Principal Software Engineer - Windows Internals

Must have: Minimum qualifications: 

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience

Nice to have:

Deep understanding of Windows OS internals and application level coding is required. Including but not limited to Windows OS applications, internals, processes, threads, handles, synchronization, drivers, virtual memory, kernel objects, performance counters, performance analysis, networking, root causing, troubleshooting and debugging in a complex multi-processor mixed OS environment.

As an ideal candidate, you will have any or all of the following experience: 

• A minimum of a BS/BA in a technical discipline, preferably software related: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering.  Master’s degree in related discipline preferred.

• 5+ years’ experience in Windows Kernel and Application development.

• Ability to distill software requirements from system requirements.

• Strong design and architecture skills.

• Strong C / C++, x86 Assembly programming experience in the Windows Environment

• Strong knowledge of Windows APIs and Architecture

• Experience with Visual Studio IDE, SDK, and DDK

• Experience with Windows deployment and configuration (group policies, registry, etc.)

• Scripting in Bash, Python, Windows Batch, Powershell, and relevant scripting languages

• Network experience (sockets, TCP/IP, UDP, DDS, Wireshark, etc.)

• Windows Performance Counters and Performance Analysis (ETL, etc.)

• Windows OS Hardening

• Windows Secure Boot

• Understanding and appreciation of SDLC process and tools (JIRA, Git, CMake, Bitbucket, Stash, Confluence, JAMA, etc.)

• Ability to analyze, design, develop, debug, and integrate software

• Experience in FDA regulated software delivery.

• Experience performing risk management analysis of software ideally using SW FMEA techniques

• Experience with Windows ADK and Windows PE

• Experience with Architecting remote systems

• Experience with Windows Real-time extensions (e.g. LxWin, RTX, Kithara, etc.

• Programming in and for Virtual Machine environments

• Windows Kernel driver programming (WDM)

• Reverse Engineering (IDA Pro, WinDbg, etc.)

• Linux experience is a plus

• Cybersecurity experience is a plus (SSL/TLS, DTLS, TPM, Trusted/Secure Boot, Key/Certificate Management etc.)

Working Conditions:

Work-from-Home and Standard Office setting in Boston, MA. Some limited travel may be required.

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.  We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

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 Day in the Life section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EEO

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