Principal Software Engineer

A Day in the Life

Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – a market leader that is growing every day. You can be proud to be part of technologies rooted in a long history of mission‑driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career, supported by 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&MR&D organization and the development lead for patient monitors used in surgical environments. They collaborate with cross‑functional resources and lead junior software developers to revise the product architecture, implement new features, and deliver robust product updates to the market. They are 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 heavily engaged in design and development activities throughout the product lifecycle.

• 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 the 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 SBOManalysis
• Set up and conduct product demos for stakeholders
• Design, develop, test, debug, and implement operating system components, software tools, and utilities
• Ensure that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency
• Generate systems software engineering policies, standards, and procedures
• May work across a variety of software lifecycle activities as determined by program needs

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a technically related field and 7+ years of software development experience
• Or Master’s Degree in Engineering or a technically related field and 5+ years of software development experience
• Or PhD with 3 years of software development experience

• Experience acting as a software architect and software development lead
• Experience building desktop applications in C#, .NET, and UI frameworks such as WPF
• Experience with kiosk mode applications and system hardening
• Ability to work in a team‑oriented environment
• Experience 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 Sonar Qube
• Experience with memory and performance profiling

• 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) is required

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. They are not exhaustive. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles:
The employee is regularly required to be independently mobile,…