Senior Embedded Software Engineer

IE5 COV - Nellcor Puritan Bennett IRL; Galway; On-site; EUR 66,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop and sustain medical device software across the lifecycle. You will collaborate with software, hardware, systems, test and quality teams globally to deliver robust embedded solutions.

Responsibilities include C/C++ for microcontrollers, bare-metal and RTOS (STM32/ThreadX), driver development for UART/SPI/I2C/USB, and contributing to architecture, reviews, and risk management in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems or related field; 4+ years experience or Master’s with 2+ years.
• Hands-on embedded C/C++ development experience.
• Experience with bare-metal and RTOS environments.
• Experience integrating hardware and drivers (UART, SPI, I2C, USB).
• Experience with static analysis, code reviews, and secure coding.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for medical products.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, systems, test, and quality teams across countries.
• Contribute to software architecture, design reviews, and risk analysis.
• Participate in testing, documentation, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

RTOS

Microcontrollers

Hardware interfaces

Code reviews

Git

CI/CD

Unit testing

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/EE

Tools

STM32

ThreadX

Job description

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

The Physiological Sensing R&D team is dedicated to the end‑to‑end development, continuous advancement, and clinical validation of innovative monitoring technologies that measure, interpret, and leverage physiological signals to improve patient outcomes. Their expertise spans anesthesia and depth of sedation monitoring, respiratory monitoring, pulse oximetry, regional oximetry, and the integration of predictive algorithms and clinical decision support solutions. By focusing on non‑invasive, real‑time technologies, they empower clinicians with actionable insights in surgery, critical care, and other high‑risk settings.

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, you will design and develop software for medical products, contributing to various stages of the product lifecycle, from early‑stage solution exploration and technical evaluation to feature development, product enhancements, and sustainment of existing products. You will work closely with software, hardware, systems, test, and quality teams across different countries, requiring clear communication and effective collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded software using C and C++.
• Develop software for microcontrollers and related hardware interfaces.
• Build proof‑of‑concept solutions to explore and evaluate new ideas.
• Develop software for bare‑metal and real‑time operating system (RTOS)‑based applications.
• Contribute to embedded software architecture and modular design.
• Take part in code reviews, software testing, and technical design discussions.
• Investigate software issues and implement appropriate solutions.
• Create and maintain software requirements, designs, and other development documentation, and contribute to software risk analysis.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Embedded Systems, or a related field, with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.
• Strong hands‑on programming experience in embedded C and C++.
• Experience developing embedded software for microcontrollers in bare‑metal and real‑time operating system (RTOS) environments, using microcontroller platforms such as STM32 and an RTOS such as ThreadX or equivalent.
• Experience integrating hardware and developing drivers for various interfaces and peripherals, for example, UART, SPI, I²C, ADC, PWM, and USB.
• Experience developing and optimising embedded software for performance, memory usage, reliability, and real‑time behaviour.
• Experience designing software for testability, including unit testing with mocks, software integration testing, and testing on target hardware.
• Experience with static analysis, code reviews, and secure coding practices.
• Experience with configuration management and source‑control practices using tools such as Git, along with exposure to CI/CD practices.
• Understanding of software development processes used in regulated environments.
• Experience creating and maintaining software requirements, designs, test records, and traceability between requirements, implementation, and verification evidence.
• Ability to remain hands‑on in software development while providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for embedded software development.
• Experience in medical‑device software development and familiarity with IEC62304.
• Experience developing and debugging embedded software for new or early‑stage hardware platforms, including prototyping and technical evaluation.
• Experience developing Python‑based test, automation, diagnostic, or data‑analysis tools for embedded systems.

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.

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.
• Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 65,600.00 EUR - 98,400.00 EUR
• This position is eligible for a short‑term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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 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. We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. This life‑changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life‑long learning.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare settingis considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E‑Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E‑Verify program, please click here.