Principal Software Cloud Test Engineer - CRM

Medtronic•Mounds View, MN

1d•$146,400 - $219,600•Hybrid

About The Position

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. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. Medtronic is seeking a motivated and detailed-oriented Principal Software engineer, to join our PCS Software team. In this role you will be shaping the future of healthcare technology by leading, designing, developing, verifying and validating state-of-the-art software solutions that deliver critical device and patient data everyday. If you thrive on solving complex technical challenges, advancing engineering excellence and delivering impactful solutions that improve patient outcomes, this role offers an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of innovation, building platforms that support life-changing and life-saving medical technologies around the world. Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Integrated Operating Unit offers devices and therapies that treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure. We are comprised of three businesses: A Principal Software Cloud Test Engineer role is responsible for leading, designing, developing, verifying, and validating state-of-the-art software solutions that deliver critical device and patient data. This role requires deep hands-on engineering expertise, architectural leadership, technical decision-making, and mentorship. The engineer will drive technical strategy, ensure engineering excellence, and partner closely with product teams and business stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions. Responsibilities include leading test engineers, defining and owning test architecture and automation strategy for cloud-native platforms, evaluating and introducing modern tools and methodologies, ensuring execution of test plans, building a culture of shared ownership of quality, and mentoring other engineers. The successful candidate will have hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms (AWS, Azure) and expertise in test automation tools and frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Playwright, Pytest, Junit). Strong expertise in Windows application development (.Net, C#, C++, Java, JavaScript and Python) and back-end development (AWS, C#, REST APIs, Databases) is also required. Experience with behavior-driven and test-driven development practices is preferred.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline and minimum of 7 years of work experience OR advanced degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline with 5 years of work experience.
Hands‑on experience with CI/CD platforms (AWS, Azure) and expertise in test automation tools and frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Playwright, Pytest, Junit).
Strong expertise in Windows application development (.Net, C#, C++, Java, JavaScript and Python).
Strong expertise in back-end development (AWS, C#, REST APIs, Databases).
Experience with behavior-driven and test-driven development practices, including Gherkin, YAML and related specifications.

Nice To Haves

Experience in regulated or enterprise-scale environments
Knowledge of cloud and connected medical devices
Excellent collaboration skills across engineering, quality, and regulatory teams
Pragmatic decision‑making that balances compliance, security, and delivery velocity
Clear communication with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

Serve as the technical leader and be responsible for architecting, designing, building, and scaling software release management and configuration management system across the full technology stack consisting of cloud services (AWS), Windows application, and system integrations.
Combine deep hands-on engineering expertise with architectural leadership, technical decision-making, and mentorship.
Drive technical strategy, ensure engineering excellence, and partner closely with product teams and business stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.
Lead and align all test engineers, ensuring consistent application of standards, patterns and best practices across multiple engineering teams.
Define and own the test architecture and automation strategy for cloud-native platforms, including microservices, API’s, event-driven systems and data pipelines.
Evaluate and introduce modern tools, frameworks and methodologies to continuously improve quality engineering capabilities.
Ensure execution of test plans and verification activities, actively monitoring progress, risks and quality outcomes to support delivery commitments.
Establish and maintain full traceability from software requirements through verification test design, execution and reporting.
Build a culture of shared ownership of quality across development and test engineering.
Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives, audits, and lessons learned.
Provide leadership in solving engineering problems and fostering creativity and innovation in design and problem solutions.
Mentor and coach other engineers across the team on test design, automation best practices and quality engineering principles.
Represent your team to the wider organization.

Benefits

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
Simple Steps (global well-being program)
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)
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)