We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 25 Apr 2026

 

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

Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare.
Join us for a career in IT that changes lives.

This is an onsite role located at our Lafayette, CO campus.

         

         

The Senior Software Engineer acts as a software architect for the AC&M R&D organization and the development lead for patient monitors used in surgical environments.  They will collaborate with cross-functional resources and lead junior software developers to revise the product architecture to implement new features and deliver robust product updates to the market.  They will be accountable for the software quality of the product and embrace the Medtronic Mission every day to make a positive difference in the lives of our patients and caregivers.  This individual is expected to be hands-on and willing to heavily engage in design and development activities throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Must be willing to work locally from our office in Lafayette, Colorado (On-site at least 4 days/week)
• Act as development lead for embedded patient monitors typically used in surgical environments
• Create and maintain product technical documentation
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior software developers
• Organize day-to-day activities of the software developers on the product team and participate in standups
• Collaborate with R&D resources located in Hyderabad, India
• Participate in triage of product issues to understand the risk and impact
• Answer technical questions on product behavior for internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate with product owner, business analyst, and test lead to ensure alignment
• Work with OS build engineer to ensure embedded operating system is configured and hardened appropriately
• Collaborate with product security engineer on secure design, threat modeling and security deliverables
• Provide estimates of level of effort for issues and new features
• Collaborate with team to analyze vulnerabilities identified by penetration testing and SBOM analysis
• Set up and conduct product demos for stakeholders

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Designs, develops, tests, debugs and implements operating systems components, software tools and utilities.
• Determines systems software design requirements.
• Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.
• Generates systems software engineering policies, standards and procedures.
• May work across a variety of software lifecycle activities as determined by program needs.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or technically related and 4+ years of software development experience Or, Master's Degree in Engineering or technically related and 2+ years of software development experience

Specialized Skills or Experience:

• Experience with acting as a software architect and software development lead
• Experience with building desktop applications in C#, .NET, and WPF
• Experience with serial communication using COM ports
• Experience with kiosk mode applications and system hardening
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment
• Experience with applying Agile methodology to software development
• Ability to communicate and align with Test, Regulatory, Quality, and other cross functions.
• Superb written and oral communication skills
• Experience communicating with external stakeholders, such as auditors and customers
• Experience with SAST tools such as SonarQube
• Experience with memory and performance profiling

Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of medical device security and product development standards
• Experience with embedded medical devices

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A