Careers that Change LivesImpact patient outcomes. Come for a job, stay for a career.The Cardiac and Vascular Group brings all of our cardiac and vascular businesses together into one cross-functional, collaborative operating unit to employ the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients across the globe. Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) offers devices and therapies to treat abnormal heart rhythms, as well as cardiac diagnostic and monitoring solutions.As the lead Software Test Architect, you will be responsible for architecting the software test capabilities of the full technology stack for CRM's next generation enterprise Clinician and Patient Care Management system. This exciting new system will be the basis of Medtronic's disease management platform and continue to provide remote monitoring of over 1.6M patients in 80 geographies.You will be responsible for defining the vision and driving the realization for robust software testing in the context of DevOps based software delivery. You will provide leadership and architectural direction to engineering teams to ensure speed, quality, and compliance.You will continuously drive testing improvement by leveraging state-of-the-art methodologies and tools, acting as a conduit of progressive external and internal thinking. Your perspective will be broad, incorporating many verification capabilities (unit testing, static analysis, code reviews, etc…) and working across all types of software to ensure that the defects are detected and removed as fast as possible or avoided in the first place.A Day in the LifeDefine and communicate the vision for all aspects of the testing of CRM software, the architecture to enable it, and the steps to realizationCreate visibility into the state of software through feedback loops andmetricsConsult with others to help leverage what exists and obtain feedback for how to improveCollaborate with other architects and engineering teams to build testability into the products from day one.Enable compliance with internal and external standardsShare automation best practices and define standards for the team to build consistent and maintainable tests, test automation frameworks, and test data.Research and propose tool and technology choices.Serve as technical voice for current and future-state testing practices with internal and external stakeholdersContribute to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards, and operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on work group results.Participate actively in all the stages of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)Must Have: Minimum QualificationsUniversity Degree and minimum 15 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experienceUnderstanding of the range of testing techniques, the value they provide, and the limitations they have (e.g. static analysis, code review, TDD, integration testing, etc…)Demonstrated delivery of projects/products where systems level thinking was requiredExpertise with one or more of the following programming languages: C#, .NET, HTML, Java, JavaScript, C++, Python, Powershell.Experience with building test automation capabilities from the ground upExperience with modern software engineering practices, Agile, and DevOps.Experience in deployment automation and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Ability to leverage robust technical knowledge to define a testing strategy that seamlessly integrates with and evolves with software engineering practicesComfortable driving the cultural, technical, and organizational change required to implement a holistic testing strategyExperience making architecture-level decisions that span teams, applications, and technologies with demonstrable improvements in the quality and speed of an engineering organization's outputExperience in developing test automation tools and frameworks in large-scale, complex environments with hands on technical and programming skillsExperience with a variety of testing methods, tools, and practicesExcellent problem solving and analytical skillsClarity and precision in verbal and written communicationNice to Have: Understanding of cloud native architectureAWS & Azure experienceExperience working with geographically distributed teamsDesign/test experience with regulated medical devices.Experience leading a team of engineersExperience with large-scale organizational transformationAbout MedtronicTogether, 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.#MEICCVJOBS
