A Day in the Life
Medtronic is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Senior Software Test Engineer - HIL to join our Affera Mapping and Ablation System team. This role is essential in supporting the testing and quality assurance processes to ensure the reliability and performance of our advanced medical devices.
The ideal candidate has experience designing, developing, and testing real-time, high-performance visualization applications, as well as hardware-in-the-loop test environments for embedded or medical systems.
The Affera Mapping and Ablation System is an innovative medical technology designed to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The system involves advanced mapping techniques to create detailed images of the heart's electrical activity, helping physicians identify abnormal areas causing arrhythmias. Once identified, the Affera Ablation System delivers targeted energy to disrupt these abnormal signals, restoring normal heart rhythm.
This role will be onsite a minimum of 4 days a week.
Primary Responsibilities
•Test the functionality and performance of systems software in both standalone and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test environments
•Maintain broad understanding of current testing software technologies and hardware-in-the-loop testing methods
•Test the functionality and performance of the systems software
•Develop and execute manual test plans and scripts designed to detect problems
•Ensure systems software meets technical and functional requirements
•Perform workflow analysis, document test results and recommend quality improvements
•Work with engineers to resolve software defects and diagnose/improve product configuration for current and future models
Required Qualifications
•Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
•OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
•OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience
•Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing in an embedded or medical device environment, including integration of hardware, software, and simulation-based test setups to validate system performance and reliability
Preferred Qualifications
•Expert knowledge of Medical Product verification, IEC-62304 and FDA guidance in a technical discipline, preferably software related (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering)
•Experience debugging hardware with tools such as oscilloscope and function generators
•Experience writing, executing, and maintaining test automation scripts in Python or a comparable language. Experience should include automating functional, regression, and system-level test cases; working with test frameworks and reusable test libraries; analyzing logs and test results; debugging failures; and integrating automated tests into the broader verification workflow
•Experience writing technical reports
•Experience using a tool or repository for managing test cases (Polarion, TFS, TestRail, JAMA etc.)
•Strong work ethic and entrepreneurial drive
•Ability to work with Systems, Mechanical, Electrical and Software engineers when discovering, documenting, and resolving integration issues
•Ability to work with QA to ensure testing meets Quality and Regulatory needs
•Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
•Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Salary & Benefits
Salary ranges for U.S. (excl. PR) locations (USD): $103,200.00 - $154,800.00. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California; the offered rate may vary based on experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location.
Benefits for regular employees working 20+ hours/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).
Benefits for 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).
The application window for this opening is expected to close on 16 Nov 2026.
