Principal Test Automation Engineer (Robotics & Test Systems) - Surgical

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

• Lead the automation architecture, software design and development of test systems used for instrument performance testing, characterisation, identification, verification and engineering investigations.

• Translate test methods, product requirements and measurement needs into robust automated sequences, state machines, equipment interfaces, data-acquisition workflows and system specifications.

• Integrate motion equipment, robotic systems, sensors, instrumentation, data-acquisition hardware, cameras, safety systems and device interfaces into coordinated automated test platforms.

• Develop modular, reusable and maintainable test software using appropriate languages and frameworks such as Python, LabVIEW, C/C++, MATLAB, or comparable industrial automation technologies.

• Design deterministic sequencing, synchronisation, triggering and timestamping approaches that align commanded test conditions with sensor, image, controller and device data.

• Build software interfaces and drivers for instruments, controllers and embedded systems using protocols such as Ethernet, EtherCat, TCP/IP, serial, or vendor APIs, as applicable.

• Define automated data capture, configuration management, metadata, logging, traceability, error handling, diagnostics and reporting to support high-quality engineering decisions.

• Lead concept development, prototyping, code and design reviews, integration, commissioning, qualification, troubleshooting and release of automated test systems.

• Partner with mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, controls, systems, product, quality and data engineers to ensure test rigs are designed for automation, serviceability and reliable operation.

• Apply sound software-engineering practices including version control, code review, modular design, automated checks, documentation and controlled deployment of test-system software.

• Lead root-cause investigations for complex interactions between instruments, robotic systems, equipment controls, sensors, communications, timing and data pipelines.

• Drive common architectures, libraries and standards across test platforms to reduce technician-intensive work, accelerate new-test deployment and enable scalable test capacity.

• Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance and influence project and platform decisions without direct people-management responsibility.

Key Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering or a related engineering discipline with 7+ years of relevant experience, OR a Master’s/advanced degree with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing and deploying automation software for complex test systems, robotics, capital equipment, laboratory automation or special-purpose machinery.
• Strong programming capability in Python, , C/C++, MATLAB or similar languages, with the ability to select technologies appropriate to the system and lifecycle needs.
• Proven experience architecting modular test frameworks, equipment abstractions, reusable libraries, sequencing engines or hardware-in-the-loop and system-in-the-loop test solutions.
• Hands-on experience integrating instrumentation, sensors, data-acquisition systems, motion equipment, cameras, embedded devices and industrial or laboratory communications interfaces.
• Strong understanding of test sequencing, synchronisation, triggering, sampling, timestamping, signal integrity, calibration, measurement uncertainty and data traceability.
• Experience with software-engineering practices and tools such as Git, code review, issue tracking, automated testing, continuous integration and controlled software releases.
• Demonstrated ability to translate system and test requirements into automation architecture, detailed designs, risk controls and maintainable released solutions.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical decisions, conduct design and code reviews, manage technical risk and solve multidisciplinary test-system problems.
• Strong communication, collaboration, technical leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to influence across functions without direct authority.
• Experience with machine safety, interlocks, fault handling, equipment commissioning, cybersecurity considerations and preventive-maintenance needs is desirable.
• Experience in medical devices, robotics, regulated product development, design verification or high-reliability test environments is advantageous.

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 & Compensation

Medtronic 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.

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Who We Are

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

What We Do

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

How We Are Different

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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