Senior Data Scientist – AI/ML Full-time

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
At Medtronic, we’re transforming data into actionable intelligence that fuels informed decision-making, with a particular focus on leveraging the power of computer vision. We’re seeking a talented Senior AI/Data Science Engineer to join our team and play a key role in extracting valuable insights from complex datasets, particularly images and visual data, using a blend of statistical analysis, machine learning, and data visualization techniques.

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

• Collaborate with business stakeholders and domain experts to understand their challenges and translate them into data-driven solutions, with a focus on leveraging computer vision and image analysis.
• Design and execute robust data collection strategies, including image acquisition from cameras, sensors, or APIs.
• Preprocess and prepare image data, including tasks like noise reduction, image resizing, and format conversion.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis (EDA) to understand image distributions, visual patterns, and relationships within datasets.
• Develop and implement machine learning models using libraries like scikit-learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch, specifically focusing on computer vision tasks like object detection, image classification, or image segmentation.
• Build clear and compelling data visualizations using tools like Tableau, Power BI, or Matplotlib to communicate insights from image data effectively.
• Document the entire data science lifecycle, including methodology, results, and recommendations, with a focus on computer vision techniques used.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in AI, data science, machine learning, and specifically computer vision techniques.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelors / Master’s of Engineering in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of total experience in software industry, preferably working with data analytics.
• 5+ years of experience in data science or a related field with a strong statistical background.
• Proficiency in programming languages like Python or R for data manipulation and analysis.
• Experience in computer vision and working with images, including image processing techniques and familiarity with deep learning libraries like TensorFlow or PyTorch for computer vision applications.
• Expertise in data wrangling techniques and tools for cleaning and preparing messy data, including image data.
• Experience with exploratory data analysis (EDA) methodologies and visualization libraries (Tableau, Power BI, Matplotlib).
• Solid understanding of machine learning concepts (supervised, unsupervised, deep learning) and experience with relevant libraries (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to translate complex data insights into actionable business solutions.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) for data storage and processing of image data.
• Experience with big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark) for handling large image datasets.
• Experience with natural language processing (NLP) or other techniques relevant to the specific computer vision tasks.
• Strong understanding of software development best practices and version control systems (Git).

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