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Principal IT Technologist
Medtronic INC · 🇺🇸 State of Pennsylvania, 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 roles1 certified filing for “Principal IT Technologist” (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) in GA: $117k–$117k, median $117k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 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 - 13 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 The Principal IT Technologist will help support imaging annotation across CAS and R&T. We are seeking a committed professional to join our team. While this is a remote position not located at a physical Medtronic site, the candidate hired will be required to reside within the territory and drive to multiple accounts throughout the region. A valid driver's license is essential for this role. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: • Develop, document, and configure systems specifications that conform to defined architecture standards, address business requirements, and processes • Involved in planning of system and development deployment as well as responsible for meeting hardware and software compliance and security standards • Evaluate interface between hardware and software, operational requirements and characteristics of overall system • Establish and document system design, parameters and formats, ensure hardware and software systems functionality, performance and compatibility, and coordinate and/or modify system parameters in terms of configurations, such as existing and projected computer capacity and capabilities • Actively identify system functionality or performance deficiencies, execute changes to existing systems, and test functionality of the system to correct deficiencies and maintain more effective data handling, data integrity, conversion, input/output requirements, and storage • May document testing and maintenance of system updates, modifications, and configurations • May act as a liaison with key technology vendor technologists or other business functions • Function Specific: Strategically design technology solutions that meets the needs and goals of the company and its customers/users • Leverage platform process expertise to assess if existing standard platform functionality will solve a business problem or customization solution would be required • Gather and prioritize integration requirements • Test the quality of a product and its ability to perform a task or solve a problems • Perform basic maintenance and performance optimization procedures in each of the primary operating systems • Technology: Using computational thinking to define technological solutions to real life problems • Design technology that allows for the optimal user experience and broad accessibility • Ability to document detailed technical system specifications based on business system requirements Requirements: • 7+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree OR 5+ years of experience with an advanced degree OR 12+ years of experience with a high school diploma or equivalent 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. 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. The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of thos