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Senior Principal R/D Engineer - Cardiac Rhythm Management

Medtronic
USA-MN, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Jun 2025
💰 $241,200/yr

About the role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 26 Jun 2025


 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life:

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We're purposeful, committed, and driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people. You will contribute to the development of new devices every day and help ensure the safety and efficacy of those devices. You will spend time

In this role, you will perform theoretical and finite element analysis (FEA), researching and understanding regulations and requirements, and working with teams to solve complex and multifaceted problems. You will develop technical solutions to complex problems that require the regular use of creativity and critical thinking.

This position will provide highly specialized computational modeling expertise in design and development of innovative products to treat cardiac diseases. The emphasis will be on modelling electromagnetic systems in the human body, including MRI, radio frequency, and electric fields. Bearing in mind first principles, this role will understand business requirements, formulate a modeling approach that will address those requirements, independently carry out the modeling activities and provide concise communication of the results through technical reports and presentations.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working onsite a minimum of 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

  • Provide technical leadership on M&S based MR safety development and test for Implantable Medical Devices

  • Provide electrical and Radiofrequency (RF) engineering skills to design, develop, characterize, and verify MR safety in new product designs

  • Fundamental understanding of MR induced RF, gradient, and static fields, and associated MR safety design for Implantable Medical Devices

  • Work closely with other Engineers and Technicians to verify and validate multiphysics based Medical Device and lead heating models

  • Analysis of product performance using DFSS techniques

  • Design and execute test methods to characterize MR safety and verify adherence to standards, product, and systems requirements

  • Validate test environments comprising custom RF equipment, software, and test methods

  • Interface with certified test houses to verify/certify to global regulatory standards including ISO 14708-3, ISO/TS 10974, IEC 60601-2-33, etc.

  • Work under minimal supervision

  • Ensure understanding of all quality policy/system items that are personally applicable. Follow all work/quality procedures to ensure quality system compliance and high-quality work.

  • Ability to work with others internationally and travel globally

Must Have (Minimum Requirements):

To be considered for this role, the minimum requirements must be evident on your resume. 

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, or other applicable field

  • Minimum of 10 years relevant experience

OR

  • Advanced degree with 8 years relevant experience

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):

  • Demonstrated knowledge or expertise in the physics of electric fields

  • MR safety experience for Medical Devices

  • Strong understanding of electromagnetics and their interactions with Medical Devices

  • Proven experience in computational M&S in the context of electromagnetics and Medical Devices

  • Proficiency in relevant multiphysics simulation tools such as Sim4Life, ANSYS, etc.

  • Experience with model verification and validation in accordance with V&V40 or other standards

  • Experience validating test scripts, methods, and systems

  • Experience in hardware integration of RF subsystems

  • Experience designing analog and digital circuitry on custom PCBs

  • Demonstrated problem solving and critical thinking skills

  • Demonstrated time management and organization skills

  • Demonstrat

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