Senior Test Automation Engineer – Embedded

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 Life
The Digital Technologies Business Unit (DTBU) at Medtronic is implementing cutting-edge AI technology, computer vision, and augmented reality in the operating room (OR) to augment surgical coaching, and eventually, performance. Our goal is to deliver safer surgery around the world. Our Touch SurgeryTM Video solution is an innovative video management and data analytics platform for hospitals that includes the DS1 Computer, our first OR device, allowing surgeons, OR team members, and trainees to securely access videos of their procedures shortly after surgery.

As a Senior Test Automation Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our software development lifecycle by designing and building automated test solutions that ensure the reliability, safety, and performance of our embedded and connected hardware platforms used in the operating room. This role focuses on testing device software, firmware integrations, and hardware-software interaction, rather than web or mobile applications.

You'll collaborate closely with engineering teams to embed quality at every stage, leverage modern automation frameworks, and help drive continuous improvement in our testing practices. If you are passionate about developing robust automation and elevating product quality through software, we want to hear from you.

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

• Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test frameworks and tools for device software, focusing on scalable, reusable solutions.
• Collaborate with software engineers to define test scenarios, testable architectures, and drive quality through code.
• Develop, implement and execute advanced test automation strategies for embedded, edge, and device-integrated systems (Android AOSP, Linux-based edge devices, IoT gateways), including validation of device drivers, connectivity modules, and firmware updates.
• Analyse requirements and develop comprehensive test plans and protocols for a range of technologies, including service APIs (REST, IPC), WebUI, and over-the-air updates.
• Contribute to continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines with automated quality gates.
• Generate and maintain technical documentation, standards, and best practices for test, automation and quality engineering.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and systems engineers to validate device performance, connectivity, and stability under real-world operating conditions.
• Must be able to commute frequently to London-based office; 3:5 days per week onsite.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent international degree).
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in software automation and test development, or advanced degree with 2+ years relevant experience.
• Strong proficiency in software development for test automation (Python, Java, or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience with manual test management tools and test automation frameworks (Selenium, Appium, Espresso, etc.).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
• Device operating systems (Android, Linux).
• Service-oriented architecture (SoA), APIs (REST, IPC).
• Hands-on experience testing embedded or connected hardware devices, preferably involving edge computing or IoT systems.
• Strong understanding of hardware-software interaction, debugging logs, and analysing system-level behaviour.
• Familiarity with firmware validation, board bring-up testing, or similar.
• Web-based interfaces, Internet-connected devices, OTA updates.
• Highly technical, hands-on, and passionate about product quality.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement automated solutions, not just execute manual tests.
• Self-starter, autonomous, and able to lead initiatives independently.

Experience with embedded device software development, hardware-in-the-loop testing, device connectivity (USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth), and video streaming or imaging devices. Familiarity with medical device standards (IEC and safety-critical testing is a strong plus.

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 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.

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