Senior Principal System Architect - Digital Ecosystem Coronary and Renal Denervation CRDN

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. A Day in the Life The Coronary and Renal Denervation (CRDN) Operating Unit is dedicated to transforming care for patients with coronary artery disease and hypertension. We combine innovative devices, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence to support clinicians and improve patient outcomes worldwide. The work you do will impact patients globally and help support Medtronic’s mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life. The Senior Principal System Architect – Digital Ecosystem provides senior technical leadership for CRDN’s connected digital products and platforms. This role is responsible for establishing a shared digital ecosystem architecture that enables multiple products to scale safely, securely, and consistently within a regulated medical device environment. Operating at a system‑of‑systems and platform level, the architect guides architectural decisions that span products, technologies, and organizational boundaries. The role balances near‑term product delivery needs with longer‑term ecosystem evolution, bringing clarity, structure, and technical judgment to complex, cross‑functional decisions. Come for a job, stay for a career! A Day in The Life Of: In this role, you establish and maintain a CRDN digital ecosystem reference architecture that product teams can use to guide real delivery decisions, while shaping its evolution over time. You work closely with CRDN R&D, Digital Product, and enterprise partners to define shared architectural patterns and platform capabilities that support multiple products and avoid fragmentation. You lead architectural discussions and trade off decisions when priorities conflict across products, timelines, or enterprise standards. This role focuses on architectural coherence and outcomes, not direct ownership of delivery teams or individual product implementations. Key Skills & Experience Ecosystem & Platform Architecture Define and evolve the CRDN digital ecosystem reference architecture across connected systems, platforms, and services Operate at a system‑of‑systems level, ensuring products contribute to a cohesive ecosystem rather than isolated solutions Establish architectural principles, standards, and interfaces that enable consistency while supporting product team execution Architectural Leadership & Alignment Provide senior technical leadership with architectural decision authority for cross‑product and cross‑platform trade offs Lead architecture reviews and decision discussions, offering clear recommendations in ambiguous or conflicting situations Align CRDN product teams, Global IT, and enterprise stakeholders around shared architectural direction and outcomes Platform Capabilities & Non‑Functional Requirements Guide architectural approaches for software lifecycle management, connectivity, and system observability across products Ensure data and platform capabilities support product needs while meeting privacy, security, and regulatory expectations Embed cybersecurity, quality, and safety considerations into ecosystem‑level architectural decisions Quality, Safety & Regulatory Alignment Ensure ecosystem architecture supports applicable medical device software and system standards Assess and communicate the impact of architectural decisions on product risk, compliance, and verification strategies Partner with Quality, Regulatory, and Security teams to ensure decisions are traceable and defensible Collaboration & Organizational Impact Collaborate with engineering, product, IT, and external partners to guide shared architectural approaches Promote architectural reuse, consistency, and continuous improvement across CRDN Contribute to broader digital transformation efforts by shaping how ecosystem capabilities are conceived and adopted What Success Looks Like A clearly adopted CRDN digital ecosystem reference architecture guiding product decisions Reduced fragmentation and duplication across digital products through shared architectural approaches Improved alignment and decision clarity across engineering, product, IT, and quality partners Digital ecosystem capabilities that enable product delivery without compromising safety, quality, or regulatory compliance A durable architectural foundation that supports both current products and future growth Qualifications- MUST HAVE - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software, Computer, Electrical Engineering, or related field 10+ years of relevant experience (8+ with MS and 6+ with PhD) in systems, platform, or ecosystem architecture Experience designing and evolving edge‑to‑cloud or connected system architectures Experience with software updates, fleet/device management, telemetry pipelines, or IoT‑style systems Understanding of medical device software quality, safety, and regulatory expectations and how architectural decisions impact compliance and risk Experience designing secure, distributed systems, including identity management, encryption, and secure communications Hands‑on experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms Experience working in agile, cross‑functional product teams Strong communication, influence, and technical decision‑making skills Nice to Have Background in regulated or safety‑critical software development (e.g., IEC 62304, ISO 14971) Familiarity with healthcare data privacy concepts and regulations (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR principles) Experience enabling analytics or AI/ML capabilities in product systems Experience with enterprise architecture tools (e.g., LeanIX, Bizzdesign, ValueBlue) Understanding of clinical workflows or healthcare data usage Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package #LI-hybrid 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. Benefits & Compensation Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Ireland: 94,720.00 EUR - 142,080.00 EUR | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). About Medtronic We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. 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