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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
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're working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.
Medtronic is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Principal Software Test Engineer - Automation to join our Affera Mapping and Ablation System team. This role is essential in supporting the testing and quality assurance processes to ensure the reliability and performance of our advanced medical devices. You will be an integral member of the Affera Software Team, working on cutting-edge technology in the electrophysiology field.
The ideal candidate has experience designing, developing, validating, and maintaining test automation frameworks to test real-time high-performance visualization applications. They will take ownership of key features while working collaboratively with other engineering teams and are passionate about working on a product that will have a positive impact on the lives of millions.
About the Affera Mapping and Ablation System
The Affera Mapping and Ablation System is an innovative medical technology designed to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The system involves advanced mapping techniques to create detailed images of the heart's electrical activity, helping physicians identify abnormal areas causing arrhythmias. Once identified, the Affera Ablation System delivers targeted energy to disrupt these abnormal signals, restoring normal heart rhythm.
Primary Responsibilities

• Craft a flexible and reliable test automation framework tailored to our company and product needs.

• Investigate, propose, and implement new technologies or processes which improve the reliability and efficiency of automation.

• Maintain broad understanding of current testing software technologies.

• Perform workflow analysis, document test results and recommend quality improvements

• Apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the system development life cycle.

• Work with engineers to resolve software defects and diagnose/improve product configuration for current and future models.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience

• OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

• OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong in programming languages such as Python, C++/C# or similar languages

• Knowledge of Medical Product verification, IEC-62304 and FDA guidance in a technical discipline, preferably software related

• Strong understanding of creating test protocols for verifying software requirements.

• Experienced test automation in robotics or related industry.

• Experience in UI automation for desktop-based applications (Like Ranorex, Appium, Katalon, Squish etc.)

• Ability to work with QA to ensure testing meets Quality and Regulatory needs.

• Ability to manage, track and upgrade multiple hardware and software configurations.

• Ability to work with Systems, Mechanical, Electrical and Software engineers when discovering, documenting, and resolving integration issues.

• Strong understanding of good documentation practices

• Experience using a tool or repository for managing test cases (Polarion, TFS, TestRail, JAMA etc).

• Experience debugging hardware with tools such as oscilloscope and function generators

• Experience writing technical reports

• Experience with QT/QML

• Experience with software version control systems, such as Git

• Experience with Agile development

• Strong work ethic and entrepreneurial drive

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

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Physical Job Requirements
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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.
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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):$122,400.00 - $183,600.00
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.
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