Sr Software Engineer - Surgical Robotics.

Careers that Change Lives

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 :

Impact patient outcomes. Come for a job, stay for a career.

In the Surgical Robotics (SR) business, part of Medtronic’s Medical Surgical Portfolio, we believe patients around the world deserve access to quality care and improved outcomes.

We strive to expand global access to care and reduce variability through robotic and analytics solutions.SURGICAL INNOVATIONS set the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) by creating innovative surgical products and services.

A Day in the Life

As a Senior Controls Software Engineer working at Medtronic, you will be a major contributor to the software that controls robotic surgical instruments.

You will create software solutions that run on a sophisticated real-time embedded platform, using embedded sensor and actuator hardware to deliver high-bandwidth, precise and robust instrument response.

In addition, this role will involve engagement with the electromechanical design of surgical instruments at all stages with a focus on control software requirements development that is compatible with the test, verification and validation of a safety-critical system.

Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Combine the best of your experience with training and mentorship to move your career forward.

If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

If you are a pioneer and would like to have a big impact within the new world of medical robotics then come join our team!

You will

• Design and develop feedback control loop algorithms using Simulink and MATLAB
• Develop controls software for robotic manipulators and surgical instruments
• Integrate and test new controller designs on hardware and with the rest of the robotic platform
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of verification methods
• Partner with the greater software organization, systems engineering, and validation groups
• Define and review software requirements
• Conduct software and product hardware-in-loop testing and create model and prototypes
• Act as an independent reviewer of MATLAB / Simulink models to ensure that all software meets quality standards
• Prepare and participate in design reviews
• Document or participate in the documentation of the software including architecture and design detail, unit testing, anomaly tracking and reports

Must Haves

Bachelor’s Degree and at least 4 years of relevant engineering experience OR an advanced degree and at least 2 years of relevant engineering experience.

Nice to Have

• Proficient use of modeling & simulation software (MATLAB / Simulink strongly preferred)
• Familiarity with multi-body kinematics and dynamics
• Design of position, velocity, and torque feedback controllers
• Implementation and tuning of high-performance feedback control in software
• Signal processing experience (discrete / digital methods and algorithms)
• Experience with real-time software on microprocessor-based systems and developing software in a Linux environment
• Integrating mechanical and electrical hardware and software, particularly in an embedded context
• Medical product development process highly desired-regulatory processes, safety considerations, hands-on experience with medical / surgical devices / instruments
• Experience with diverse, cross functional teams; Geodiversity spanning an international environment is a bonus
• Fluency in English is required (German a plus)
• Ability to travel up to once per month
30+ days ago