Senior Software Manager - CRDN

A Day in the Life

Medtronic's Interventional Cardiology Therapies (ICT) business is looking for a Senior Software Manager to be part of a high-performing team revolutionizing the design and development of energy-based therapeutic medical devices to treat hypertension. This position is in Mounds View, MN within the Interventional Cardiology Therapies Operating Unit.

The Senior Software Engineering Manager will have full life cycle responsibility for a software product in the ICT portfolio and oversight of a team of software engineers who develop and support firmware, embedded, GUI and application software for stand-alone medical device and accessory digital solutions. You will be responsible for department processes, talent recruitment, performance and development, resource planning and prioritizing and directing the responsibilities of your team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers for capital equipment (RF Generator) and accessory software, encompassing 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 IEC 62304/82304.
• 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

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 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.