At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll 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 engineers within the Surgical Operating unit responsible for developing medical devices that focus on lung cancer diagnosis.
Medtronics Surgical Operating Unit is a 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 to benefit our customers and patients.
Make your impact by exploring a career with the worlds leading Medical Device company, striving to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.
Join a growing Algorithm team at the forefront of AI innovation in real-time medical interventional procedures. In this role, you will tackle complex technical challenges, shape solutions with meaningful clinical impact, and help define the next generation of intelligent medical technologies. You will be part of an innovation-driven environment that encourages curiosity, bold thinking, and continuous learning, while working alongside talented and supportive people who are committed to both professional excellence and personal growth. Together, you will contribute to technology that has the potential to make a real difference in patients lives.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Lead a team of high-performing researchers to develop innovative algorithmic solutions that support and advance our medical device from the fields of Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Image Processing
- Represent the algorithm team in global forums and communicate ongoing progress, key results, risks, and challenges to global stakeholders
- Lead the algorithm development lifecycle: research, design, implement, validate, document and optimize algorithms for our products
- Provide technical direction and mentorship to algorithm developers; conduct design/code reviews and ensure best practices and high-quality deliverables
- Partner with Data, Software, Systems, Clinical, and Product teams to define requirements, plan milestones, manage risks, and drive end-to-end delivery from prototyping to production
Requirements: Required Knowledge and Experience:
- MSc. or PhD in Computer Science/Software Engineering/EE/other relevant field - MUST
- Proficiency and proven experience in developing, optimizing, validating, and deploying machine learning algorithms, deep learning techniques, and AI models to production
- Passion for continuous learning and staying updated on AI advancements and trends
- 7+ years of R&D experience (algorithms / ML), including ownership of end-to-end delivery
- Proven leadership experience (team lead / tech lead), including mentoring, prioritization, and driving execution across multiple stakeholders
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in Python (ability to lead by example with production-quality code)
- Team player with very strong leadership and communication skills; able to influence and align across R&D and cross-functional stakeholders
- Structured problem solver with sound technical judgment and data-driven decision making
- High ownership: able to plan, prioritize, and drive tasks end-to-end while unblocking others and managing risks
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.
Benefits & Compensation:
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
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This position is open to all candidates.
