We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 3 Oct 2025

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

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. The person in this role will work from the Medtronic facility located in Mounds View, Minnesota.

As a Principal Software Systems Engineer on the Digital Health Product Management team you will lead the definition and design of digital health solutions and the underlying platform services that support these solutions as a technical product owner. You will be part of a global software engineering team, collaborating with team members across the world to build world class cloud native platforms and services. We’re building Digital Health platforms that are used across all operating units to deliver Insight Driven Care: personalized healthcare driven by data. Our platforms are used by healthcare providers, patients, data scientists, and R&D/R&T teams. We deliver capabilities such as patient engagement, clinical decision support, care management, healthcare data management, AI/ML enablement, medical image technologies, and interoperability by working directly with partners in the business to understand their needs and develop best in class cloud native technologies.

Digital Health is a team that is passionate about making a difference and we value being action oriented, collaborative, accountable, team oriented, and focused on patient centered quality.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communications to achieve long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.

Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day. You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation. You will be empowered to shape your own career. We encourage and support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success. Together, we can transform healthcare. Join us for a career in IT that changes lives. Medtronic is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture. Check out the accomplishments of our Women in IT group! http://bit.ly/MedtronicWomeninIT

CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES

• Leverage understanding of business strategy and needs to create a vision and roadmap for digital products, platforms, and services
• Specialize in analyzing, designing, prioritizing, and implementing a set of IT products, platforms, and/or services
• Ensure technologies add value and can scale to support pan-Medtronic use cases and initiatives across geographies, regions, and functions
• Lead feature definition and refinement for an agile software development team
• Engage with business partners to understand their needs and ensure product delivery addresses key needs
• Collaborate with program managers to meet project commitments and timelines
• Work with developers to refine stories and ensure development meets requirements
• Work directly with QA engineers to answer questions and prove out requirements through testing
• Actively participate in and lead sprint ceremonies, including stand ups, refinement sessions, demos, and retrospectives
• Document requirements, write user stories, and refine with the development team
• Lead training efforts and maintain complete training documentation for applications
• Mentor more junior team members and ensure alignment with team ways of working and best practices
• Ensure compliance with support SLAs and contribute to production support lifecycle
• Manage quality system documentation and ensure compliance with validation requirements
• Work independently on large, moderately complex projects and assignments, with general supervision
• Collaborate cross functionally with engineering, security, service delivery, and privacy teams, among other teams, to deliver best in class digital products
• Influence and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, peers, and leadership to remove barriers for the team
• Define and design software and tools in support of design, infrastructure, and technology platforms, including operating systems, cloud-based and Internet-related tools
• Design software programs for enhancements and to maximize new products
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to determine customer and product software design requirements
• Generate systems software engineering policies, standards, and procedures
• Ensure that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency
• Responsibilities may include those listed above and other duties as assigned

MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of experience with an advanced degree

NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)

• Strongly Preferred:
  • Previous experience in Digital Health, healthcare, or life sciences
  • Proven ability to effectively manage the development of digital products
  • Exceptional problem solving and communication skills
  • Experience as a product owner or lead business analyst on a software engineering team
  • Experience building cloud native solutions, specifically leveraging AWS Native Services
  • Strong technical acumen and a proven ability to effectively collaborate with engineers on technical discussions and designs
  • Experience with identity and access management solutions such as AWS Cognito, Azure AD, and Okta
  • Experience designing native mobile applications (iOS and Android)
• Innate curiosity and a desire to work in a developing space
• Extensive experience with Agile development methodologies and SLDC tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience working with nearshore and offshore teams
• AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification

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):$145,600.00 - $218,400.00This 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).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

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 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.

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.