Pre-Market Software Reliability Engineering Manager - CRM

Medtronic•Mounds View, MN

2d•$142,400 - $213,600•Onsite

About The Position

In this exciting role as a Pre-market Software Reliability Engineering Manager, you will have responsibility for ensuring our products exceed the safety and reliability requirements and expectations of patients, clinicians, regulators, and the business. This position provides software reliability engineering leadership for R&D. The candidate will be a key leader and player in cross-functional teams and serve as a focal point and technical representative for reliability, safety, and quality functions. As part of R&D project teams, the Pre-market Software Reliability Engineering Manager will lead a team of pre-market software reliability, safety, and supplier quality engineers, this team will work with multidisciplinary teams and provide leadership for Design for Reliability (DfR), guidance to technical issues, engagement in design and risk reviews, and contribute to development activities. The Cardiac and Rhythm and Heart Failure group brings all 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 AND HEART FAILURE offers devices and therapies to treat abnormal heart rhythms, as well as cardiac diagnostic and monitoring solutions. This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) unit. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working on-site 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. A Day in Life: The Functional Manager is accountable for the quarterly objectives and overall engagement of the organization. This includes responsibility for building and maintaining a team that consistently delivers embedded software functional excellence. The Functional Manager is ultimately accountable for their team’s performance and execution. In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Pre-Market Software Reliability Engineering Manager role. This includes, but is not limited to the following: Management of direct reports and several dotted-line reports. Management duties include budget management, resource management and project management. Push change in an opportunity rich environment. Take risks and lead with bold enthusiasm to ensure we are perpetually evolving Manage annual expense budget and help develop annual operating budget. Recruit, hire, and onboard new team resources. Coach and mentor staff resources. Manage team individual’s performance and development plans. Define team and organizational initiatives to improve team capabilities or efficiencies. Lead or delegate these initiatives. Work cross-functionally with project teams to plan R&D project budgets and staff those teams. Review team’s deliverables and provide management review of QMS deliverables

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math and minimum of 7 years of technical work experience OR advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math, with 5 years of technical experience and 5 years of demonstrated managerial experience
Proficient in spreadsheets and project management tools
Demonstrated success in project management, with exceptional influence management skills

Nice To Haves

Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), Certified Software Quality Engineers (CSQE) or equivalent certification
Experience in software fault tolerant design, fault prevention techniques, design for testability methods, software FMEA and FTA
Experience with Software Reliability Engineering models including reliability growth models
Experience in the design, maintenance, or continuation engineering of released software or software systems, including mobile applications and cloud-based services
Experience with automated and/or manual software tests and DevOps processes
Experience with Agile or behavior-based development
Experience in medical devices or other regulated industry
Experience working with IEC 62304, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971 standards
Knowledge of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Design for Lean Sigma (DFLS), Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM), or other robust design practices

Responsibilities

Management of direct reports and several dotted-line reports.
Management duties include budget management, resource management and project management.
Push change in an opportunity rich environment.
Take risks and lead with bold enthusiasm to ensure we are perpetually evolving
Manage annual expense budget and help develop annual operating budget.
Recruit, hire, and onboard new team resources.
Coach and mentor staff resources.
Manage team individual’s performance and development plans.
Define team and organizational initiatives to improve team capabilities or efficiencies.
Lead or delegate these initiatives.
Work cross-functionally with project teams to plan R&D project budgets and staff those teams.
Review team’s deliverables and provide management review of QMS deliverables

Benefits

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
Simple Steps (global well-being program)
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)
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)