Principal Software Engineer CRM

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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 95000 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.

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 Medtronics 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 groups 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 peoples 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 -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 resultand 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

• Bachelors 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 innovationsbut we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Lets 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 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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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):$152800.00 - $229200.00

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 insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple 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 matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital 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.

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