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Principal Software Engineers at Medtronic give their company a 3.6 out of 5.0, while the average rating for Medtronic is 4.0, making them 11% less happy than every other employee at Medtronic and 8% less happy than every other Principal Software Engineer on CareerBliss - the happiest Principal Software Engineers work for General Electric.

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3.6
Average Rating
(based on 3 Principal Software Engineer Review Ratings)
Principal Software Engineer
in Northridge, CA

What do you like about working at Medtronic?

"I enjoyed working with competent engineers developing medical devices from chips to product."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I would recommend being relaxed and confident when answering interview questions."

What don't you like about working at Medtronic?

"The sometimes large gaps where there was not enough to work on when chip, or hardware development had serious schedule slips."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would recommend better up front market analysis, especially for in hospital products. This may actually be happening since the VP of R&D has changed since I left."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Principal Software Engineer
in Northridge, CA

"Medtronic has two aggressive overrun projects and has taken it out on their employee base, by conducting massive layoffs."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 1.6 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4.2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Average Principal Software Engineer Ratings in the Past 2 Years

Year Salary
2011 $3
2012 $4
Principal Software Engineer
in Mounds View, MN
Person You Work For 3.3 / 5 People You Work With 3.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.2 / 5
Support You Get 2.5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.4 / 5
Company Culture 2.6 / 5 Way You Work 3.6 / 5

Average Medtronic Attributes by Principal Software Engineer

Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
2.5
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
3.1
Rewards You Receive
3.8
Support You Get
3
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
4.1
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