Principal Software Engineer - CRM

Medtronic•Minneapolis, MN

18h•$152,800 - $229,200•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. 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. 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.

Requirements

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.
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
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

Nice To Haves

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)

Responsibilities

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