Software Automation Engineer

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

Across our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey. Our Cranial & Spinal Technologies (CST) Operating Unit develops and delivers an integrated ecosystem of spinal implants, navigation and robotic guidance systems, advanced imaging, and data-driven planning tools for complex spine and cranial procedures. Platforms such as AiBLE™ connect these technologies to enhance surgical precision, streamline workflows, and support improved patient outcomes worldwide.
This position has the responsibility and authority to develop and perform test automation verification & validation activities for software and systems to ensure Medtronic’s cutting edge medical products meet our user’s needs and our quality and reliability standards. This position requires application of technical expertise to independently determine and develop approaches to solve complex technical problems with ingenuity and creativity. Work is performed under limited direction.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive test strategies including requirements traceability matrices, test architecture design (unit/integration/system), and data-driven testing approaches
• Designing, developing, testing, maintaining and documenting/validating software testing components and applications, utilizing AI Code Editors & IDEs (ex: Cursor), Agentic Coding, and Automated Agent Pipelines
• Participate in all phases of product development as needed such as reviewing requirements, design, usability, risk assessment, and testing execution.
• Contributes to the completion of work group objectives through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.
• Troubleshoot, debug, maintain, and support existing products.
• Effectively communicate findings, problems and solutions to project teams and stakeholders.
• Collaborate and maintain excellent working relationships with team members and stakeholders, including working meeting with team members in different countries (ex: United States, India).
• Performs duties in compliance with environmental, health and safety related site rules, policies and governmental regulations.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering and 4+ years of experience; 2+ years of experience with a Master’s degree; or 0+ years of experience with a PhD
• Working knowledge of software design, development, debug and test practices.
• Proven experience in automation systems, including debugging and performance analysis
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with business and technical audiences across the globe about complex engineering-level system designs, in both Hebrew and English.
• Ability to work in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years experience in automated UI testing including Cypress, JavaScript/TypeScript, REST API, HTML, and CSS
• CI/CD Pipelines: Setting up automated test execution and reporting
• Software development or testing experience in the medical industry or other regulated industry.
• Proven experience designing agents, AI automation pipelines, and multi-agent orchestration in a highly regulated environment where quality of code, system logic, data integrity, and compliance always comes first
• Strong knowledge of modern, iterative software design processes and development practices including agile and both test-driven development and behavior driven development (project dependent).

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).