Job Description

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At Baxter, we believe every person--regardless of who they are or where they are from--deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.


Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.


Here, you will find more than just a job--you will find purpose and pride.

Job Summary

As Sr. Principal Engineer, own and direct the cybersecurity design and analysis of multiple medical devices. Resolve difficult problems, from conception to final design with team input. Plan, lead, and deliver project assignments in the evaluation, selection and adaptation of various cybersecurity engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria with minimal guidance.



Contributes to a cybersecurity vision that aligns with the organization's vision and strategic plan. Utilizes solid understanding of device and system connectivity concepts in a medical device domain. Provides direction to technical team members that are accountable for implementing cybersecurity, integration, and connectivity deliverables. Exhibits creativity and innovation in completing divisional and cross functional/business unit goals and objectives.

What you'll be doing

Create system requirements, architectures, risk analysis and other specifications that define the cybersecurity functionality of medical device systems both embedded and hosted. Create threat models of medical device systems and the interfaces between medical devices. Perform vulnerability scanning of medical device systems and analyze results. Monitor threat intelligence and analyze CWEs and CVEs that affect medical device systems and propose solutions. Collaborate with the cross functional team, primarily software, in the implementation of cybersecurity functionality. Contribute to external communications (bulletins, FAQs, etc.) related to cybersecurity. Resolve competing constraints between interrelated functions (Engineering, Risk Management, Compliance, Clinical, Human Factors, Regulatory, Marketing, Service). Ensure compliance to the product development process and Quality System and Design Control requirements. Work with regulators to ensure regional needs are met.

What you'll bring

Experience with

threat modeling, penetration testing, fuzz testing, vulnerability scanning, secure code analysis.

Experience with cybersecurity related software such as B

lackduck, Coverity, etc.

Experience dealing with threat intelligence,

CWEs and CVEs.

Familiarity with cybersecurity related organizations and certifications such as UL (UL-2900), ICS-CERT, FIPS 140, etc. Experience with cybersecurity functionality on embedded systems and hosted software applications. Requires strong organization and communication skills, with the ability to interface with both technical and non-technical personnel. Ability to convince management on courses of action with minimal assistance using both written and verbal methods. Must be able to provide solutions that reflect understanding business objectives. Medical device experience a plus.

Education and Experience

BE /B Tech or ME /M Tech with 12 - 18 years of related experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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