Principal Product Security Engineer

Medtronic plc; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic plc is seeking a Principal Product Security Engineer in Hyderabad to lead vulnerability triage, generate SBOMs, and automate vulnerability workflows. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess risk, prioritize remediation, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards in a fast-paced healthcare technology environment.

The role requires 12–16 years in product security, strong Python scripting skills, and experience with SBOM management tools such as Dependency-Track.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering or equivalent.
• 12 to 16 years of relevant experience in product security, threat modelling, threat analysis, CVSS scoring.
• Proficiency in Python or another scripting language; develop Python scripts to improve vulnerability management workflows.
• Experience with vulnerability management in a regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Technically lead a group of engineers working on Product Security, Vulnerabilities, and propose solutions.
• Create and maintain SBOMs for products and related software components.
• Review, analyze, and triage vulnerabilities identified by SBOM scanning tools.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to assess risk and prioritize remediation efforts.
• Monitor and track vulnerability status to ensure timely and effective resolution.
• Develop or use scripts to automate vulnerability management processes.
• Maintain thorough documentation of findings, actions taken, and outcomes.

Skills

Python scripting

Threat modelling

Threat analysis

CVSS Scoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or software engineering

Tools

Dependency-Track

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

As Principal Product Security Engineer you will contribute towards triaging all vulnerabilities regardless of severity, across all SBOMs in the tool. Generate SBOM’s as per FDA requirements. Generate SBOMs that comply with the new FDA requirements, i.e., include adding end-of-support and software level-of-support information for each component. Continuously monitor, review, and triage newly identified vulnerabilities from SBOM monitoring activities. Own and automate the SBOM generation. Analyze identified vulnerabilities and provide patching recommendations and other appropriate remediation actions.

Responsibilities

• Technically lead a group of engineers working on Product Security, Vulnerabilities, Propose Solutions.
• Create and maintain SBOMs for products and related software components.
• Review, analyze, and triage vulnerabilities identified by SBOM scanning tools.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to assess risk and prioritize remediation efforts.
• Monitor and track vulnerability status to ensure timely and effective resolution.
• Develop or use scripts to automate and improve vulnerability management processes.
• Maintain thorough and accurate documentation of findings, actions taken, and outcomes.
• Provide recommendations for component upgrades based on vulnerability findings and observed trends.

Required knowledge and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in computer science software engineering or equivalent with 12 to 16 years of relevant experience in product security, Threat modelling, Threat analysis, CVSS Scoring. Understand product architecture, identify security gaps, propose security enabled technical proposals, Risk assessment. Proficiency in Python or another scripting language. Develop Python scripts and automation utilities to improve vulnerability management workflows. Experience in vulnerability management. - Vulnerability Assessment & Triage Experience working in a regulated industry. Familiarity with SBOM management tools such as Dependency-Track. Medical Device Cybersecurity Guidance Documentation & Audit Readiness

Nice to have

Experience in medical device cybersecurity or other regulated industries. Familiarity with FDA Cybersecurity Guidance, IEC 62304, IEC 81001-5-1, or similar standards. Experience supporting product security compliance initiatives. Knowledge of software composition analysis (SCA) tools and open-source governance.

Physical Job Requirements

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. 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 These commitments set our team apart from the rest: Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You’re shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care.

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.

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