We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 Oct 2025

 

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 driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people around the world, with our innovative Biomedical devices and solutions. Our people are the foundation of our mission, together with Medtronic mindset, we pursue continuous innovation to breach new frontiers of Biomedical research. 

As global connectivity increases, the complexity and security challenges associated with protecting devices, infrastructure, patients, and sensitive data also grow. The Principal Product Security Engineer is responsible for designing advanced cybersecurity architectures and effective procedural frameworks to support cyber resilience throughout the product life cycle. 

The primary responsibilities include overseeing all phases of the cyber security life cycle of medical devices. These include proactive initiates to identify, model, and evaluate cyber security threats, define security measures to mitigate the threats, develop robust implementation strategies and rigorous verification and validation mechanisms. Proactively engage with cross-functional development teams, prepare reports meeting quality and regulatory requirements. 

Key Responsibilities:  

In general, the Principal Product Security Engineer is responsible for, but not limited to, the following tasks:  

• Product Security – Implement security requirements across the medical device development lifecycle by collaborating with teams to uphold best practices from design to deployment. 
• Risk Assessment – Conduct threat modeling and vulnerability assessments to identify and mitigate security risks throughout the product lifecycle. 
• Security Architecture - Support the design and deployment of secure medical devices by implementing features like secure boot, communications, data protection, updates, integration, and access controls.  
• Post-Quantum Strategy and Advanced Cryptography: Develop a comprehensive post-Quantum security strategy integrating quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms—such as lattice-based, hash-based, and multivariate polynomial schemes—along with strong key management and the use of Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) for medical device protection. 
• Use of advanced methods like LLMs, Deep learning to identify cyber security threats, bugs and automate fixing of code 
• Automation and AI for Cyber Security: Adopt advanced AI techniques, including large language models and deep learning to efficiently identify, classify, and remediate cybersecurity vulnerabilities in medical device software and systems 
• Security Standards & Compliance – Ensure the implementation and maintenance of security policies for medical devices in accordance with industry standards and regulations, including NIST, IEC 60601-4-5, and IEC 81001-5-1. Conduct regular assessments and collaborate with development teams to enforce compliance and continuously enhance security practices. 
• Incident Management – Oversee and support efficient security incident response, ensuring quick resolution, mitigation, and stakeholder communication as required. 
• Follow the Trend - Maintain awareness of current cybersecurity trends in medical devices and health software through ongoing professional development. Collaborate to refine product security strategies and implement industry best practices. 
• The successful candidate will have: 
• Previous experience as cyber security engineer for embedded software products in a regulated industry 
• Experience in cybersecurity, threat modeling, security incident management, and contributing to proactive security strategies. 
• Hands-on experience in cyber security architecture, cloud security, cryptography 
• Experience working in agile software development teams 

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field  with a minimum of 7+ years of experience in cyber security, embedded systems security, IoT security, IT security, or a related role  OR and Advance Degree in Computer Science, or related field with significant academic work on cyber security  with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in cyber security, embedded systems security, IoT security, IT security, or a related role 

Preferred :

• Experience with medical devices, or regulated industries  
• Cyber Security expert with all-round skills in