Senior Embedded Software Engineer

About the role

Medtronic's Physiological Sensing R&D team develops monitoring technologies that measure and interpret physiological signals to improve patient outcomes, covering anesthesia and sedation monitoring, respiratory monitoring, pulse and regional oximetry, and predictive algorithms. As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer you will develop software for medical products, working on proof-of-concept solutions, new features and improvements to existing products, and collaborate with software, hardware, systems, test and quality teams across countries.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain embedded software using C and C++
• Develop software for microcontrollers and their hardware interfaces
• Build proof-of-concept solutions to explore new ideas
• Develop software for bare-metal and real-time operating system (RTOS) 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 solutions
• Maintain software requirements, designs and documentation, and contribute to software risk analysis

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Embedded Systems or a related field, with at least 4 years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience
• Ability to mentor junior engineers while staying hands-on in development

Required skills

• Embedded C and C++ programming
• Bare-metal and RTOS development (e.g. STM32, ThreadX)
• Driver development for UART, SPI, I2C, ADC, PWM and USB
• Unit testing with mocks, integration testing and static analysis
• Git, CI/CD exposure, and regulated-environment software processes
• Nice to have: IEC 62304, CI/CD pipeline setup, Python test tools, early-stage hardware prototyping

What we offer

• Salary range in Ireland of 65,600 to 98,400 EUR, depending on experience and skills
• Eligibility for the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)
• A wide range of benefits and resources