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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

In this role, 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 within the Surgical Operating unit: https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html

Medtronic’s Surgical Operating Unit is one new, powerful operating unit bringing together the people and product portfolio of Surgical Robotics and Surgical Innovations. With the Medtronic Mission as our North Star, we will build on our legacy of proven surgical solutions and advance the promise of robotics and digital solutions for the benefit of the customers and patients we serve. 

Make your impact by exploring a career with the world’s leading Medical Device company, striving “to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.” 

A Day in The Life 

Located at the Medtronic office in the Seaport District of Boston, MA, as a SW Product Owner you will lead the product development efforts in the Software Center of Excellence of the Surgical Robotics Organization. You will work with multiple stakeholders from an all-access position within the Software Engineering Center of Excellence to prioritize and define the scope of the development work. You will work with scrum teams to develop, groom and prioritize the backlog using SAFe framework for scaled agile development. Collaborate closely with cross functional stakeholders including – Core teams, PMO, UX/UI, systems, hardware, and many others to define user needs and requirements. You will work on developing next-generation instruments and platform for the Hugo Surgical Robot. You will work in a fast-paced and highly regulated environment with a cross functional group of highly talented software developers, test engineers and quality engineers, collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and design next generation of features for the Hugo system, complete requirements definition, design, code implementation, unit test, and software and system verification and validation.  You will also participate in SAFe/Agile activities including but not limited to (Increment Planning, Increment Review, Feature refinement…etc) 

As a SW Product Owner, you will help create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. 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. 

You will: 

As a product owner Lead Scrum Team(s) through the SWDLC for medical devices following IEC 62304.

Work with different stakeholders and Cross-function team to prioritize team work according to business needs.

Lead the prioritization and refinement activities to your team(s) backlog(s)

Determine and prioritize features, enhancements, and fixes based on user feedback, market analysis, and business value.

 collaborate with stakeholders to gather input, provide updates, and align product strategies with their needs and expectations.

Act as the voice of the customer to the scrum team(s) in the different SAFe/Agile sprint meetings, championing and supervising value-focused user stories, and determining Definition of Done / acceptance criteria.

Balance and drive consensus on inputs from multiple stakeholders, anchoring priorities in direct user research

Observe usability testing and OR procedures.

Participate in Risk Assessment and requirements development.

Cross-function collaboration with manufacturing and production.

Participate in the documentation of the software including architecture and design detail, unit testing, anomaly tracking and reports.

Cross function team collaboration with our HW and systems partners, including integration team, testing team, Quality, System V&V…etc.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience. 

Experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager of at least 3 years working on complex products.

Nice to Have: 

Experience leading multiple teams as a product owner

Experience leading distributed teams as a product owner

Formal Scrum/SAFe certification and experience

Experience working on hybrid HW/SW product using scaled agile framework (any)

Familiarity of object-oriented design and modern programming languages with preference to – C++, python, simulink.

Previous Hands-on experience in developing, debugging, and troubleshooting SW issues.

Experience in software architecture design, writing design documents, creating flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts.

Understanding and appreciation of SDLC process and tools (e.g. JIRA, Bitbucket, Stash, Confluence, JAMA, Git, CMake.)

Good understanding of software concepts and Software Development life cycle using IEC 62304.

Experience independently managing and prioritizing design approach to multiple projects (e.g. consultancy) or complex systems (e.g. medical systems); experience with timelines and budgeting.

Ability to distill software requirements from system requirements.

Experience in software development in medical devices industry, is a big plus.

Experience or basic understanding of surgical robotics is a plus.

Experience working with highly regulated environments

Experience working with medical devices and regulation - ISO 13485 and 14971, GMP guidelines, FDA regulations, Software as medical devices, and IEC 62304.

Experience performing risk management analysis of software ideally using SW FMEA

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical engineering, or related fields. Master’s or Ph.D. degree in related discipline is preferred.  

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• As a product owner Lead Scrum Team(s) through the SWDLC for medical devices following IEC 62304.
• Work with different stakeholders and Cross-function team to prioritize team work according to business needs.
• Lead the prioritization and refinement activities to your team(s) backlog(s)
• Determine and prioritize features, enhancements, and fixes based on user feedback, market analysis, and business value.
•  collaborate with stakeholders to gather input, provide updates, and align product strategies with their needs and expectations.
• Act as the voice of the customer to the scrum team(s) in the different SAFe/Agile sprint meetings, championing and supervising value-focused user stories, and determining Definition of Done / acceptance criteria.
• Balance and drive consensus on inputs from multiple stakeholders, anchoring priorities in direct user research
• Observe usability testing and OR procedures.
• Participate in Risk Assessment and requirements development.
• Cross-function collaboration with manufacturing and production.
• Participate in the documentation of the software including architecture and design detail, unit testing, anomaly tracking and reports.
• Cross function team collaboration with our HW and systems partners, including integration team, testing team, Quality, System V&V…etc.

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies – from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor.
Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions.
Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.

Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area.
Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.

Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties.
Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area.
Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.

Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors.
Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making.

Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others' work product.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
May have practical knowledge of project management.
Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

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):$122,400 - $183,600

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

About Medtronic

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 95,000+ 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.