile software development teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline and minimum of 7 years of work technical experience OR advanced degree in computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline with 5 years of technical work experience, and 5 years of managerial experience
• Nice to Have Familiarity with FDA submissions, design history files (DHF), and technical documentation Experience in software architecture design, writing design documents, creating flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts.
• Agile SAFe training/experience
• Excellent collaboration skills across engineering, quality, and regulatory teams
• Pragmatic decision‑making that balances compliance, security, and delivery velocity

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.

Physical Job Requirements

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. (ADA‑United States of America) 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 for a salary or Regulation for the Position are included.

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

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

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. Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$175,200.00 - $262,800.00

This position is eligible for a short‑term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

• 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, and 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), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
• Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

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.

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.

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity. 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 settingis 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.