Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 10 Sep 2026 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 The Neuromodulation Operating Unit develops implantable and external technologies that help manage chronic pain, movement disorders, epilepsy, and other neurological conditions. This role supports the embedded software function responsible for developing and sustaining software that enables reliable, secure, and effective interaction between patients and neuromodulation therapy systems. As a Senior Principal Embedded Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for the design, architecture, development, and lifecycle management of embedded software supporting patient-facing neuromodulation products. This role partners across engineering disciplines to deliver secure, reliable, and regulatory-compliant software solutions while guiding technical direction, mentoring engineering teams, and influencing future product architectures. Primary Responsibilities Lead embedded software architecture, design, and technical decision-making across the software development lifecycle. Define and evaluate software, hardware, security, communication, and Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) design approaches to support product requirements. Collaborate with systems, electrical, quality, security, human factors, and project leadership teams to analyze requirements and resolve complex technical challenges. Provide technical leadership and design oversight to globally distributed software development teams and external partners. Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex product issues through root-cause analysis, embedded software debugging, and hardware/software integration activities. Ensure compliance with applicable medical device software and product standards, including IEC 62304 and IEC 60601-1 requirements. Advance Agile, DevOps, continuous integration, and automated testing practices to improve software quality and development efficiency. Assess technical risks and evaluate emerging technologies, architectures, and development tools to support current and future product strategies. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree with 10 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with 8 years of relevant experience OR PhD with 6 years of relevant experience Extensive software and embedded software experience 3 years of experience leading technical architecture/design for complex embedded systems Preferred Qualifications Real-Time Experience: Demonstrated expertise designing and implementing real-time (RTOS) embedded software, including: RTOS schedulability analysis (Azure RTOS/ThreadX-based real-time designs) USB CDC and HID Interface Security solutions (TLS 1.3, x509 certificates, encryption techniques, secure embedded software updates) Driver development & driver portability Embedded software development on an ARM v8m architecture including M33 specific features Bluetooth & RF telemetry communication solutions Hardware integration & Electrical skills: Extensive experience with electrical board bring-up and hardware/software integration, including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, JTAG, and UART to diagnose and resolve complex integration issues. Regulatory compliance: Experience developing embedded software throughout the entire Software Development Lifecycle in a highly regulated environment, including experience with IEC 62304 and IEC 60601-1. Systems thinking: Demonstrated ability to understand complex product and system architectures, analyze system requirements and dependencies, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and influence product design decisions across engineering disciplines. Technical Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, establish technical direction, drive architecture and design decisions, and influence engineering teams without direct authority. Leader with a growth mindset and experiencing mentoring engineers and developing technical capabilities within the team Agile & Devops: Experience planning and executing under Agile-Scrum development methodology as well as implementing and using Devops/continuous integration development environments. 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