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Principal software engineer roles in Colorado are concentrated in Denver, Boulder, and the growing tech corridor along the Front Range, with companies like Google, Amazon, Palantir, and Arrow Electronics actively hiring at this level. Many of these employers have established H-1B visa sponsorship histories. Competition is strong, but the state's maturing tech ecosystem supports senior engineering demand.
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BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.
Job Description
Summary
As an Associate Principal Software Engineer, the chosen candidate will serve as the Platform Technology Architect for Software & Connectivity across the UCC product portfolio. In this role assignment, the individual guides the organization’s multi-generation software and connectivity technology strategy across UCC product families, including Targeted Temperature Management, Endourology, and Urine Incontinence platforms.
The selected candidate will own the architectural direction and capability roadmap across embedded software, GUI/application software, operating system strategy, product security, wireless connectivity, device-cloud integration, diagnostics, service tools, and software test automation.
The individual in this position partners with engineering, quality, regulatory, operations, marketing, cybersecurity, human factors, and program teams to ensure software and connectivity improvements are prioritized, measured, reusable, and consistently deployed from product to product.
Core Responsibilities
- Own the UCC software and connectivity capability roadmap across embedded software, GUI software, operating systems, product security, wireless connectivity, device-cloud data interfaces, diagnostics, service tools, and test automation.
- Define “crawl/walk/run” maturity steps for each software and connectivity domain and align them to product release trains across UCC platforms.
- Ensure the roadmap integrates inputs from VOC, complaints, service data, usability findings, software defect trends, cybersecurity risks, regulatory needs, manufacturing/service constraints, and latest technological advancements.
- Lead periodic software and connectivity platform strategy reviews and publish the roadmap with clear deliverables, decision points, investment needs, and success metrics.
- Establish software architecture principles, modularity strategy, interface expectations, cybersecurity guardrails, and reuse models so improvements can be leveraged across multiple products instead of recreated program-by-program.
- Software & Connectivity technical authority for software- and connectivity-impacting changes, including participation in CCB, architecture reviews, and pre-PGR technical assessments.
- Create and maintain reference architectures, design decision records, software platform standards, preferred technologies, and reusable design patterns.
- Provide go/no-go guidance on major software architecture choices, GUI framework decisions, operating system strategy, wireless connectivity approaches, product security architecture, and device-cloud integration paths.
- Establish expectations for real-time behavior, operating system selection, hardware abstraction, firmware update strategy, fault handling, cybersecurity controls, and software risk mitigations.
- Define GUI architecture principles that support consistent user workflows, human factors expectations, clinical/service modes, and configuration management across product families.
- Establish reusable UI patterns, component strategies, framework recommendations, and design guardrails to improve usability consistency and reduce program-by-program reinvention.
- Guide wireless and wired connectivity architecture, including Bluetooth/BLE, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, gateway models, pairing/provisioning, offline/online behavior, telemetry models, and device-cloud interface expectations.
- Partner with BD Incada and enterprise connectivity teams to align UCC products with scalable data, API, telemetry, identity, audit, and interoperability strategies where applicable.
- Define product security architecture expectations, including threat modeling, secure boot/update strategy, authentication, encryption, key management, SBOM expectations, vulnerability management, and security design reviews.
- Influence the software development lifecycle, architecture documentation, code quality expectations, static analysis, CI/CD approach, simulator strategy, software-in-the-loop/hardware-in-the-loop testing, and automated regression coverage.
- Drive platform-level decisions that improve software maintainability, testability, release readiness, serviceability, and long-term sustaining efficiency.
- Translate the software and connectivity roadmap for product design teams; ensure clear ownership by embedded software, application software, systems, electrical, cybersecurity, verification, and program teams.
- Partner with PDLs, CTLs, Tech Leads, Marketing, Innovation, Quality, Regulatory, Human Factors, Operations, Service, and Supply Chain to bring the best technical solution to governance forums and product programs.
- Support software risk posture, IEC 62304 strategy, cybersecurity documentation, verification approach, design control expectations, and regulatory submission readiness.
- Promote reuse by ensuring teams adopt platform modules, interface standards, reference architectures, test tools, and common design patterns unless a program-specific exception is justified and documented.
