Sr R&D Firmware Engineer Job Maple Grove area,Minnesota USA,Software Development

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At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

About the role:

Boston Scientific was recognized by Forbes as one of the Best Workplaces for Engineers in 2026, reflecting a culture where engineers do meaningful work.

Boston Scientific is seeking a highly motivated Sr R&D firmware engineer to lead the design and development of innovative medical device firmware. In this role, you will guide a team of engineers, drive technical excellence and collaborate across functions to develop high-quality solutions that improve patients' lives.

As part of our growing ITx R&D organization, you will apply your technical expertise, leadership skills and passion for innovation to advance product development. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact while fostering continuous improvement, mentoring engineers and contributing to technologies that help patients around the world.

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows an on-site work model requiring employees to work from their assigned Boston Scientific office five days per week. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time. Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

Lead team through design, implementation, documentation, testing and support of medical device firmware.
Communicate project status, progress and potential risks to internal stakeholders on a regular basis.
Assign tasks, establish priorities and track team progress using Agile methodologies.
Document firmware development activities in accordance with approved procedures and standards.
Analyze, evaluate and verify firmware and system requirements using established firmware engineering best practices.
Identify and implement process improvements by collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize workflows and development methodologies.
Provide technical guidance and support to team members to achieve project goals, deliverables and timelines.
Mentor junior engineers in hardware and firmware engineering practices, methodologies and domain knowledge.
Participate in design and development reviews to ensure technical quality and compliance with established standards.

Required qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering or a related field.
Minimum of six years' relevant work experience with a bachelor's degree, four years with a master's degree or two years with a doctorate.
Experience developing firmware within the medical device industry.
Proficiency in developing bare-metal firmware for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers.
Demonstrated ability to document firmware development deliverables in compliance with IEC 62304 and applicable FDA guidance.
Strong programming skills in C and C++.
Proven ability to lead firmware development teams using Agile methodologies.
Experience collaborating on projects involving cross-functional engineering teams.

Preferred qualifications:

Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite.
Hands-on experience debugging hardware using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and JTAG interfaces.
Working knowledge of interrupt service routines (ISRs), direct memory…