Machine Learning Researcher

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeAt the AI research team at Medtronic’s AI Center Of Excellence, we’re pioneering the next generation of visual intelligence solutions that power medical device applications across visual intelligence, robotics, augmented reality, digital twins, and beyond. Our culture thrives on experimentation, collaboration, and bringing cutting‑edge research into production‑grade systems that make a real-world impact and help improve and save lives.

We’re seeking a Mid to Senior Machine Learning Engineer with deep expertise in computer vision. In this role, you will design, develop, and deploy state‑of‑the‑art vision algorithms on medical data such as endoscopy, X-rays, CT, MRI data. You’ll work closely with a talented team of AI researchers to turn novel ideas into products across the company together with business unit teams.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Algorithm Development: Research, implement, and optimize algorithms for object detection, image segmentation, image classification, multi-view stereo, structure-from-motion (SfM), depth estimation, surface reconstruction, and volumetric modeling.
• Model Training & Evaluation: Design experiments, select architectures (e.g., CNNs, transformers, NeRFs, 3D/4D Gaussian splatting), and manage data pipelines for large-scale image and point‑cloud datasets.
• Code Quality & Testing: Write clean, modular, and well‑tested code in Python.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Partner with domain experts to define requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Research & Innovation: Stay current with academic and industry advances; prototype novel techniques, publish findings, and contribute to patent filings as appropriate.
• Mentorship: Guide junior engineers and interns, conduct code reviews, and share best practices in algorithm design and software engineering.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field (Ph.D. a plus).
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience in computer vision research and product development.
• Proficiency in Python, experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
• Deep understanding of multi-view geometry, photogrammetry, SLAM, or related topics.
• Experience with point‑cloud processing libraries (e.g., PCL, Open3D) and mesh/volume representations. Strong grasp of neural rendering techniques (e.g., Neural Radiance Fields) is highly desirable.
• Soft skills: Excellent problem‑solving skills and ability to work in a fast‑paced environment. Effective communication skills, both verbal and written. Accurate, Analytical, Pro-active, Hands-on, pragmatic, resilient. Dare to enter uncharted territory, feeling comfortable with uncertainty. Passionate about continuously learning and staying up to date with SOTA. View problems as an opportunity to improve. Great team member who wants to help others.

Desirable qualifications
Published papers or open‑source contributions in top-tier CV/ML conferences (e.g., NeuroIPS, CVPR, ICCV, SIGGRAPH). Experience with real‑time systems. Knowledge of advanced sensors and sensor fusion techniques. Experience with 3D reconstruction. Proficiency in C++. Familiarity with GPU programming (CUDA) and inference optimization (TensorRT, ONNX Runtime). Solid software engineering skills: version control (Git), CI/CD, containerization (Docker), and cloud deployment (AWS/GCP/Azure).

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
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.
 

About Medtronic

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.

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