- Use field data, complaints, software defects, connectivity failure modes, service returns, usability feedback, cybersecurity findings, and manufacturing/service data to prioritize the next platform improvements.
Qualifications
- BS/MS in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in embedded software, medical device software, regulated product development, or software-enabled electromechanical systems with platform reuse across releases.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional software architecture strategy, not only subsystem design or program execution.
- Strong background in systems thinking, software architecture, risk management, design controls, cybersecurity, and technology evaluation.
- Ability to influence without direct authority across software, systems, electrical, quality, regulatory, marketing, operations, cybersecurity, service, and program teams.
Preferred
- Experience with IEC 62304, FDA-regulated medical devices, product cybersecurity, software risk management, usability/human factors, and connected medical products.
- Experience with embedded C/C++, RTOS or embedded Linux, GUI/application frameworks, mobile or companion applications, BLE/Wi-Fi/Ethernet connectivity, cloud integration, APIs, telemetry, and service/diagnostic tools.
- Experience with software test automation, static analysis, CI/CD, simulators, hardware-in-the-loop/software-in-the-loop testing, and automated regression strategies.
- Experience establishing platform governance, architecture review boards, reusable software modules, interface standards, and reference architectures across multiple product families.
- Experience with hospital-connected systems, consumer-facing connected devices, capital equipment, and/or electromechanical medical platforms.
At BD, we are strongly committed to investing in our associates—their well-being and development, and in providing rewards and recognition opportunities that promote a performance-based culture. We demonstrate this commitment by offering a valuable, competitive package of compensation and benefits programs which you can learn more about on our Careers Site under “Our Commitment to You”. The anticipated compensation range for this position is $159,000.00 - $254,400.00 USD Annual and the compensation offered will depend on the candidate’s qualifications.
BD follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE).
At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective problem-solving, which are essential in the fast-paced healthcare industry. For most roles, we require a minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week to maintain our culture of excellence and ensure smooth operations, while also recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. Remote or field-based positions will have different workplace arrangements which will be indicated in the job posting.
For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.
Why Join Us?
To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.
We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.
Primary Work Location
USA CO - Louisville
Additional Locations
USA GA - Covington BMD
Work Shift
At BD, we reward, support and develop our associates through our comprehensive Total Rewards program. We are committed to attracting and retaining high quality talent by providing reward and recognition opportunities that promote a performance-based culture, as well as a competitive package of compensation and benefits programs. You can learn more on our career site under "Our Commitment to You."
Our salary or hourly rate ranges reward associates fairly and competitively. We regularly review these ranges and factors, such as location, contribute to the range displayed.
Our pay is based on the role and the necessary skills and education to perform it successfully. The salary or hourly rate offered is determined by the role's specific requirements, including any applicable step rate pay system at the work location. Salary or hourly pay ranges are influenced by labor laws and Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) requirements applicable to the work location which may also affect the workplace arrangement of the role.
Salary Range Information
$159,000.00 - $254,400.00 USD Annual
Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
We are the people who give possibilities purpose
BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.
Job Description
Summary
As an Associate Principal Software Engineer, the chosen candidate will serve as the Platform Technology Architect for Software & Connectivity across the UCC product portfolio. In this role assignment, the individual guides the organization’s multi-generation software and connectivity technology strategy across UCC product families, including Targeted Temperature Management, Endourology, and Urine Incontinence platforms.
The selected candidate will own the architectural direction and capability roadmap across embedded software, GUI/application software, operating system strategy, product security, wireless connectivity, device-cloud integration, diagnostics, service tools, and software test automation.
The individual in this position partners with engineering, quality, regulatory, operations, marketing, cybersecurity, human factors, and program teams to ensure software and connectivity improvements are prioritized, measured, reusable, and consistently deployed from product to product.
Core Responsibilities
- Own the UCC software and connectivity capability roadmap across embedded software, GUI software, operating systems, product security, wireless connectivity, device-cloud data interfaces, diagnostics, service tools, and test automation.
- Define “crawl/walk/run” maturity steps for each software and connectivity domain and align them to product release trains across UCC platforms.
