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

Medtronic leads the health care industry to provide solutions that benefit the daily lives of people across the globe. Our organization contributes directly to this mission through our rich software system, which include Mobile applications combined with scaled infrastructure and advanced analytics. Become part of our team and you will be challenged to build these amazing software products, and in the process, make a real difference.

The Medtronic Diabetes Operating Unit is on a mission to deliver the power of an Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) algorithm, as well as our Multiple Daily Injection (MDI) therapy, with its proven benefits to give people with Diabetes a choice in the treatment approach that is right for them. We are looking for a Software Engineer II to be part of this dynamic and high-impact team.

As a Software Engineer II – Mobile Apps, you will be asked to design and develop mobile applications that help patients manage their diabetes. Our product suite spans from medical devices that a patient wears, to mobile apps, up to our back-end servers so this is a challenging task, and one that requires critical thinking to ensure the system performs well.

The best candidates will be ‘engineers’. That is, critical thinkers who solve problems efficiently, pragmatically, and continually seek information from all sources. Strong relationship skills are a must, as is excellent verbal and written communication.

Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to apply your best technical innovation, problem solving and leadership skills to improving how people live their lives every day.

This position is onsite (hybrid, 3 days per week onsite) in Northridge, CA, or San Diego, CA

Job Description

Responsibilities include the following:

Experience developing and maintaining complex mobile applications (iOS or Android)
Self-motivated with great written and oral communication skills
Ability to collaborate with System and software architects to interpret, analyze, and implement software requirements
Ability to provide constructive feedback to improve other’s designs and implementation
Designs, develops, tests, debugs, and unit tests mobile apps, components, and tools independently without any guidance
Develop in Android Studio or Xcode
Be an expert in one of the following languages: Dart, Java, Kotlin, C/C++, Objective-C, Swift
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills; can identify root cause of complex problems and provide solutions to such complex issues
Knowledge of Database operations on mobile devices
Knowledge of integrating with REST/SOAP based APIs
Provide feedback to members of the requirements, development, and test team.
Work closely with quality and systems teams to ensure the product works properly from end-to-end, both pre and post-release
Work in agile/scrum environment
Participate and contribute to product code and design reviews

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

2 years of software engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Sciences
Or, advanced degree with 0+ years of experience

Nice to Have

Knowledge of mobile application security (Cert pinning, TLS, SS)
Have a deep understanding and experience working with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Experience in cross-platform technologies such as Flutter
Experience coordinating with remote teams
Experience working in a regulated industry
Experience creating and maintaining documentation for software systems such as design documents, class diagrams, and sequence diagrams

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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