Senior Embedded Software Engineer — Medical Devices

Medtronic; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 66,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Incentive plan (MIP)

Job summary

Medtronic Galway is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop and maintain embedded software in C and C++ for medical devices. You’ll work across hardware and software teams in a global context, focusing on RTOS, microcontrollers (STM32) and real-time performance.

Join a multidisciplinary team to advance safety-critical software, contribute to architecture and testing, and mentor junior engineers while hands-on in development and verification activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Embedded Systems, or related field with minimum 4 years of experience; or Master's with minimum 2 years.
• Strong hands-on programming in embedded C and C++.
• Experience developing embedded software for microcontrollers in bare-metal and RTOS environments (STM32, ThreadX or similar).
• Experience integrating hardware and developing drivers for interfaces such as UART, SPI, I2C, ADC, PWM, USB.
• Experience optimizing embedded software for performance, memory usage, reliability, and real-time behavior.
• Experience designing software for testability, including unit testing with mocks and verification on target hardware.
• Experience with static analysis, code reviews, secure coding practices, and Git/CI/CD.
• Understanding of software development processes in regulated environments.
• Experience creating and maintaining software requirements, designs, tests, and traceability.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers while staying hands-on.

Responsibilities

• 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 new ideas.
• Develop software for bare-metal and RTOS-based applications.
• Contribute to embedded software architecture and modular design.
• Take part in code reviews, software testing, and design discussions.
• Investigate software issues and implement appropriate solutions.
• Create and maintain software requirements, designs, and documentation, and contribute to risk analysis.

Skills

Embedded C

C++

RTOS development

STM32

Hardware drivers

Unit testing

Git/CI/CD

Regulated software

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/EE

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Medtronic Galway is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop and maintain embedded software in C and C++ for medical devices. You’ll work across hardware and software teams in a global context, focusing on RTOS, microcontrollers (STM32) and real-time performance.

Join a multidisciplinary team to advance safety-critical software, contribute to architecture and testing, and mentor junior engineers while hands-on in development and verification activities.