- Ensure the roadmap integrates inputs from VOC, complaints, service data, usability findings, software defect trends, cybersecurity risks, regulatory needs, manufacturing/service constraints, and latest technological advancements.
- Lead periodic software and connectivity platform strategy reviews and publish the roadmap with clear deliverables, decision points, investment needs, and success metrics.
- Establish software architecture principles, modularity strategy, interface expectations, cybersecurity guardrails, and reuse models so improvements can be leveraged across multiple products instead of recreated program-by-program.
- Software & Connectivity technical authority for software- and connectivity-impacting changes, including participation in CCB, architecture reviews, and pre-PGR technical assessments.
- Create and maintain reference architectures, design decision records, software platform standards, preferred technologies, and reusable design patterns.
- Provide go/no-go guidance on major software architecture choices, GUI framework decisions, operating system strategy, wireless connectivity approaches, product security architecture, and device-cloud integration paths.
- Establish expectations for real-time behavior, operating system selection, hardware abstraction, firmware update strategy, fault handling, cybersecurity controls, and software risk mitigations.
- Define GUI architecture principles that support consistent user workflows, human factors expectations, clinical/service modes, and configuration management across product families.
- Establish reusable UI patterns, component strategies, framework recommendations, and design guardrails to improve usability consistency and reduce program-by-program reinvention.
- Guide wireless and wired connectivity architecture, including Bluetooth/BLE, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, gateway models, pairing/provisioning, offline/online behavior, telemetry models, and device-cloud interface expectations.
- Partner with BD Incada and enterprise connectivity teams to align UCC products with scalable data, API, telemetry, identity, audit, and interoperability strategies where applicable.
- Define product security architecture expectations, including threat modeling, secure boot/update strategy, authentication, encryption, key management, SBOM expectations, vulnerability management, and security design reviews.
- Influence the software development lifecycle, architecture documentation, code quality expectations, static analysis, CI/CD approach, simulator strategy, software-in-the-loop/hardware-in-the-loop testing, and automated regression coverage.
- Drive platform-level decisions that improve software maintainability, testability, release readiness, serviceability, and long-term sustaining efficiency.
- Translate the software and connectivity roadmap for product design teams; ensure clear ownership by embedded software, application software, systems, electrical, cybersecurity, verification, and program teams.
- Partner with PDLs, CTLs, Tech Leads, Marketing, Innovation, Quality, Regulatory, Human Factors, Operations, Service, and Supply Chain to bring the best technical solution to governance forums and product programs.
- Support software risk posture, IEC 62304 strategy, cybersecurity documentation, verification approach, design control expectations, and regulatory submission readiness.
- Promote reuse by ensuring teams adopt platform modules, interface standards, reference architectures, test tools, and common design patterns unless a program-specific exception is justified and documented.
- Use field data, complaints, software defects, connectivity failure modes, service returns, usability feedback, cybersecurity findings, and manufacturing/service data to prioritize the next platform improvements.
Qualifications
- BS/MS in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in embedded software, medical device software, regulated product development, or software-enabled electromechanical systems with platform reuse across releases.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional software architecture strategy, not only subsystem design or program execution.
- Strong background in systems thinking, software architecture, risk management, design controls, cybersecurity, and technology evaluation.
- Ability to influence without direct authority across software, systems, electrical, quality, regulatory, marketing, operations, cybersecurity, service, and program teams.
Preferred
- Experience with IEC 62304, FDA-regulated medical devices, product cybersecurity, software risk management, usability/human factors, and connected medical products.
- Experience with embedded C/C++, RTOS or embedded Linux, GUI/application frameworks, mobile or companion applications, BLE/Wi-Fi/Ethernet connectivity, cloud integration, APIs, telemetry, and service/diagnostic tools.
- Experience with software test automation, static analysis, CI/CD, simulators, hardware-in-the-loop/software-in-the-loop testing, and automated regression strategies.
- Experience establishing platform governance, architecture review boards, reusable software modules, interface standards, and reference architectures across multiple product families.
- Experience with hospital-connected systems, consumer-facing connected devices, capital equipment, and/or electromechanical medical platforms.
