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Sr Software Engineer

Medtronic

Fridley, Minnesota, US$125k – $187konsite

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We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 15 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 Job Specific Summary As one of three comprehensive portfolios at Medtronic, Neuroscience is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with neurological disorders, spine conditions, and chronic pain. Guided by our Mission—to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—we develop technologies and therapies that help people regain function, reduce pain, and return to the activities that matter most.

Our Pelvic Health operating unit advances care for bladder and bowel control conditions through restorative, minimally invasive neuromodulation therapies. By modulating sacral and peripheral nerves, we deliver personalized, programmable solutions backed by strong clinical evidence to help restore function and improve quality of life.

Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Pelvic Health                     As a Sr. Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and verify embedded software for implantable medical devices that advance Pelvic Health Therapies. Working in a highly regulated medical device environment, you will contribute to the full software development lifecycle - from requirements and architecture through implementation, testing, verification, and product release. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Systems, Electrical Engineering, Security, and Quality, to deliver safe, reliable, and innovative therapy solutions while ensuring compliance with medical device regulations and quality standards.

Sponsorship: This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the country of employment without sponsorship.

Responsibilities may include but not limited to: • Own firmware features for implantable neurostimulator systems.

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software using Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) and proprietary communication protocols.

• Develop embedded software utilizing various BLE stacks.

• Contribute to firmware requirements, architecture, traceability, scope management, software hazard analysis, and design documentation.

• Design, implement, debug, and optimize embedded firmware while executing unit and integration testing.

• Develop test designs, test scripts, and formal technical reports to support verification activities.

• Perform regression testing, failure analysis, and debugging of embedded software and automated test scripts.

• Analyze test data, document findings, and recommend design or process improvements.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support overall system design and product development.

• Participate in design reviews, development milestones, and product release activities.

• Ensure compliance with medical device regulations, software development processes, and quality system requirements while driving continuous improvement.

Must Have: • Bachelor’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience OR Masters degree with 2 years of relevant experience OR PhD

Nice To Have: • 3 years of experience developing embedded software using C and C++.

• Strong knowledge of embedded systems design, low-level firmware development, device drivers, peripherals, and communication protocols.

• Experience developing software for medical devices or other regulated products, with a solid understanding of applicable software development processes and quality standards.

• Experience developing and debugging Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) embedded firmware, including wireless communication protocols, device connectivity, power optimization, and interoperability across mobile and embedded platforms.

• Experience partnering with Systems Engineering, Verification & Validation, Human Factors, Quality, and other cross-functional stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle.

• Experience authoring software requirements and translating them into comprehensive verification strategies, test designs, and test cases.

• Experience participating in the complete software development lifecycle, from planning and design through implementation, verification, and product release.

• Familiarity with regulated software development environments and industry standards for medical device software.

• Knowledge of Medtronic Neuro devices, programs, and associated software applications is preferred.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate across cross-functional teams.

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

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