Careers that Change Lives :
- The Restorative Therapies Group Patient Care Software team is one of the most cutting edge groups within Medtronic, defining and executing on technology and architectural strategy using skills that span a variety of domains including Mobile Apps (Android), Cloud, Big Data Analytics, Web Services, 3D/2D visualization, machine learning, and interfacing with embedded software for management and control of interconnected medical devices.
Job Description
- This position is responsible for defining, implementing, executing, and documenting software for the next generation of RTG software products.
- The activities will encompass all facets and phases of software engineering, meeting all regulatory standards, to realize complex, innovative, high-reliability systems that improve the quality of life of people around the world.
- This role requires the ability to understand moderately complex technologies, coupled with the technical skills to transpose both into exceptional products that delight users. This is a highly trusted position that requires an individual to think independently, be decisive, and need minimum supervision.
A Day in the Life :
- Collaborate, mentor, and guide the SCRUM teams to provide high-quality mobile apps in a fast-paced environment.
- Create and optimize all aspects of the software engineering processes for products under development, incorporating the highest quality standards, cost-effectiveness, and measurable efficiency.
- Plan and create test automation strategy, framework, and implementation.
- Technically lead to meet all project milestones and deliverables.
- Manage the design and implementation process and evidence gathering.
- Provide concise, timely, and accurate reports and status of all test activities.
- Lead continuous process improvement activities.
- Provide guidance and best-practice techniques to meet all regulatory compliance requirements.
- Keep abreast of technical and industry trends related to Mobile software design and development and help with leading center led activities in the respective technology domain.
Must-Have/Minimum Qualification :
- Bachelor's Degree in Electronic/Software Engineering or equivalent with 12+ years of product design experience.
- Experience with medical device regulations and standards, such as IEC 62304, for medical device software development lifecycle.
- Experience in leading requirements, design and code review criteria with high quality.
- 5+ years of experience with Java development and Object-Oriented Design.
- Demonstrated successful delivery of a software application in a prior environment in a technical lead capacity.
- Experience leading software engineering teams of 10+ engineers.
- Experience leading software engineering teams across geographies.
- Experience in designing the software based on the requirements. Defining coding guidelines and best practices and ensuring that the teams adhere to it.
- Experience in extensive code reviews to ensure code quality.
- Experience with writing effective unit tests. Generating and analyzing code coverage reports.
- Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in technical documentation (Architecture Document, High-Level Design Document, Software Detail Design Document). Ability to guide and review the documentation during the product development lifecycle
- In-depth knowledge of software test architecture and software tools for Web and mobile software applications.
- Practitioner of Agile software development, including TDD, and experience in leading a scrum team as a Scrum Master
- Experience with Android development
- Experience with layered architecture, MVP, MVC and commonly used Design Patterns
- Experience defining XML and JSON
- Knowledge of wireless networking technologies.
- Experience with computer graphics and 2D/3D model visualization techniques.
- Experience with configuration management tools and best practices (GIT, SVN, etc.).
- Good understanding of Continuous Integration environments (Jenkins, Bamboo, ElectricCloud)
- Understanding of basic agile tools (Rally, VersionOne, Jira)
- Ability to generate concise and timely reports, including project metrics.
Principal Working Relationship : This role will be working with a motivated, diverse, and knowledgeable development teams accross geographies to deliver world-class products.
Nice to Haves :
- Good understanding of cloud-based technologies (PaaS/SaaS/Storage)
- Experience with HTML5, CSS, Javascript and Javascript frameworks
- Experience with web languages like Ruby, PHP, or Python
- Understanding of multitenant/multi-user paradigm
- Experience with Big Data Analytics (Hadoop or Mongo DB)
- Experience with Microsoft Technologies (MS Project, MS Project Server, SharePoint, Office)
