Associate Engineering Director

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A Day in the Life

The Endoscopy Operating Unit develops software-enabled technologies that support the detection, prevention, and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and cancers. This organization partners across engineering, quality, regulatory, clinical, and product teams to deliver connected solutions spanning cloud, mobile, desktop, and device-integrated platforms.
This role is based in Hyderabad within the Medtronic Engineering & Innovation Center (MEIC) and provides leadership for a large software engineering organization supporting global product development and commercialization initiatives.

As Associate Engineering Director, you will lead a multi-team software engineering organization responsible for the development, delivery, and sustainment of software products and platforms. This role provides organizational, technical, and operational leadership through Engineering Managers and senior technical leaders, while driving execution across multiple programs, product areas, and global teams.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a software engineering organization of 40+ engineers across multiple product and platform teams.
• Coach Engineering Managers and technical leaders, building leadership capability, succession plans, and organizational depth.
• Drive end-to-end portfolio execution including resource planning, prioritization, dependency management, risk mitigation, and delivery governance.
• Establish technical direction and architectural standards in partnership with Principal Engineers and Architects.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Systems, Clinical, and Program Management teams to support product development, verification and validation, and regulatory readiness.
• Define and scale software development processes, engineering practices, and quality frameworks across multiple teams.
• Oversee workforce planning, hiring strategies, vendor engagement, and budget planning for the organization.
• Represent software engineering in leadership reviews, design reviews, audits, and cross-functional decision-making forums.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 18+ years OR Master's degree with 16+ years of software product development experience.
• 8+ years of people leadership experience, including 2+ years leading multiple engineering teams through managers.
• Experience leading large-scale software development across cloud, mobile, desktop, or enterprise application platforms.
• Experience managing engineering delivery, resource planning, budgets, and cross-functional program execution in a global matrix environment.
• Experience establishing technical strategy and software development practices within regulated or complex product development environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing software for medical devices or regulated industries compliant with IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, or similar standards.
• Experience building and scaling platform software organizations supporting commercial product portfolios.
• Experience with Agile delivery frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Experience with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and traceability tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Git, Team Foundation Server (TFS), or Polarion.
• Experience in software risk management, cybersecurity risk assessment, hazard analysis, or software Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA).

 

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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This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).