At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The Diabetes Operating Unit focuses on improving the lives of those within the global diabetes community. As a business, we strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering innovation that truly matters and providing support in the ways they need it. We’re committed to meeting people with diabetes where they are in their journey, always with an aim to make their lives easier. Our portfolio of innovative solutions is designed to provide customers greater freedom and better health, helping them achieve better glucose control, while spending less time managing their disease.

In this exciting role you will be part of the software operations team and perform root cause analysis of the customer software complaints.

You will report to our Software Operations Manager and will play a key technical leadership role for the software and quality organization. You perform the troubleshooting of software complaints for level 2 and level 3 support and your contribution will impact patients around the world.

We look for team members who are bold inclusive thinkers who create new ideas and bring our best solutions forward to benefit our patients, business partners, and customers.

This positions is onsite (hybrid, 3 days per week) in Northridge, CA

Responsibilities may include the following. In addition, other duties may be assigned:

Diagnose system faults and data integrity issues, leveraging a deep understanding of how the system should operate.
Collaborate closely with development teams to report software problems, propose fixes, or suggest design changes.
Investigate customer-reported issues and coordinate with other software teams to respond and resolve them within SLAs.
Report the summary status of open field cases and recommend courses of action to resolve them.
Identify opportunities for improving troubleshooting techniques and building diagnostic tools.
Understand and communicate application workflow and behavior to assist customers and/or customer support teams.
Operate as a “customer advocate” in the product support lifecycle, including field issue resolution and maintenance releases, leveraging in-depth product and technical knowledge.
Test, debug, and analyze software, tools, and utilities in accordance with software requirements.
Understand and examine systems software design requirements.
Recommend system improvements to increase efficiency.
Ensure that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.
Generate systems software engineering policies, standards, and procedures.
Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship.
Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
Assist in the collection and documentation of user requirements, development of user stories, estimates, and work plans.
Follow and execute software engineering policies, standards, and procedures.
Document and maintain accurate records in compliance with internal and external SOPs, policies, workflows, and regulations.
Train team members in areas of expertise.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, sciences or technology with 2+ years of relevant experience or a master’s degree

Nice to Have

Strong analytical skills
Excellent time management skills for performing time-sensitive tasks
Familiarity with troubleshooting Web and/or Mobile Applications, identifying, and fixing issues
Proficiency in debugging applications: Analyzing and resolving issues by examining application logs, using diagnostic tools, performing testing, reproducing issues, and conducting thorough investigations
Experience with commercial, customer-facing application portfolios
Familiarity with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Deep understanding of relational databases and SQL, including designing, querying, and managing databases effectively
Experience with automation and scripting, including familiarity with scripting languages such as Python, R, Bash, JavaScript, etc.
Familiarity with Unix/Linux server environments and utilities
Experience with Jira or alternative project management tools
Exposure to AWS services
Experience in software support or production engineer roles
Experience in the health technology industry or other regulated industries
Strong collaboration and communication skills to work closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring timely resolution of issues and continuous improvement of application performance
Ability to assess and verify that software systems adhere to design specifications and requirements

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.

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):$95,200.00 - $142,800.00

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).

About Medtronic

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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