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 LifeSoftware Test Engineer II – EndoscopyCareers That Change Lives
Our space, the medical device and healthcare industry, is rapidly changing. It always has been that way. With remote monitoring, wearables, robotics, AR/VR, telemedicine, and much more, agility and responsiveness are key to our success. Experience what it’s like to work at a company with an exciting product pipeline full of patented inventions driving innovation in the healthcare space.
Operating Unit
The Endoscopy Operating Unit has created a business out of disrupting the status quo in the detection, prevention, and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers and chronic diseases. We’ve done this by commercializing transformational technologies that improve patient management and standards of care, while increasing access to our innovations across the globe.
We improve patient outcomes by empowering every gastroenterologist across the globe with artificial intelligence and disruptive therapeutic technologies. Our talent is the foundation, and we will continue to bring deep clinical expertise, patient-centric innovation, and powerful digital capabilities to achieve this vision.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Tests the functionality and performance of medical device software systems and software applications.
- Develops and executes test plans and scripts designed to detect problems in medical device software systems and software applications.
- Create test reports used for regulatory submissions.
- Ensures medical device software systems and software applications meets technical and functional requirements.
- Performs workflow analysis, documents test results and recommends quality improvements.
- Works with development to resolve s
- Software defects and diagnose/improve product configuration for current and future models.
- Reviews test automation frameworks, tools, techniques, and methodologies.
- Manages completion of own work assignments and coordinates work with others.
- Identifies and encourages areas for growth and improvement.
- Continues to strengthen industry knowledge and use that knowledge to improve the quality of our products.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field with 5+ years of engineering experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience in embedded and software system testing.
- Strong understanding of embedded systems hardware and software architectures.
- Familiarity with programming languages C, C++
- Strong understanding of embedded systems hardware and software architectures.
- Experience with scripting languages for test automation (e.g., Python)
Nice to Have
- Experience in the medical device industry or other regulated industries
- Experience with test case management software tools
- Experience with developing and maintaining automated testing systems
- Experience with testing software-controlled hardware devices
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Experience with Security and Risk analysis
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.
- 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.
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.
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Benefits & CompensationMedtronic 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.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- 5+ years of engineering experience
- At least 3 years of embedded and software system testing experience
- Strong understanding of embedded systems hardware and software architectures
- Familiarity with C and C++ programming languages
- Experience with scripting languages for test automation, such as Python
- Experience in the medical device industry or another regulated industry
- Experience with test case management software tools
- Experience developing and maintaining automated testing systems
- Experience testing software-controlled hardware devices
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Experience with security and risk analysis
Medtronic Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Medtronic and has not been reviewed or approved by Medtronic.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered comprehensive, with high-quality medical, dental, and vision options through major providers and added mental-health resources. These programs are frequently highlighted as a core strength of the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family benefits stand out, including up to 24 weeks paid leave for U.S. birthing parents, 12 weeks for other parents, and a global Family Care Leave at 100% pay. Family-building support (fertility, adoption/surrogacy reimbursements) and backup care further reinforce this strength.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is described as competitive and reliable for long-term savings. Additional financial programs, such as tuition assistance and charitable-gift matching, complement retirement planning.
Medtronic Insights
What We Do
Medtronic is a global healthcare solutions company operating in approximately 160 countries. We are committed to improving lives through our medical technologies, services, and solutions. Since our beginning, 60 years ago, our Mission has remained the same: to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for people around the world. The Mission is our ethical framework and inspirational goal guiding our day-to-day work. It reminds us that our efforts are transforming millions of lives each year. To meet the needs of patients and healthcare professionals around the globe, we operate from more than 370 locations in approximately 160 countries.









