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At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Principal Software Engineer Product Security

Careers that Change Lives

Medtronic is a global leader in medical technology services and solutions that take on the healthcare industrys greatest challenges. Engineers and Scientists create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join the Coronary & Renal Denervation team and help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. At Medtronic we push the limits of what technology 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. Come for a job stay for a career.

Treatments We Offer:

Renal Denervation

Key Technologies

Symplicity Spyral Renal Denervation (RDN) System

Medtronics Coronary and Renal Denervation (CRDN) business is looking for a Principal Product Security Engineer - Software to be part of a high-performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of energy based therapeutic medical devices to treat this role you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to support the newly approved therapy medical device software and participate in the design and development of next generation medical devices and software products.

This position is in Mounds View MN. within the Coronary & Renal Denervation (CRDN) operating 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% of 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

The Principal Product Security Engineer - Software is instrumental in ensuring the robust security of our products and solutions. This pivotal role spearheads the integration of state-of-the-art security measures identifies potential vulnerabilities and champions initiatives to bolster cyber-resiliency throughout the products life cycle. An understanding of regulated embedded devices environments that underpin client-facing medical device solutions and adherence to product security compliance frameworks is essential.

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

• Product Security - Support and lead integration of security into the product development lifecycle ensuring that security considerations are incorporated from design to deployment. Assist in implementing security measures across medical devices OT ICS IoT and enterprise security processes/standards. Work closely with scrum teams to ensure security is a core part of the product design and development process in Agile environment.
• Risk Assessment - Conduct threat modeling security risk evaluations and vulnerability assessments to identify and mitigate potential security risks throughout the product lifecycle. Work under limited supervision to address security threats and provide recommendations for risk mitigation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure risks are evaluated and managed in alignment with security best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Security Architecture - Contribute to the design and deployment of secure medical device architectures and product designs. Assist in the implementation of key security features such as secure boot secure communications data protection secure updates secure integration and access controls. Collaborate with senior engineers to ensure that security architecture aligns with product security requirements and best practices. Provide input on security design decisions and work to ensure effective implementation throughout the product lifecycle.
• Security Standards & Testing - Assist in maintaining and implementing security standards policies and procedures for medical device systems and product development. Contribute to security testing activities including vulnerability scanning penetration testing and code reviews. Collaborate with scrum teams to ensure adherence to security standards and participate in evaluating testing results to identify and address security vulnerabilities. Provide guidance on testing procedures and contribute to continuous improvement of security practices.
• Security Awareness - Contribute to promoting security awareness and assist in delivering training across cross-functional product development teams. Help foster a security-conscious culture by sharing best practices and providing support on security-related topics. Collaborate with engineers to ensure that teams understand the importance of security in product development and work towards embedding security into everyday practices.
• Compliance - Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations related to medical device and health software product security such as NIST IECIECand others.
• Vendor Assessment - Evaluate third-party vendors and suppliers for their security practices and ensure they meet our security requirements.
• Incident Management - Lead and support the effective response to security incidents ensuring swift resolution proper mitigation and clear communication to stakeholders including customers when needed.
• Documentation - Maintain detailed documentation of security best practices guidance configurations design patterns shared service designs inventories incident response plans security architectures and reports.
• Product Security Strategy & Continuous Learning - Participate in ongoing professional development to stay current with emerging cybersecurity trends and threats related to medical devices and health software products. Contribute to the development and refinement of product security strategies within the Operating Unit (OU) ensuring alignment with established industry best practices and regulatory requirements. Collaborate with senior team members to implement security measures and continuously improve product security processes.
  
  

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience as security engineer for software products
• Experience in cybersecurity threat modeling security incident management and contributing to proactive security strategies.
• Hands-on experience in developing debugging and troubleshooting SW issues.
• Experience working in agile software development teams

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 Software Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering Biomedical engineering or technical field.
• Minimum of 7 years of technical experience or advanced degree with 5 years of technical experience

Nice to Have

• Minimum 2 years of embedded device experience in a regulated industry
• Security certifications (e.g. GSEC CISSP CISA GCIH CC)
• Bachelors degree in related engineering or cybersecurity from an accredited institution.
• Proficiency in secure coding practices and methodologies is highly desirable.
• Ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape and contribute to proactive security strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to identify challenges and propose effective solutions.
• Experience working with junior engineers and willingness to provide guidance and mentorship.
• Familiarity with evolving regulations in the medical device sector and staying updated with relevant security standards.

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. 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 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. (ADA-United States of America)

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 & 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):$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.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We 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 95000 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 addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.