Sr Principal Software Engineer - Embedded at Medtronic in Los Angeles, California

Job Description:

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 Life
Medtronic is a world leader in providing health care products that benefit individual's well-being. The Medtronic Diabetes R&D team contributes directly to this mission; we deliver software and firmware for Medtronic's pump and continuous glucose monitoring devices.

Our business is growing significantly as the market demands reliable medical devices which look and feel more like consumer devices. We are looking for an experienced embedded software engineer and Bluetooth Low Energy expert who can help us continue to make our products more connected and responsive to patient's needs.

As a Sr. Principal Embedded Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for software and firmware development. The primary role for this position is writing the high level embedded software interacting both with low level embedded software interfacing with electronics as well as other devices of the overall medical device system. As part of this role, you will also coordinate technical discussions and problem solving for software projects and collaborate with the platform and system architects on the impacts of design decisions. You will coach other engineers on best practices and new technologies and review designs and architectures of the development team. You will be a key interface between the software team and other software teams and functions including participating in change control and risk analysis activities as part of the software quality process.

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

• Designs, develops, tests, debugs and implements operating systems components, software tools and utilities.


• Determines systems software design requirements.


• Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.


• Generates systems software engineering policies, standards and procedures.


• May work across a variety of software lifecycle activities as determined by program needs.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive embedded systems engineering experience in product development with a Bachelor ' s degree


• or 8+ years of progressive embedded systems engineering experience in product development with a Master's degree

Key Technical Competencies

• Expert in software engineering best practices for embedded software development


• Developing systems using Bluetooth Low Energy communication protocols


• Writing software or interfaces making use of different BLE stacks


• Interpret, understand and provide feedback on software requirements for a project. Perform requirement analysis to determine completeness and compliance with software system. Ability to work with requirement management tools


• Pursues industry best practices and technology trends. Collaborates with industry thought leaders


• Recognized as the organization's leader in applying new technology. Provides vision and assures the organization is an early adopter of industry innovations


• Recognized as a technical leader of software development methods for safety critical, fault tolerant real-time software, and current embedded system technologies

Key Leadership Competencies

• Coaches others on how work groups relate/interact and how their work contributes to Medtronic's products


• Role models adapting work process to accommodate change and ensure productivity during times of change.


• Sets meaningful personal goals and helps others prioritize short-term activities around work team/functional priorities


• Identifies the root cause of complex problems and solves them by determining the most appropriate procedure to implement


• Demonstrates accountability for one's own decisions, and is able to articulate rationale without being defensive. Views mistakes as learning opportunity and supports an environment of continuous improvement.


• Effectively solicits and shares complex information within and across work teams, stating own point of view even when difficult or unpopular; listens effectively

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.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$169,600.00 - $254,400.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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 .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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