Covidien Visa Sponsorship
Minneapolis, MN
Roles they sponsor for H-1B
- Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist
- Sr. Quality Engineer
- Senior Quality Engineer
- Software Engineer II
- Senior Software Engineer
- Senior Manufacturing Engineer
- Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
- Principal Systems Engineer
- Principal Product Engineer
- Engineering Manager
Most H-1B salaries here fall between $100k and $121k.
Wage levels and the lottery
Since the March 2026 registration, the H-1B lottery gives each registration 1 to 4 entries by wage level: Level I gets 1, Level IV gets 4. Most of Covidien's filings are Level III.
Green cards
Certified PERM applications, the employer's first step toward a worker's green card.
Visa the worker held when they applied (FY2024 cases, the last year DOL published it)
- Sr. Quality Engineer
- Sr. Project Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Mechanical Design Engineer
- Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist
- Senior R&D Engineer
- Sr. Reliability Engineer
- Sr. Security Engineer- Software
Other work visas
E-3 · Australian citizens
1 filings in 1 year
- District Sales Manager1
H-1B1 · Citizens of Chile and Singapore
2 filings in 2 years
- Sr. Pr. Scientist1
- Sr. Principal Scientist1
H-1B filings by year
FY2026 runs Oct 2025 to Sep 2026; DOL data is through Jun 2026.
Where they file
Why it scores 58
- 22% of filings are for new hires, not renewals
- 245 filings since FY2024
- Filings down 11% vs the same months last year
- 100% USCIS approval rate (FY2023)
- Filed every year since FY2024
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Source: Department of Labor LCA and PERM disclosure data through Jun 2026 and the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. A certified LCA is filed before an H-1B petition and a certified PERM before a green card petition. Neither is an approved visa or a current opening. Not legal advice: rules change, so confirm with your DSO, your employer or an immigration attorney.