Principal Product Security Engineer

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

• Product Security Strategy & Continuous Learning - Stay abreast of emerging cybersecurity threats, technologies, and regulations specific to medical devices and health software. Contribute to OU and enterprise-wide product security strategy and roadmap development.
• Secure Product Development Lifecycle - Drive security integration into all stages of the product lifecycle, from concept and design to postmarket. Work closely with system architects, software leads, and hardware engineers to embed secure design patterns in both embedded and cloud-connected environments.
• Threat Modeling & Risk Assessment - Lead threat modeling sessions, conduct security risk assessments, and identify mitigation strategies in accordance with IEC 81001-5-1, ISO 14971, and FDA premarket cybersecurity guidance.
• Security Architecture & Design - Collaborate on the design and implementation of secure architectures, focusing on secure boot, secure communications, data protection, access control, secure software updates, and hardware-software integration.
• Security Testing & Analysis - Support and interpret results from vulnerability scans, penetration tests, and static/dynamic code analysis. Coordinate with internal teams and third-party vendors to ensure timely and appropriate risk mitigation.
• Security Awareness & Mentorship - Promote a culture of security awareness within R&D and provide mentorship to junior engineers. Lead by example through documentation, review participation, and active knowledge sharing.
• Regulatory & Standards Compliance - Ensure alignment with applicable standards (e.g., NIST, IEC 60601-4-5, IEC 81001-5-1) and support security documentation efforts for global regulatory submissions.
• Vendor & Supply Chain Security - Review and assess the cybersecurity posture of third-party suppliers and open-source software components used within product designs.
• Incident Response Support - Provide technical leadership during postmarket security incidents or field issues. Lead root cause investigations, containment strategies, and risk assessments.
• Security Documentation - Maintain comprehensive security documentation, including threat model diagrams, risk assessments, shared service inventories, design patterns, security guidelines, and product security plans/reports.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• 12-16 years of experience in product or embedded security, ideally in the medical device or healthcare technology sector.
• Deep knowledge of product security, secure software development lifecycle (SDLC), cryptography, and secure communication protocols.
• Experience with regulatory standards (FDA, ISO, IEC) and risk management in healthcare.
• Strong track record in threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, and security testing.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

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.

About Medtronic

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.