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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

Principal Software Engineer

Careers That Change Lives

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday, and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work.

The Device Embedded Systems group in Medtronic’s Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT) operating unit designs, develops, and verifies embedded applications used in implantable medical devices.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will use your strong DevOps and CI/CD expertise to advance the tools and workflows used by the Device Embedded Systems group. You will play a leading role in the group’s transition to GitHub Enterprise, the adoption of GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development agents, and the delivery of select tools in partnership with a dedicated AWS cloud team. We are looking for a highly motivated, self-starting software engineer who wants to innovate in a fast-paced environment and improve people’s quality of life.

The ideal candidate should have experience designing, implementing, and improving modern CI/CD processes and developer productivity tooling, including building workflows and automation frameworks from the ground up on GitHub Enterprise. Key technical skills desired include:

• CI/CD pipeline design and implementation, with hands-on expertise in GitHub Actions, reusable workflows, self-hosted runners, and branch/environment protection policies
• Administration of GitHub Enterprise (Cloud or Server), including org and repo configuration, SSO/SCIM, Advanced Security, secret scanning, and Dependabot
• Experience deploying and governing GitHub Copilot and Copilot agent capabilities (Copilot Business/Enterprise, Copilot Extensions, coding agents), including policy, telemetry, and driving developer adoption
• Build, test, and deployment automation for embedded/firmware or comparably complex software environments
• Source control migration and branching strategy development, including experience migrating teams from legacy systems (e.g., SVN) to Git/GitHub
• Working knowledge of AWS services relevant to developer tooling (IAM, S3, EC2/ECS/Lambda, CodeArtifact, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch) and experience collaborating with a separate cloud platform team on shared-responsibility architectures
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform or CloudFormation) and familiarity with containerized tooling (Docker)
• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of delivery processes, including DORA-style metrics and pipeline observability
The ideal candidate should also be comfortable training and mentoring teams, explaining both the “how” and “why” behind new practices, and guiding an engineering organization through a significant tooling and AI-adoption transition. Key skills and attributes include:
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Technical training, mentoring, and coaching experience, including enabling engineers on GitHub Enterprise workflows and responsible use of Copilot/AI coding agents
• Change management and organizational influence, with a track record of driving enterprise-scale tool migrations and rollouts
• Experience driving adoption of DevOps, CI/CD, and AI-assisted development practices across teams
• Ability to influence and align with external partner teams (e.g., a central AWS cloud team) to deliver shared tooling in a regulated, safety-critical environment

This position is in Mounds View, MN, within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) unit. 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 are working on-site 4 days per 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. This role will require less than 10% travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

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.

         

         

A Day in the Life

 

In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Principal Software Engineer role. This includes, but is not limited to:

 

•  Evaluate, improve, and upgrade our firmware/software development tools and workflows

•  Lead migration and adoption efforts for GitHub Enterprise and AI-assisted development tooling (GitHub Copilot and coding agents), in partnership with the AWS cloud team

•  Partner with the central AWS cloud team to design, deliver, and support developer tools hosted on AWS

•  Train the team on use of new tools and practices

•  Troubleshoot and resolve technical and non-technical issues with tools and workflows

•  Support legacy tools, including OTS and custom-built solutions

•  Work well with a variety of individuals across engineering disciplines

•  Influence tools-related decisions and organizational processes

•  Apply basic project management skills

 

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Qualifications

 

MUST HAVE – MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

 

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME

 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline and a minimum of 7 years of work experience, OR an advanced degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline with 5 years of work experience.

 

Nice to Have

 

• Experience developing GitHub Actions workflows, GitHub Enterprise org/repo configuration, and policy/security controls
• Experience with GitHub Copilot and/or Copilot agent capabilities (Copilot Business/Enterprise, Extensions, coding agents)
• Working knowledge of AWS and experience collaborating with a dedicated cloud platform team
• Infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform or CloudFormation
• Scripting/automation experience in Python
• SVN integration and migration experience
• Experience programming in Java and Perl (for legacy tool support)
• Experience delivering developer tooling in a regulated environment (medical device, aerospace, automotive, or similar)

 

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies, and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations—but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

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 accommodation 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. (ADA – United States of America)

 

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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

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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.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$152,800.00 - $229,200.00

 

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).

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

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.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.