At BD, we are strongly committed to investing in our associates—their well-being and development, and in providing rewards and recognition opportunities that promote a performance-based culture. We demonstrate this commitment by offering a valuable, competitive package of compensation and benefits programs which you can learn more about on our Careers Site under “Our Commitment to You”. The anticipated compensation range for this position is $159,000.00 - $254,400.00 USD Annual and the compensation offered will depend on the candidate’s qualifications.
BD follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE).
At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective problem-solving, which are essential in the fast-paced healthcare industry. For most roles, we require a minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week to maintain our culture of excellence and ensure smooth operations, while also recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. Remote or field-based positions will have different workplace arrangements which will be indicated in the job posting.
For certain roles at BD, employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required. Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.
Why Join Us?
To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.
We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face-to-face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.
Primary Work Location
USA CO - Louisville
Additional Locations
USA GA - Covington BMD
Work Shift
At BD, we reward, support and develop our associates through our comprehensive Total Rewards program. We are committed to attracting and retaining high quality talent by providing reward and recognition opportunities that promote a performance-based culture, as well as a competitive package of compensation and benefits programs. You can learn more on our career site under "Our Commitment to You."
Our salary or hourly rate ranges reward associates fairly and competitively. We regularly review these ranges and factors, such as location, contribute to the range displayed.
Our pay is based on the role and the necessary skills and education to perform it successfully. The salary or hourly rate offered is determined by the role's specific requirements, including any applicable step rate pay system at the work location. Salary or hourly pay ranges are influenced by labor laws and Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) requirements applicable to the work location which may also affect the workplace arrangement of the role.
Salary Range Information
$159,000.00 - $254,400.00 USD Annual
Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital or domestic or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, disability, military eligibility or veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
Principal Software Engineer Job Roles in Colorado
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Search Principal Software Engineer Jobs in ColoradoPrincipal Software Engineer Jobs in Colorado: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies sponsor visas for principal software engineers in Colorado?
Several large employers in Colorado have consistent H-1B sponsorship histories for senior engineering roles. Google and Amazon have offices in Boulder and Denver respectively. Palantir, headquartered in Denver, regularly sponsors engineers at the principal level. Arrow Electronics, LogRhythm, and Ibotta are among the Colorado-headquartered tech employers that have filed LCAs for senior software engineering positions. Consulting firms with Colorado offices, including Accenture and Deloitte, also sponsor at this seniority level.
Which visa types are most common for principal software engineer roles in Colorado?
The H-1B is the most common visa for principal software engineers in Colorado, as the role consistently qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring a related bachelor's degree or higher. Australian citizens may also be eligible for the E-3 visa, which follows a similar process but without a lottery. Canadian and Mexican nationals can explore the TN visa under the USMCA. Those with exceptional achievements may qualify for the O-1A. Employers typically determine which category fits based on the candidate's nationality and background.
Which cities in Colorado have the most principal software engineer sponsorship jobs?
Denver and Boulder account for the largest share of principal software engineer sponsorship activity in Colorado. Denver is home to major tech offices and a growing startup scene, while Boulder hosts a dense cluster of software companies and is anchored by the University of Colorado. The Denver Tech Center suburb also concentrates significant engineering hiring. Fort Collins and Colorado Springs have smaller but active tech communities with some sponsorship activity, particularly around defense contractors and university-affiliated firms.
How to find principal software engineer visa sponsorship jobs in Colorado?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically for visa sponsorship eligibility, making it easier to identify principal software engineer roles in Colorado without manually screening each posting. You can browse by role and state to surface positions from employers with active sponsorship histories. Because principal engineer roles are senior and fewer in number than mid-level positions, setting up alerts on Migrate Mate for new Colorado listings can help you act quickly when relevant roles appear.
Are there any Colorado-specific factors that affect visa sponsorship for principal software engineers?
Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act requires employers to post compensation ranges in job listings, which gives sponsored candidates more transparency when assessing whether an offered salary meets the H-1B prevailing wage requirement for the Denver-Boulder metro area. The state's concentration of aerospace, defense, and data infrastructure companies also means some principal engineer roles involve work on government contracts, which can add security clearance requirements that complicate sponsorship. The University of Colorado and Colorado State produce engineering graduates who feed local pipelines, keeping hiring competitive at the principal level.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored principal software engineer jobs in Colorado?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.