Senior Software Manager - CRDN

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 3 Nov 2026

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 Life

Senior Software Manager

Careers that Change Lives

Medtronic is a global leader in medical technology, services, and solutions that take on the healthcare industry's greatest challenges. Engineers and Scientists create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join the Coronary & Renal Denervation team and help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology 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. Come for a job, stay for a career.

Treatments We Offer:

Renal Denervation

Key Technologies

Symplicity Spyral™ Renal Denervation (RDN) System

Medtronic’s Interventional Cardiology Therapies (ICT) business is looking for a Senior Software Manager to be part of a high-performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of energy-based therapeutic medical devices to treat hypertension. In this role, you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to support the newly approved medical therapy device software, along with accessory digital solutions.

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Interventional Cardiology Therapies Operating 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 The Life

The Senior Software Engineering Manager will have full life cycle responsibility for a software product in the ICT portfolio and oversight of a team of software engineers who develop and support firmware, embedded, GUI and application software for stand-alone medical device and accessory digital solutions. You will be responsible for department processes, talent recruitment, performance and development, resource planning and prioritizing and directing the responsibilities of your team.

The Senior Software Manager partners closely with Product Teams leadership across entire software development lifecycle (SDLC) of products. In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Senior Software Manager role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Lead a team of software engineers for capital equipment ((RF Generator) and accessory software, this encompasses development and support of firmware, embedded software and GUI for medical device; along with Windows applications and Cloud services.
• Lead the Scrum Team through the SDLC for medical devices following IEC 62304/82304.
• Work with different stakeholders and Cross-functional team to prioritize team work according to business needs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather input, provide updates, and align product strategies with their needs and expectations.
• Decompose and elaborate on feature requirements and management of team backlog
• Guide SW development scrum team in sprint and increment planning, championing and supervising value-focused capabilities.
• Participate in Risk Assessment and requirements development.
• Participate in the documentation of the software including architecture and design detail, unit testing, defect tracking and reports.
• Accountable for the quality, robustness, predictability, and completeness of the team’s output, including tracking and reporting software quality metrics.
• Accountable for your team’s compliance with internal design controls and medical device regulations and standards
• Prepare team members for certification and regulatory audits. May represent the team’s work in audits.
• Drive departmental excellence, proficiency, best practice, and consistency across project teams.
• Anticipate the need for new development tools, methods, technologies, and processes.
• Represent your team to the wider organization.
• Mentor and coach your team members.

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