About the Role
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.
A Day in the Life
The Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health R&D organizations bring together a large set of Medtronic's Neurosciences therapies and their project teams to employ the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients across the globe. These operating units offer devices and therapies to treat chronic pain, movement disorders, overactive bladder, non-obstructive urinary retention, and much more.
The Senior Product Security Engineer – Post Market Surveillance leads cybersecurity activities for fielded medical devices and supporting systems. The role owns vulnerability surveillance, field security event assessment, security impact and risk analysis, post-market compliance, security operations support, and issue disposition through closure.
Primary Responsibilities
Vulnerability, Field Event & Security Impact Management
•Monitor and assess vulnerability signals, field complaints, anomalous behavior, and suspected security events affecting released products.
•Determine applicability, exploitability, severity, product impact, and required escalation; coordinate investigation, remediation, and disposition.
•Partner with Risk Management and Systems Engineering to update Security Risk Analysis, threat models, hazard analyses, and residual-risk assessments.
Security Operations & Product Security Assets
•Maintain visibility of security assets across fielded products, including keys, certificates, credentials, trust anchors, and signing infrastructure.
•Support secure provisioning, certificate/key distribution, rotation, revocation, and retirement with manufacturing and operations teams.
•Maintain Defense-in-Depth, Security-by-Design, security requirements, and SBOM expectations throughout the post-market lifecycle.
Regulatory, Standards & Customer Compliance
•Assess evolving FDA, EU MDR, China and other cybersecurity requirements and support fielded-product recertification and remediation.
•Map cybersecurity standards and best practices into internal processes and represent Product Security in standards and technical forums.
•Support HCP/customer security and privacy questionnaires, onboarding, and automation of recurring assurance activities.
Audit, FCA & CAPA
•Represent Product Security during regulatory audits, FCA, CAPA, quality reviews, and risk-management boards.
•Support root-cause analysis, corrective actions, effectiveness verification, and closure.
Required Qualifications
•Bachelor's degree in related field with 4 years of relevant experience OR master's degree in related field with 2 years of relevant experience (Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity)
•Extensive experience in product security, cybersecurity, embedded/software systems, or regulated product development.
Preferred Qualifications
•Experience with vulnerability management, CVSS, threat modeling, SRA, SBOM/SCA, incident analysis, and medical-device cybersecurity.
•Understanding of medical device regulations and standards (e.g., FDA pre- and post-market guidance on cybersecurity for medical device manufacturers, ISO 13485, ISO 81001-5-1).
•Strong decision-making capabilities, weighing relative costs and benefits to identify the most appropriate solution.
•High attention to detail with a focus on Good Documentation Practices (GDP).
•Ability to communicate complex, technical information in a creative and engaging way to diverse audiences, orally and in writing.
•Excellent prioritization skills, with an aptitude for breaking down work into manageable parts and assessing priority and time required.
•Demonstrated ability to develop and grow productive, trusting, and open relationships with a wide variety of constituencies.
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
Salary ranges for U.S. (excl. PR) locations (USD): $132,000.00 - $198,000.00
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information applies solely to candidates hired within the United States (local-market compensation and benefits will apply to others).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
The application window for this opening is anticipated to close on 4 Nov 2026.
