Sr Software Engineer - DevOps & Automation Tools Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 11, 2026. MiniMed scores A on the Alion truth index.
At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.
About the Role
A Day in the LifeOur Global Diabetes Capability Center in Pune is expanding to serve more people living with diabetes globally. Our state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to transforming diabetes management through innovative solutions and Technologies that reduce the burden of living with diabetes.
This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Minimed’s Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.
DevOps + Automation Engineer with a proven track record of managing and automating end-to-end CI/CD lifecycles in a fast-paced environment or in regulated industries (such as Medical Devices, Aerospace, or Automotive).
Responsible for designing, automating and maintaining robust build pipelines, automating software control (SCM) processes, and seamlessly integrating automated testing frameworks-including Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) environments. A critical part of this role will be automating compliance reporting, code quality gates (MISRA/SAST), and audit trail documentation to conform with medical device standards like IEC 62304.
- End-to-End Regulated SCM & Gatekeeping: Expert-level mastery of Git workflows (GitLab/GitHub) configured with strict, automated compliance gates to guarantee absolute audit trails and change control.
- Continuous Compliance & Automated DHF Reporting: Hands-on ability to automate code quality scans (MISRA/SAST) and auto-generate audit-ready test reports for the Design History File (DHF) to satisfy IEC 62304 and FDA requirements.
- Hardware & Software-in-the-Loop Integration: Proven experience bridging the digital-to-physical gap by integrating virtual hardware emulators (like Renode) and physical HIL test fleets directly into the automated CI/CD pipeline.
- Robust Multi-Platform Build Orchestration: Deep expertise building reusable, scalable pipelines (GitLab CI/GitHub Actions) capable of handling both cloud services and low-level embedded/firmware cross-compilation toolchains.
- CI/CD Orchestration: Deep expertise in GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions, with an emphasis on building reusable, modular, and secure pipeline templates.
- Pipeline/Lab Observability: Establishing dashboards (Elasticsearch, Grafana, or native tool reporting) to monitor pipeline health, test pass/fail trends, and build performance metrics.
- Multi-Platform Compilation: Experience managing build toolchains for cross-compilation (e.g., GCC, Clang, IAR, Keil for ARM/STM32/Nordic microcontrollers).
- Artifact Lifecycle: Strong management of secure artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, or native GitLab/GitHub package registries) with strict versioning and immutable release tagging.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible to manage physical or virtual build agents/runners reliably.
- Traceability Automation via Tooling: Skilled at using APIs and manifest files to programmatically link requirements (Jira) to source code and test execution results, eliminating manual mapping errors.
- Python (and frameworks), Yaml, React, AI+MCP+RAG etc. (Nice to have)
Responsibilities may include the following, and other duties may be assigned.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Work with cloud
- Utilize multi-cloud infrastructure as code (IAC) and application deployment skills.
- Develop and manage software configuration management plans (SCMP) for product development.
- Automate SCM workflows with scripts for end-to-end pipelines and compliance.
- Enhance developer experience through engineering tools for productivity, quality, and test automation in the SDLC.
- Improve product quality and development efficiency by implementing new tools.
- Scale and architect CI/CD workflows.
- Provide DevOps coaching and support.
- Responsible for testing, troubleshooting, and fixing code and deployment errors on Linux and Windows.
- Generates systems software engineering policies, standards and procedures.
- May work across a variety of software lifecycle activities as determined by program needs.
Must Have Competencies
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science with 5+ years of experience.
- Extensive experience in building CI/CD pipelines with DevSecOps practices and compliance-as-code.
- Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation for application deployments and quality checks.
- Significant experience in production test automation within CI/CD pipelines.
- Comfortable working in command-line environments on Windows, Linux, and MacOS; system administration is a plus.
- Experience in Docker, Git/GitHub, Artifactory, Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Azure DevOps, and Kubernetes.
- Seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer focused on operational excellence through automation.
- A self-starting and motivated individual with strong collaboration skills and the ability to present ideas confidently.
- Skilled at crafting detailed and engaging documentation that informs and inspires.
TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies - from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills.
DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS
Autonomy: Seasoned individual contributor. Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions. Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.
Organizational Impact: May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.
Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties. Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area. Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.
Communication and Influence: Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors. Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making.
Leadership and Talent Management: May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area. May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others' work product.
Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have practical knowledge of project management. Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
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
MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package
At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.
About MiniMed
We want to make every day a better day for people living with diabetes. Our team of creative innovators around the globe share a passion for finding the simplest solutions to the problems that people with diabetes face on a daily basis. For more than 40 years, we've been redefining what's possible, from intelligent dosing systems designed for real life to predictive insights that stay a step ahead, and we're dedicated to continuing to support our customers through every step of their journey - meeting them where and how they need it.