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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

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Careers that Change Lives

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work.

Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Device Embedded System (DES) organization develops the next generation medical technologies that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of patients across the world.

Join the PCS Software data services leadership team, where our charter is to build and develop high-performing data engineering teams to ensure products and programs are appropriately resourced and ensure continuous improvement in technical capability, process and compliance within our software ecosystem—including Information Systems Shared Services.

We seek a highly motivated, accountable software leader who is passionate about improving reliability, performance, scalability, and cost efficiency of data services. This leader will foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, accountability, and collaboration that advances engineering excellence, supports clinicians, and improves patients’ quality of life.

In this role, you will lead the data services software organization. As a Senior Manager, you will own multi-year plans to build and develop high-performing teams. You will manage engineering activities to ensure overall product quality, team staffing, and budget management. You will partner with Product Managers, Program Managers, Architects, and business leaders to prioritize investments and deliver measurable customer value. This role requires both strategic leadership and the ability to operate effectively in a highly dynamic, reactive environment—demonstrating technical depth, agility, and resilience.

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) unit. 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 are working on-site 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

         

         

A Day in the Life:

The Engineering Manager is accountable for the quarterly objectives and overall engagement of the organization. This includes responsibility for building and maintaining a team that consistently delivers embedded software functional excellence. The Engineering Manager is ultimately accountable for their teams’ performance and execution. In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Senior Software Engineering Manager role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Build and develop high-performing Data Engineering teams through coaching, mentoring, hiring, and talent development.
• Manages activities to assure programs are appropriately resourced and ensure continuous improvement in technical capability, process, and compliance.
• Establish engineering best practices for quality, observability, security, automation, and operational excellence.
• Partner with Product Managers, Program Managers, Architects, and business leaders to prioritize investments and deliver measurable customer value.
• Champion modern software engineering practices including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, automated testing, and data quality engineering.
• Improve platform reliability, performance, scalability, and cost optimization.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, accountability, and collaboration.
• Lead the RPE bedside monitor software organization, including Medtronic engineers, contractors, and software vendors. Own product capability and release roadmaps, with accountability for planning, execution, and delivery within business-aligned budgets. Ensure Tier 2 customer product support remains a top priority.
• Partner closely with PCS Product Management to prioritize backlogs and shape them into executable multi-year roadmaps and release plans.
• Directly manage a team of 5–8 engineers and technicians, including performance management, compensation planning, career development, and ongoing coaching and feedback.
• Drive initiatives addressing software technology advancements, component obsolescence, and product continuity, while ensuring compliance with software, cybersecurity, and regulatory standards.
• Maintain strong, collaborative relationships with external software, and technology vendors to ensure alignment, quality delivery, and long-term partnership success.
• Engage regularly with business leaders and engineering peers to ensure alignment on product roadmaps, capabilities, and execution strategies in support of evolving business needs.

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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 science, technology, engineering, or math and minimum of 7 years of technical work experience OR advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math, with 5 years of technical experience and 5 years of demonstrated managerial experience

Nice to Have

• Experience in Med-Tech.
• Experience as an embedded SW Leader or developer.
• Ability to manage geographically distributed SW development teams.
• Business acumen: ability to think from a patient-first and overall “what’s best for the business” perspective.
• Experience leading Data Services and Data Engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of modern cloud data ecosystems (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with distributed data processing, ETL/ELT, streaming platforms, data lakes/lakehouses, APIs, and microservices.
• Familiarity with technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, Delta Lake, Airflow, dbt, or similar platforms.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

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. (ADA-United States of America)

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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. 

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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

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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):$175,200.00 - $262,800.00

 

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.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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