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 LifeMedtronic is seeking a highly skilled and versatile Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our Affera™ Core Technology team. In this pivotal role, you will architect, design, and develop high-performance software solutions across our diverse technology stack—including advanced 3D rendering applications in C++/Qt and modern web-based systems.
You will be a technical leader and generalist, seamlessly moving between our real-time visualization platform (C++/Qt, OpenGL, QML) and our cloud and web-based solutions (Python, TypeScript, React). Your day will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams—ranging from hardware and product design engineers to clinicians and UI/UX experts—to deliver innovative features that drive the next generation of electrophysiology technology.
You will take ownership of critical software components, set technical direction, and ensure architectural excellence. As a mentor and role model, you will guide and inspire other engineers, fostering a culture of technical rigor, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Primary Responsibilities:
Architect, design, and implement high-performance, real-time 3D visualization and user interface features using C++, Qt, QML, and OpenGL.
Contribute as a generalist across the software stack, including cloud, backend, and frontend systems (Python, TypeScript, React).
Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including hardware, product, test, and clinical stakeholders-to define requirements and deliver robust, user-friendly solutions.
Take technical ownership of major software features and drive them from concept to deployment.
Mentor and guide less experienced engineers, fostering a culture of learning, innovation, and technical excellence.
Apply best practices in software engineering, including code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration.
Participate in pre-clinical in-vivo system evaluations and laboratory demonstrations for internal and external stakeholders.
Ensure compliance with medical device software standards and privacy/security regulations (FDA, IEC 62304, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.).
Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies to keep our software stack at the cutting edge.
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
Degree concentration in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
Expert proficiency in C++ and Qt (or equivalent event-driven frameworks).
Extensive experience developing high-performance, real-time 3D rendering applications (OpenGL, Vulkan, or similar).
Proficiency with QML and modern UI/UX design principles.
Experience developing software on Linux operating systems.
Demonstrated ability to work as a generalist across multiple technology stacks (including web/cloud technologies).
Strong architectural skills and experience setting technical direction for complex projects.
Experience mentoring and leading engineering teams.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Experience with Python and modern web technologies (TypeScript, React, Vite, etc.).
Experience with ROS, embedded systems, and/or real-time operating systems.
Experience with medical device development and privacy/security processes and regulations (FDA, IEC 62304, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.).
Experience with cloud-based architectures and distributed systems.
Strong work ethic, entrepreneurial drive, and a passion for making a tangible impact on patient care.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and multidisciplinary environment.
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 & CompensationMedtronic 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.
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 MedtronicWe 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.
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.
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