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Principal Software Engineer, CRM
Medtronic INC · 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 193 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 106 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Medtronic INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles9 certified filings for “Software Engineer II - CRM” (Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers) in MN: $125k–$125k, median $125k. Most were filed at wage level IV (67%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Medtronic INC
The US Department of Labor certified 193 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 106 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 Oct 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 At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 5 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. The Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) portfolio delivers therapies designed to restore, support, and protect every heartbeat through advanced pacing, defibrillation, and remote monitoring solutions. CRM's unique ability to pair proven life-saving therapies with intelligent technology gives clinicians and patients greater confidence. Clinical impact and innovation come together to improve lives through meaningful patient outcomes. In this role, you will join the Cardiac Rhythm Management R&D organization as a Software Engineer focused on automated test development for implantable cardiac devices. You will design, develop, and maintain software applications and software architecture that support automated testing throughout the product development lifecycle, from concept through verification and release. You will play a key role in modernizing existing test infrastructure by transitioning legacy LabVIEW-based test solutions to scalable, maintainable Python and C# frameworks, and in driving the development and implementation of AI tools into the testing environment. Working closely with Design, Systems, and Test Engineers, you will translate product requirements into robust automated test systems that improve test coverage, reliability, and execution efficiency. Using Microsoft Visual Studio and C#, you will develop reusable class libraries (DLLs) that interface with LabVIEW and Python-based applications. You will leverage advanced C# features including object-oriented design principles, generics, asynchronous programming, LINQ, reflection, custom attributes, interfaces, dependency injection, and design patterns to create flexible and extensible test frameworks. Responsibilities may include developing metadata-driven architectures using reflection and custom attributes, implementing data processing and reporting solutions with LINQ, and creating APIs that enable seamless integration between test applications and hardware control systems. You will contribute to software architecture decisions, code reviews, continuous integration workflows, and automated validation strategies while ensuring compliance with software quality and medical device development processes. Success in this role requires strong analytical skills, a passion for software craftsmanship, and the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality solutions that support life-saving medical technologies. Responsibilities will include the following, other duties may be assigned. • Design, develop, and maintain software and software architecture for automated test systems supporting implantable cardiac devices. • Contribute to the definition of software architecture, interface design, and integration strategies for test automation platforms • Support the transition from LabVIEW based test solutions