Principal Software 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 LifeWe are seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the architecture and development of advanced embedded software across Windows, Linux, and QNX platforms. The role involves ownership of Windows production image design, OS hardening, real-time control software for safety-critical systems, and CI/CD automation. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in OS internals, kernel and driver debugging, and system performance optimization. This position requires strong leadership to mentor engineers, drive cross-functional collaboration, and influence long-term platform strategy.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Lead architecture and development of advanced embedded software across Windows, Linux.
• Design and maintain Windows production images, including OS hardening, security patching, and deployment pipelines.
• Guide and mentor engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous learning.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (systems, hardware, V&V, safety, security, regulatory) to ensure end-to-end quality, compliance, and traceability.
• Represent the organization as a technical authority in global forums, influencing design strategy, tool adoption, and long-term platform direction.

Required knowledge and experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's in computer science / IT/ Electronics/ Electrical Engineering.
• 10 to 13 years of embedded software development with minimum 5+ years' experience in Windows Kernel and Application development.
• Ability to distil software requirements from system requirements.
• Strong design and architecture skills.
• Strong C / C++ (C++ 14 or later), x86 Assembly programming experience in the Windows Environment
• Strong knowledge of Windows APIs and Architecture
• Experience with Visual Studio IDE, SDK, and DDK
• Experience with Windows deployment and configuration (group policies, registry, etc.)
• Scripting in Bash, Python, Windows Batch, Powershell, and relevant scripting languages
• Network experience (sockets, TCP/IP, UDP, DDS, Wireshark, etc.)
• Windows Performance Counters and Performance Analysis (ETL, etc.)
• Windows OS Hardening
• Windows Secure Boot
• Understanding and appreciation of SDLC process and tools (JIRA, Git, CMake, Bitbucket, Stash, Confluence, JAMA, etc.)
• Ability to analyze, design, develop, debug, and integrate software
• Experience in FDA regulated software delivery.
• Solid experience in regulated environments (medical, aerospace, automotive, or equivalent).
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with a track record of influencing global teams.
  Nice to Have
• Experience performing risk management analysis of software ideally using SW FMEA techniques
• Experience with Windows ADK and Windows PE
• Experience with Architecting remote systems
• Experience with Windows Real-time extensions (e.g. LxWin, RTX, Kithara, etc.
• Programming in and for Virtual Machine environments
• Windows Kernel driver programming (WDM)
• Reverse Engineering (IDA Pro, WinDbg, etc.)
• Linux experience is a plus
• Cybersecurity experience is a plus (SSL/TLS, DTLS, TPM, Trusted/Secure Boot, Key/Certificate Management etc.)

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 95,000+ 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  
 

---