Medtronic is a global medical technology company developing devices, data- and AI-driven therapies, and advanced treatments for more than 70 conditions across the human body.
Medtronic is the world's largest medical technology company, with more than 75 years of work in the field and 95,000 employees operating across 150 countries. Founded in 1949 in a Minneapolis garage, the firm develops advanced medical technologies, data- and AI-driven therapies, and treatments aimed at restoring health, extending life, and alleviating pain. Its portfolio spans the human body and treats more than 70 conditions, among them heart failure and Parkinson's disease.
The company's technical work covers medical devices, health technology, artificial intelligence, data analytics, advanced therapies, and neuroscience and neuromodulation. Its approach combines medical expertise with technological innovation, and its stated patient-centred ethos is to "put more life into patients' years". Engineers and scientists work across cardiac and neuromodulation programmes, among others, on problems that require both clinical depth and technical rigour.
Medtronic operates in the healthcare, medical technology, health tech, and life sciences sectors, and describes its culture as mission-driven, with an emphasis on bold innovation and pushing boundaries in what technology can achieve in medicine. Roles at the company sit within a global organisation whose technologies reach patients in 150 countries.
