Manager - Kinematics Software Engineering - Surgical Robotics

$150,400 - $225,600/Yr

Medtronic - Boston, MA

Full-time - Manager

Boston, MA

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

At Medtronic, you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. In this role, you will join a world-class team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform within the Surgical Operating unit. Medtronic's Surgical Operating Unit is a powerful operating unit that brings together the people and product portfolio of Surgical Robotics and Surgical Innovations. With the Medtronic Mission as our North Star, we will build on our legacy of proven surgical solutions and advance the promise of robotics and digital solutions for the benefit of the customers and patients we serve. As a Software Manager, you will be a leader contributing to the controls and kinematics software functional area. This involves building and managing a highly engaged team of engineers to ensure that they are positioned for growth and success. You will lead a team of engineers that design and develop kinematic solutions for robotic manipulators and surgical instruments, represent your team to the wider software organization, and partner with the greater R&D organization (quality, systems, etc.). Your role will also include building sustainable processes for product development, driving best practices within your functional area, removing barriers for the team, participating in design reviews, and mentoring and coaching your team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers that design and develop kinematic solutions for robotic manipulators and surgical instruments.
• Represent your team to the wider software organization.
• Partner with the greater R&D organization (quality, systems, etc.).
• Build sustainable processes for product development.
• Drive best practices within your functional area.
• Remove barriers for the team.
• Participate in design reviews.
• Mentor and coach your team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree and 3 years of relevant experience.
• Applied controls, traditional robotics, and inverse kinematics knowledge.
• Mechanical or Robotics Engineering experience.
• Experience managing full product development cycle for software, from concept through to release and maintenance.
• Knowledge for how to manage teams in a large organization.
• Great communication skills: Strong ability to coordinate people and teams around unstructured challenges and moving project priorities.
• Knowledgeable of software development workflows and best practices.
• Experience building models with Simulink, especially real-time control systems.
• Knowledge of robotics, specifically medical robotics, or other capital equipment medical devices.
• Knowledge of medical device development process: 60601, 13485, 62304.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's Degree with 10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 8 years of relevant experience.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
• Short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)
• Wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support employees at every career and life stage.