Senior Data Science Engineer

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 LifeFive billion people have no access to safe surgery and the Medtronic Digital Surgery Business is on a mission to change surgical care for the better through a portfolio of digital solutions. If you are looking for a real purpose behind what you do, this role is a genuine opportunity to make a difference.

The Medtronic Digital Surgery Business has created a digital data-driven ecosystem that uses the latest cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, augmented reality and computer vision to modernize surgical training, orchestrate surgical teams in the operating room (OR) and deliver safer surgery around the world. You will be working in a start-up environment within a large corporate organization where you will be trusted to make important decisions, and your impact seen worldwide.

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

• Create and maintain Tableau dashboards for efficient data visualization
• Analyze surgical datasets using statistical methods to derive insights
• Work extensively with databases to ensure data integrity and accessibility
• Investigate new methodologies for effective data reporting
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes and streamline workflows

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• MSc or PhD in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subject
• Extensive experience in building dashboards preferably using Tableau
• Experience in database tools and ETL/ELT processes such as data build tool (dbt)
• Excellent Structured Query Language (SQL) skills 
• Experience doing data modelling and familiar with good practices
• Broad statistical knowledge
• A   demonstrated   ability   for   developing   innovative   experimentation   and analysis methods to infer insights from complex sets of data
• Practical   object-oriented   programming   experience   in   Python   with   knowledge   of relevant packages including Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn
• Experience in writing clean and maintainable code for collaborative working and using code versioning tools
• Excellent communicator - comfortable talking with programmers, marketers, surgeons, business leaders, and everyone in-between

Experienced in using tools for handling big data and working with clinical data sets is a plus. Proficient in data compliance, is also a preferred.

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.
 

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

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 90,000+ 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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here