Software Engineering Manager - CRM

MED Medtronic Inc; Mounds View (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a Software Engineering Manager in Mounds View, MN to lead the device manager verification group within the Patient Care Systems (PCS) Software team. You will drive credible execution plans balancing delivery, quality, and risk while developing a high‑performing engineering organization.

You will collaborate with PCS Product Management, Quality, Regulatory, Cybersecurity and other teams to deliver patient-centered healthcare solutions with a strong emphasis on governance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or related technical discipline; minimum of 5 years technical work experience OR advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math with 3 years technical and 3 years managerial experience.
• Nice to have Med‑Tech experience.
• Experience as a software developer or technical software leader.
• Ability to manage geographically distributed software development teams.
• Familiarity with design controls, standards and quality system regulations.
• Experience with CAPA processes.
• Energetic communication, leadership, documentation, and interpersonal skills for varied audiences and stakeholders.
• Business acumen: patient-first perspective.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Smartsync device manager software verification organization including engineers, contractors and vendors.
• Own a credible engineering execution plan balancing priorities, capacity, dependencies, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure all engineering work (product development, tests, verification & validation, sustainment, cybersecurity, quality remediation, technical debt, innovation) is visible and well managed.
• Partner with PCS Product Management, Program Management, Quality, Regulatory, Cybersecurity and cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes.
• Lead, coach and develop high-performing engineering teams and grow technical leaders.
• Oversee verification and validation strategy across the product lifecycle.
• Ensure verification provides evidence that product requirements are met and validation confirms intended use and user needs.
• Develop and maintain scalable test frameworks, environments, tools, and infrastructure.

Skills

Software leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Distributed teams

Design controls

CAPA processes

Regulatory awareness

Communication

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering

Advanced degree in STEM

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 25 Sep 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 Software Engineering Manager Careers that Change Lives At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. Medtronic is seeking a highly motivated and accountable software leader to join our Patient Care Systems (PCS) Software team. In this role you will be shaping the future of healthcare technology by leading a team of engineers who develop, verify and validate state-of-the-art software solutions that deliver critical device and patient data everyday. In this role, you will lead the device manager verification software organization. Working within an empowered Product Operating Model, this role ensures engineering plans are credible, execution is transparent, technical standards remain high, and teams are aligned around shared goals. Success requires balancing delivery, quality, innovation, and risk while developing a high-performing engineering organization characterized by accountability, continuous improvement, and strong technical judgment. The Engineering Manager grows both people and capability, creating an environment where empowered engineers solve meaningful customer problems and increasingly operate with independent ownership and decision-making.

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Electrophysiology 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.

A Day in the Life:

The Engineering Manager is accountable for the quarterly objectives and overall engagement of the organization. The Engineering Manager is accountable for engineering capability, technical health, and credible execution. In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Software Engineering Manager role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Lead the Smartsync device manager software verification organization, including Medtronic engineers, contractors, and software vendors.
• Own a credible engineering execution plan that balances priorities, capacity, dependencies, risk, and regulatory requirements, and drive recovery early when commitments are at risk.
• Ensure all engineering work, including product development, test development, verification and validation, sustainment, cybersecurity, quality remediation, technical debt reduction, innovation, and capability development, is visible, prioritized and effectively managed.
• Partner closely with PCS Product Management, Program Management, Quality, Regulatory, Cybersecurity and other cross‑functional stakeholders to deliver customer and business outcomes.
• Lead, coach and develop high‑performing engineering teams by giving engineers real problems and decision authority, coaching for strong technical judgment, providing candid feedback, and building future technical leaders.
• Lead the verification and validation strategy across the product lifecycle, engaging engineers early to shape requirements, assess risk, and ensure product requirements, user needs, and regulatory commitments are validated.
• Ensure verification activities provide objective evidence that product requirements are met, and validation activities confirm intended use and user needs.
• Lead the development and maintenance of scalable test frameworks, environments, tools and infrastructure that improve coverage, efficiency and product quality.
• Champion adoption of modern test automation, continuous testing, shift‑left quality practices and integration verification activities across software development and release processes.
• Engage regularly with PCS leaders to ensure alignment on product roadmaps, capabilities, and execution strategies in support of evolving business needs.
• Foster an empowered engineering culture where teams are trusted to solve customer problems, exercise sound judgement and continuously improve products, process and outcomes.
• Make engineering demand and capacity visible, manage priorities and tradeoffs, and drive recovery early when commitments are at risk.

Qualifications- MUST HAVE - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or a related technical discipline and minimum of 5 years of technical work experience OR advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math, with 3 years of technical experience and 3 years of demonstrated managerial experience Nice to Have Experience in Med‑Tech. Experience as a software developer or technical software leader. Ability to manage geographically distributed SW development teams. Familiarity with design controls, standards and quality system regulations. Experience with or knowledge of CAPA processes. Energetic communication, leadership, documentation, and interpersonal skills to varied audiences and stakeholder groups. Business acumen: ability to think from a patient‑first and overall “what’s best for the business” perspective.

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 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

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):$150,400.00 - $225,600.00 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). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: 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). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: 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. Further details are available at the link below: Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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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. 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