Sr. Product Security Engineer - Embedded IoT
About The Position
The Senior Product Security Engineer – Embedded IoT is responsible for cybersecurity architecture and Security-by-Design for implantable and connected medical-device platforms. The role focuses on embedded systems, device connectivity, cryptography, secure provisioning, firmware updates, and protecting device-to-device and device-to-edge communication. The position supports Medtronic’s Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health R&D organizations, which develop therapies and devices addressing conditions including chronic pain, movement disorders, overactive bladder, and non-obstructive urinary retention. The engineer integrates cybersecurity requirements across product development, manufacturing, verification, and risk-management processes, and supports regulatory submissions and compliance with applicable medical-device cybersecurity standards and guidance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 4 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree in a related field and 2 years of relevant experience; relevant fields include Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Cybersecurity.
- Extensive experience in embedded security, IoT security, firmware, connected devices, or medical-device development.
- For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Nice To Haves
- Strong knowledge of cryptography, HSM/secure elements, PKI, secure boot, provisioning, firmware signing, BLE/network security, and embedded secure development.
- Experience with threat modeling, Security Risk Assessment, SBOM, Security-by-Design, Defense-in-Depth, and regulated product development.
- Understanding of medical-device regulations and standards, such as FDA pre- and post-market guidance on cybersecurity for medical-device manufacturers, ISO 13485, and ISO 81001-5-1.
- Strong decision-making capabilities, including weighing costs and benefits to identify appropriate solutions.
- High attention to detail and focus on Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
- Ability to communicate complex technical information creatively and engagingly to diverse audiences, orally and in writing.
- Excellent prioritization skills, including breaking down work into manageable parts and assessing priority and time required.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and grow productive, trusting, and open relationships with a wide variety of constituencies.
Responsibilities
- Define security architecture and requirements for implantable devices, programmers/controllers, gateways, and connected operating environments.
- Apply Security-by-Design and Defense-in-Depth across hardware, firmware, communication interfaces, authentication, authorization, and data protection.
- Design secure boot, HSM/secure-element integration, encryption, key management, device identity, and secure provisioning.
- Lead threat modeling, Security Risk Analysis, attack-surface analysis, and security requirements definition throughout the device lifecycle.
- Translate identified threats into architectural controls, product security requirements, verification activities, and risk-control evidence.
- Maintain SBOM and software/component security requirements for embedded platforms.
- Define secure communication architecture for BLE, wired/wireless interfaces, programmers, gateways, and remote-monitoring connectivity.
- Support secure eFOTA/firmware update architecture, including signing, authentication, anti-rollback, integrity verification, and recovery.
- Define manufacturing security requirements for device identity, cryptographic key/certificate injection, provisioning, and lifecycle management.
- Integrate cybersecurity requirements into systems, software, hardware, manufacturing, verification, and risk-management processes.
- Support regulatory submissions and compliance with medical-device cybersecurity standards and guidance.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Global well-being program
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan with 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
- Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
