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Careers that change lives start here. 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.

A Day in the Life

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.
This is an onsite role located at our Lafayette, Colorado campus.
At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. 

         

         

We are seeking a highly skilled, self-driven, motivated, enthusiastic, Senior Embedded Software Engineer with expertise in Embedded Linux development. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and maintain embedded software for next-generation medical devices, ensuring high performance, reliability, and compliance with industry standards. 

You will be a member of the Acute Care & Monitoring (ACM) product development team.  Specifically, you will join an R&D team creating category-redefining products for the high-growth airway management portfolio.  Our team originated from Medtronic’s acquisition of Aircraft Medical and combines the agility of a startup with the support of an established manufacturer.

This position is responsible for developing specialized embedded software systems for healthcare workers, specifically related to airway management in acute care settings such as Operation Room, Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department.  As a Senior Software Engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional team members, including software, hardware, mechanical, and systems engineers, to build the embedded device. You will be at the junction of user experience and software engineering, applying deep technical expertise to realize challenging design goals. This position applies technical expertise combining software and hardware in solving complex technical problems and provides solutions that require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity. Work is performed with some direction and latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment. The role will collaborate with cross-function team members including software, hardware, mechanical, and systems engineers. 

Responsibilities:

• Contribute across the software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, implementation, integration, testing, and maintenance.
• Design, develop, debug, and maintain embedded software using best practices for maintainability and scalability.
• Support development of embedded Linux software, device interfaces, system services, and application-level functionality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project goals, deliverables, and technical solutions.
• Integrate software with hardware components such as displays, cameras, sensors, and communication interfaces.
• Implement and maintain secure boot processes, over-the-air (OTA) updates, and system diagnostics to ensure device integrity and reliability. 
• Generate and maintain technical documentation to support design controls and regulated product development.
• Assist with software requirements development, unit testing, integration testing, code reviews, and software validation activities.
• Focus on software reliability through appropriate design, verification, and problem-solving methods.
• Support development and maintenance of internal software tools where needed.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement in engineering methods and product quality.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with 5+ years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.