Senior Software Engineer – C++ / Video Processing

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 Medtronic Digital Technologies is creating ambitious new products that bring connectivity, real-time guidance, and decision support to the operating room. To support this mission, we are developing compact, high-performance, embedded systems that enable edge computing and connectivity. Working closely with other teams across Medtronic, we are creating a connected ecosystem and leveraging the state of the art in computer vision to provide the most comprehensive view of surgery. If you’re interested in using cutting-edge technology to improve the standard of care in surgery on a global scale, this could be the place for you. As a Senior Software Engineer working on the real-time video processing team, you’ll be helping to develop high-performance video and AI processing pipelines for use in the operating room. We’re looking for someone experienced with real-time video manipulation and parallel processing who is comfortable working in a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: Leverage hardware acceleration to develop high-performance, low-latency video capture, processing, AI inference, visualization and streaming software. Design, implement, and optimise video processing pipelines running on computing systems deployed in the operating room. Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop robust and safe-by-design software for a medical device. Maintain a high level of quality and reliability in submitted code and participate in team code reviews . Required Knowledge and Experience: Excellent C++ development & debugging skills with C++17-23, multi-threading, inter-process communication and performance optimization. Excellent knowledge of software design principles and C++ design patterns. Experience with real time video pipelines. Ability to write clear, maintainable and well-documented code. Capability to work independently, driving development from concept to production. Strong communication skills. Must be able to commute frequently to London-based office; 3 days per week onsite. Preferred skills include experience with NVIDIA NPP, Intel MKL, and BLAS libraries; experience developing or implementing real-time image processing algorithms using hardware acceleration; experience with medical-grade quality processes; knowledge of video compression and coding standards such as H.264, H.265, and VP9; and good knowledge of Linux. 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. ‌ Recruitment Fraud Alert We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind: Apply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses. Medtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments. If you have any questions, concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic, please contact us immediately at . ‌ 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. Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: United Kingdom: 76,800.00 GBP - 115,200.00 GBP | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).