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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.\nA Day in the Life\nThe Acute Care Monitoring (ACM) Research & Development organization develops software and technology solutions that support patient monitoring and respiratory interventions across the continuum of care. The software verification and validation function is responsible for ensuring product quality, reliability, safety, and regulatory compliance through comprehensive test strategy development, test automation, verification and validation activities, and continuous quality improvements for medical device software products.This position is based in Hyderabad, India and follows a Flex work arrangement. No travel is required.\nAs a senior software verification and validation professional, you will lead verification and validation activities for medical device software products across multiple programs. 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Please keep the following in mind:\nApply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses.\nMedtronic 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.\nIf you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments.\nIf 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 .\nBenefits & Compensation\nMedtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package\nA commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. 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