Tim Carlson
Distinguished Software Engineer at Medtronic
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolTim Carlson is a Distinguished Software Engineer based in Minneapolis with over 20 years of experience designing and architecting safety-critical medical device software and mobile infrastructure. He combines deep C/C++/C# and Java/Kotlin expertise with leadership in security, regulatory software development, and human factors from roles spanning Sr Principal Engineer to Director and manager at Medtronic and Harvard Bioscience. Tim teaches software design and algorithms as Senior Community Faculty, translating real-world product and process lessons into classroom-ready curricula. Known for building CI tooling, mentoring distributed teams, and bridging UI and system-level concerns, he brings practical governance and delivery rigor to complex regulated projects. An engineer who moves fluidly between hands-on implementation and high-level architecture, he pairs an MS in Software Engineering with a long track record of shipping reliable medical software.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Minnesota State University, MankatoUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities
Github Skills (4)
android-application6
java4
android4
kotlin4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Tim-Carlson/ICS_370_DEMO
Apr 2016 - Jan 2025
Contributions:12 PRs, 25 pushes, 5 branches in 8 years 11 months
Guacamoley/Car-Dealership-Android-App
Mar 2020 - Oct 2022
Android application implementation of dealership system
Contributions:8 commits in 2 years 7 months
androiddealershipkotlinandroid-applicationjava
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