Senior Principal Software Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 21 Sep 2026

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

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This role is part of the Manufacturing Technology organization and is focused on establishing and scaling an Inductive Automation Ignition Center of Excellence (CoE) to support standardized Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) development across global manufacturing operations. The team partners with manufacturing, operations, and technology stakeholders to develop reusable solutions, strengthen technical capabilities, and enable reliable enterprise-scale deployments.

The Senior Principal Software Engineer position is remote within the United States and requires approximately 15% travel to support workshops, site assessments, deployments, and training activities across global locations.

The Senior Principal Software Engineer serves as a technical leader for the Ignition Center of Excellence, driving standards, architecture, and best practices for SCADA solutions used across manufacturing operations. This role partners with global stakeholders to develop scalable software solutions, expand organizational capabilities, and support the deployment of digital manufacturing technologies.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, debug, and implement software solutions using Ignition, PostgreSQL, Python, and related technologies.
• Establish and maintain SCADA development standards, templates, governance processes, and technical documenta