Senior Principal Software Systems Engineer

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 LifeAt Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work. As a Sr. Principal Software Systems Engineer focused on Software, Systems, and Advanced Technology, you will lead technological innovation and execution across multiple advanced domains including Cloud, IoT, AI/ML, and Embedded software systems. This role is designed to provide strategic technical leadership to the Software Systems teams in Cardiovascular, Neuroscience and Medical Surgical portfolio at MEIC, ensuring that engineering teams are aligned with cutting-edge technology trends, best practices, and frameworks for delivering high-quality software solutions. You will be responsible for partnering with technology leadership across OUs, Software Communities of Practice (CoPs), ensuring implementation of principles Design for Software Reliability and Manufacturability (CRM) & driving software excellence.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams and leadership to align on the technology roadmap, reviewing project progress, identifying risks, and prioritizing Cloud, IoT, AI/ML initiatives, with an awareness of embedded systems and their integration into product development.
• Clinical Needs Translation: Collaborate with clinical and product teams to translate clinical needs into clear software requirements, ensuring that software solutions address both technical and user-centric outcomes, especially for embedded systems.
• Technical Advisory Participation: Participate in Technical Advisory Committees to ensure that system designs are scalable, secure, and adhere to governance frameworks while considering the specific demands of embedded software architectures.
• Product & Business Alignment: Partner with product teams to balance technical feasibility with business goals, shaping product features, managing technical debt, and ensuring embedded systems meet clinical and operational expectations.
• Software Quality Leadership: Lead efforts to enhance software quality through structured processes like Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM), Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Plans (PSQIP), and ensure compliance with industry standards such as ISO 13485 and IEC 62304, with a focus on embedded systems.
• Knowledge Sharing & Best Practices: Partner with Communities of Practice to foster knowledge sharing across teams, discussing best practices in software engineering, systems design, embedded software, and emerging technologies.
• Stakeholder Communication: Present updates and technical roadmaps to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment with long-term strategic objectives and addressing the unique requirements of embedded software systems.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives by assessing software maturity levels and implementing best practices to elevate product quality, focusing on the integration of embedded systems and ensuring alignment with clinical and regulatory standards.
• Serve as a technical leader in advanced technology domains such as Cloud Computing, IoT, AI/ML, Embedded applications ensuring alignment with organizational goals and industry advancements.
• Oversee architecture governance, ensuring compliance with standards for security, scalability, and software quality.
• Conduct technical feasibility assessments for emerging technologies, guiding strategic decision-making.
• Oversee end-to-end software engineering processes, ensuring efficiency, quality, and adherence to best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Lead efforts in systems engineering, ensuring compliance with clinical/therapy requirements and healthcare standards like IEC 62304 and ISO 13485.
• Conduct technical reviews to assess the design quality, technical risk, and delivery strategies of software and system solutions.
• Advocate for the incorporation of Software Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM), ensuring long-term operational efficiency and software reliability.
• Foster collaboration across technology domains through Communities of Practice (CoPs), driving a culture of innovation and knowledge sharing.
• Promote Innovation culture through the conduction of innovation scouting and mentoring innovative ideas.
• Reporting Reports to the Director of Software Technology
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams (business analysts, developers, end-users) to understand requirements and deliver solutions.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• B-Tech/BE in Computer Science, Electronics, or related field with 20+ years of experience in Software and Systems Engineering, OR
• ME/M-Tech with 18+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven track record in leading technology teams and innovation across Cloud, IoT and software systems.
• Expertise in architecture governance, with deep experience in defining and implementing software design and development frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering processes, including the development of tools and techniques to drive efficiency and scalability.
• Hands-on experience with technical evaluations and feasibility studies for emerging technologies.
• Deep familiarity with product security frameworks, regulatory standards, and compliance.
• Expertise in systems engineering, with an understanding of clinical/therapy domains and healthcare standards.
• Leadership in Technical Innovation, including leading and/or mentoring teams in clinical and/or software innovations.
• Preferred experience with Six Sigma and/or Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM) frameworks.
• Preferred Knowledge of AI/ML frameworks and their integration into large-scale systems.
• Preferred experience in R&D, technology landscapes, and road mapping for advanced tech.
• Preferred previous work in regulated industries like medical devices or healthcare technology.
• Preferred to have demonstrated leadership in software quality initiatives with a focus on ISO 13485 and IEC 62304.

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here