Principal Software Engineer
MedtronicAbout the role
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
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.This is an onsite role located at our Lafayette, CO campus.
The Principal 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:
Act as development lead for 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
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