Senior Enterprise Software Engineer

About the job

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 Medtronic is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Manufacturing Engineer – Software Validation & Test Automation to join the Affera Manufacturing Engineering team. This role is critical in advancing manufacturing test automation, software validation, hardware integration, and quality assurance activities for next-generation electrophysiology products. You will work closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Software Engineering, Quality, and R&D teams to develop and maintain automated test solutions, validate manufacturing software applications, and support production test systems that ensure product quality, reliability, and regulatory compliance within a highly regulated medical device environment. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

- Develop and maintain GUI applications using Python(PyQt, Streamlit) and supporting utilities used in manufacturing and test environments.

- Design, implement, and execute automated validation and test frameworks to improve manufacturing test efficiency and repeatability.

- Develop and maintain software verification and validation protocols, test cases, and execution reports.

- Support Windows desktop application manual testing , troubleshooting, and defect resolution activities.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement automated manufacturing test solutions.

- Support hardware-software integration activities and validation of manufacturing test systems.

- Document verification, validation, traceability, and compliance evidence required for regulated product development.

- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve manufacturing throughput, test coverage, and product quality.

- Participate in root cause investigations and corrective actions related to manufacturing software and automated test systems.

- Ensure compliance with medical device quality systems and regulatory requirements.

- Work with computer vision systems , tracking algorithms, and coordinate transformation techniques to support manufacturing automation and calibration workflows.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science,

- Software Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related discipline.

- 8–12 years of experience in software development, validation, automation, or manufacturing engineering within a regulated industry.

- Familiarity with regulated product development processes and quality management systems.

- Must Have Skills

- Knowledge of scripting languages (Python) for automation and test utilities.

- 5+ years of development experience in any programming language(Python, C#, java, C++,C etc..)

- Experience with GUI applications and Windows desktop application development and testing.

- Experience in medical device software validation, verification activities, and documentation within a regulated environment.

- Good to Have

- Understanding Computer Vision , object tracking concepts, coordinating conversion, and mathematical algorithms.

- Knowledge of data acquisition systems (DAQ), hardware interfaces, and system integration.

- Experience with test fixtures, custom hardware setups, and automated test benches.

- Experience supporting manufacturing test systems and production automation.

- Familiarity with medical device standards such as IEC 62304 and related verification practices.

- Experience with defect tracking, requirements management, and traceability tools.

- Experience with CI/CD and automated software validation pipelines.

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.

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