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 LifeIn this exciting role as a Senior Principal Enterprise Software Architect, you will apply technical expertise using state-of-the-art software engineering technology to solve highly complex technical problems for our image guided surgery and robotics portfolio of products.In this role as Senior Principal Software Architect, you are responsible for development of the reference architecture and strategy for implementation of solutions, as well as architectural governance and technical oversight over the software implementation.
As an experienced engineer, you will prepare plans for your own work, guide and mentor other engineers, participate in technical reviews, select the most promising concepts, implement advances in current state-of-the-art software technology, and identify opportunities for productivity and quality improvement.
As a technical software leader, you will work closely with software development teams and cross-functional teams in an Agile environment (Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework). You will guide the design and development of software solutions at the architectural level, prepare formal design documentation, and educate stakeholders regarding solutions.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Develop software reference architecture, system and platform roadmaps, detailed technical solutions, and overall strategy of software solution implementation in native, web, and cloud applications.
- Promote, guide, and govern adherence to good architectural practices and application of a well-defined reference architecture to deliver highest-quality software solutions.
- Partner with the development teams to create concrete software architecture and design for the software-based medical device products.
- Collaborate with development teams to support optimization of software application architectures for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Engage in PI planning and Scrum meetings, stand ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives meetings as required.
- Participate in requirements gathering, planning, and estimation efforts.
- Interface with mechanical, electrical, systems, and test engineers as well as quality assurance and regulatory compliance teams.
- Participate in and recommend on-going professional development activities.
- Identify and implement process improvements often of a complex nature.
- Regularly educate the development and test teams about Medical Devices Regulatory Standards, IEC62304, ISO 13485(QMS)
- Effectively contributes to development teams.
- Lead the integration of complex software systems on the Ubuntu platform.
- Optimize existing algorithms and develop new techniques for real-time image analysis.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless implementation of React and React JS in our projects.
- Manage the deployment of CUDA libraries to enhance computational efficiency.
- Mentor junior architects and developers, providing guidance and support.
- Stay abreast of the latest advancements in technology and incorporate them into our practices.
Required Knowledge and Experience:
- Bachelor’s in computer science/Electronics or equivalent with 17+ years of experience in Software Industry.
- Master’s in computer science/Electronics or equivalent with 15+ years of experience in Software Industry.
- Strong programming Skills in C, C++ and/or C#
- Strong knowledge of modern, full-stack software design, development, debug, and test practices.
- Experience with large-scale software application design.
- Proven expertise with API design and RESTful APIs.
- Experience working as a technical team leader or Solutions Architect.
- Expertise in image processing techniques and algorithms.
- Strong experience with front-end technologies, specifically React and React JS.
- Experience working with Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), Micro-services, and Event-driven Architecture.
- Proficiency in handling CUDA libraries and GPU-accelerated computing.
- Experience with OpenGL, image processing algorithms, and communication protocols (CAN, RS232, TCP-IP, USB)
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Software development experience in the medical industry or other regulated industry is desirable.
- Experience leading software-specific project planning and estimation efforts.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work in an Agile software development workflow.
- Engineering practice experience such as code refactoring, design patterns, design-driven development, continuous integration, building highly scalable applications, application security
- Knowledge of DevOps CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, CodeDeploy, CircleCI, Jenkins/Travis etc.)
Principal Working Relationships
- Reports to the Sr. Engineering Manager
- Frequent interaction with team members from other disciplines, particularly embedded and application development engineers, to develop project requirements and other project artifacts such as project schedules.
- Possible interaction with GBU technical leaders, technical clinicians, third-party vendors, manufacturers, subcontractors and other users.
Short-Term Success Metrics (6-12 Months)
- Demonstrate strong technical leadership, analytical, programming and debugging skills
- Demonstrate strong design and development skills
- Demonstrate strong knowledge on tools and technologies
- Establish trusting relationship with the team and other stakeholders
- Demonstrate problem solving capabilities.
- Deliver on project commitments.
Long-Term Success Metrics (1+ Year)
- Learn and demonstrate Product and Domain understanding
- Demonstrate solid understanding of Software Development Lifecycle
- Consistently deliver on Project commitments
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.
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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.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
Skills Required
- Experience in writing end to end System Engineering requirements
- Experience with Figma & other wireframe tools
- Knowledge of IEC 60601-1
- Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering
- Experience with UI design and knowledge of HFE
- Experience with medical navigation and imaging capital systems
- Knowledge of product security
- Experience with product concept development
- Working knowledge of systems engineering principles
- Demonstrated strength in communication
- Experience working with stakeholders from other sites
Medtronic Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Medtronic and has not been reviewed or approved by Medtronic.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid leave for birthing and non-birthing parents is positioned as notably generous, with additional Family Care Leave available for a range of caregiving needs. Fertility, adoption, donor, and surrogacy support adds depth for different paths to family-building.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan are presented as meaningful long-term savings tools. Scholarship and tuition programs further reinforce financial security beyond salary.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is consistently described as a strong part of the total rewards package. Mental health resources, critical illness coverage, and wellness supports broaden the overall health offering.
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What We Do
Medtronic is a global healthcare solutions company operating in approximately 160 countries. We are committed to improving lives through our medical technologies, services, and solutions. Since our beginning, 60 years ago, our Mission has remained the same: to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for people around the world. The Mission is our ethical framework and inspirational goal guiding our day-to-day work. It reminds us that our efforts are transforming millions of lives each year. To meet the needs of patients and healthcare professionals around the globe, we operate from more than 370 locations in approximately 160 countries.
