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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Product Security Engineer - Software - CRDN - **Company:** Medtronic Inc. - **Location:** Minneapolis, MN, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $132,000.0 - $198,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Software System Penetration Testing, Code Review, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Software Design Patterns, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Scrum Methodology, Secure Coding, Software Security, Information Technology, Enterprise Integration, U-Boot, Vulnerability Analysis - **Published:** July 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/FAFC1D9BD26147389C81441D02824744/job/ ## About the Role * Previous experience as security engineer for software products * Experience in cybersecurity, threat modeling, security incident management, and contributing to proactive security strategies. * Hands-on experience in developing, debugging, and troubleshooting SW issues. * Experience working in agile software development teams, * Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline and minimum of 4 years of technical work experience OR advanced degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline with 2 years of technical work experience., * Minimum 2 years of embedded device experience in a regulated industry * Security certifications (e.g. GSEC, CISSP, CISA, GCIH, CC) * Bachelor's degree in related engineering or cybersecurity from an accredited institution. * Proficiency in secure coding practices and methodologies is highly desirable. * Ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape and contribute to proactive security strategies. * Demonstrated ability to identify challenges and propose effective solutions. * Experience working with junior engineers and willingness to provide guidance and mentorship. * Familiarity with evolving regulations in the medical device sector and staying updated with relevant security standards. ## Description The Senior Product Security Engineer is instrumental in ensuring the robust security of our products and solutions. This pivotal role spearheads the integration of state-of-the-art security measures, identifies potential vulnerabilities, and champions initiatives to bolster cyber-resiliency throughout the product's life cycle. An understanding of regulated embedded devices, environments that underpin client-facing medical device solutions, and adherence to product security compliance frameworks is essential., * Product Security - Support and lead integration of security into the product development lifecycle, ensuring that security considerations are incorporated from design to deployment. Assist in implementing security measures across medical devices, OT, ICS, IoT, and enterprise security processes/standards. Work closely with scrum teams to ensure security is a core part of the product design and development process in Agile environment. * Risk Assessment - Conduct threat modeling, security risk evaluations, and vulnerability assessments to identify and mitigate potential security risks throughout the product lifecycle. Work under limited supervision to address security threats and provide recommendations for risk mitigation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure risks are evaluated and managed in alignment with security best practices and regulatory requirements. * Security Architecture - Contribute to the design and deployment of secure medical device architectures and product designs. Assist in the implementation of key security features such as secure boot, secure communications, data protection, secure updates, secure integration, and access controls. Collaborate with senior engineers to ensure that security architecture aligns with product security requirements and best practices. Provide input on security design decisions and work to ensure effective implementation throughout the product lifecycle. * Security Standards & Testing - Assist in maintaining and implementing security standards, policies, and procedures for medical device systems and product development. Contribute to security testing activities, including vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and code reviews. Collaborate with scrum teams to ensure adherence to security standards and participate in evaluating testing results to identify and address security vulnerabilities. Provide guidance on testing procedures and contribute to continuous improvement of security practices. * Security Awareness - Contribute to promoting security awareness and assist in delivering training across cross-functional product development teams. Help foster a security-conscious culture by sharing best practices and providing support on security-related topics. Collaborate with engineers to ensure that teams understand the importance of security in product development and work towards embedding security into everyday practices. * Compliance - Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations related to medical device and health software product security, such as NIST, IEC 60601-4-5, IEC 81001-5-1, and others. * Vendor Assessment - Evaluate third-party vendors and suppliers for their security practices and ensure they meet our security requirements. * Incident Management - Lead and support the effective response to security incidents, ensuring swift resolution, proper mitigation, and clear communication to stakeholders, including customers when needed. * Documentation - Maintain detailed documentation of security best practices, guidance, configurations, design patterns, shared service designs, inventories, incident response plans, security architectures, and reports. * Product Security Strategy & Continuous Learning - Participate in ongoing professional development to stay current with emerging cybersecurity trends and threats related to medical devices and health software products. 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