Senior Firmware Engineer

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Aug 2026   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 Life In this exciting role as a Senior Firmware Engineer, you will have responsibility for architecting, designing, and implementing embedded software that maximizes the value of our Patient Monitoring products for our customers. You will engage with stakeholders and system engineering to capture and prioritize needs and then synthesize the needs into oximetry features and products.

We are specifically seeking engineers who have developed firmware for embedded devices and have experience working close to the hardware, including microprocessors, microcontrollers, device drivers, communication protocols, sensor integration, and real-time operating systems (RTOS).

Experience primarily focused on cloud services, APIs, web applications, microservices, or full-stack software development is not applicable to this position.

This is an onsite role located at our Lafayette, CO campus                     In this role: • You will architect, design, develop, test, document, and maintain embedded systems using mixed-signal MCUs for patient monitoring platforms • You will apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the embedded system development life cycle to support the generation of such engineering applications and wide range of products. • You may engage with internal and external stakeholders, including interfacing with clinicians, customers, and KOLs, to better understand use environments and needs. • You will apply a thorough understanding of technologies used to measure physiological signals and knowledge of human physiology to inform product design decisions, prioritize design tradeoffs, provide strategic input on the development pathway, and ensure alignment with use cases/use scenarios.  

Must Have: Minimum Requirements To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume. • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering or related engineering/science degree with a minimum 4 years of engineering experience to include developing firmware, or Master's Degree with a minimum of 2 years of engineering experience to include developing firmware. • Must have experience of embedded software design and implementation. 

Nice to Have • Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering • Medical device development experience, design control, FDA and MDR regulations • Experience in embedded software development following IEC 62304 • Experience utilizing AI for software and unit test development • Digital circuit design knowledge • Experience developing embedded solutions in embedded C • Experience with unit test development, DevOps, and Python • Demonstrated skills in “systems thinking” – ability to consider problems, implementations, and impacts at a higher system level • Experience implementing safety risk management including SFMEAs and cybersecurity risk management • You must be able to work in a team environment both locally and globally.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

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