Senior/Principal AI Engineer (AI Framework).

Careers that Change Lives 
Acquired by Medtronic – the world’s largest medical device company – in 2019, Digital Technologies is a part of the Surgical Robotics operating unit. The company was founded by two surgeons to realize the mission of bringing safe and standardized surgical care to patients around the world.

As a Principal Artificial Intelligence Engineer, focused in developing an AI framework, you will help to design, implement, and maintain our internal AI development library and tool ecosystem. You will become part of a talented team exploring new concepts through fast iterative prototyping. You will collaborate as an AI software expert with our other machine learning engineers, platform engineers and research experts of the team.

A Day in the Life 
In our computer vision/machine learning team, you will be responsible for: 
• Building and maintaining our common code base for the development of AI models 
• Re-designing, improving and/or optimizing the way AI models are built and data is stored/managed during training 
• Working closely to the team to optimize training cycles so that we can make the most of our HW infrastructure 
• Accelerating model development by delivering high quality and easy to use tools 
• Delivering well-written and high-quality code 
• Presenting your results (we share our findings with team mostly during our catch-up meetings) 
• Requiring keeping yourself updated with state-of-the-art ML libraries and implementation of new paradigm to improve internal processes 

Must Haves 
• A Master or PhD in, Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Vision/Machine Learning or similar related field 
• Proven ability to design and build computer vision networks using Pytorch 
• Proficient in Python and managing multi-repo libraries with large codebases 
• Excellent software engineer with knowledge of good software development practices 
• Knowledge of AI model training and validation processes, libraries and common optimization frameworks 
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines 

Nice to Haves
• Knowledge of AWS cloud and experience with their services (EKS, ECS, ...) and docker 
• Knowledge of C++ and CUDA, and ideally experience writing customer kernels / operators 
• Proficiency in distributed AI training techniques and parallel processing methods 
• Knowledge of recent Deep Learning and Computer Vision architectures 
• Data visualization experience would also be useful for this role 
• Excellent communicator - You are comfortable talking with programmers, marketers, surgeons, business leaders, and everyone in-between 

We Offer
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package to all our employees:
• Flexible working environment
• Annual Incentive Plan % depending on company results
• Pension scheme and group discount on healthcare insurance 
• Training possibilities via Cornerstone/Skills Lab
• Employee Assistance Program and Recognize! (our global recognition program)

Our Commitment
Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communities if we hope to have long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.