We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 15 Sep 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

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’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

As a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader and expert in designing, developing, and integrating complex electrical systems for Medtronic's innovative Cardiac Ablation Solutions products. This role provides a unique opportunity to lead challenging projects, mentor team members, and contribute directly to life-changing technologies. You will work cross-functionally with teams in mechanical engineering, software development, quality assurance, and manufacturing to drive projects from concept through production. Your work will help Medtronic achieve its mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of patients worldwide. 

 

The Cardiac Ablations Solutions Unit develops life-restoring therapies and healthcare solutions that span the care continuum; integrating technologies and applying clinical and economic evidence to increase patient access, improve efficiency of procedures and deliver successful patient outcomes. 

 

 

Primary Responsibilities 

• Lead and contribute to the design, development, and testing of electrical systems and circuits for medical devices, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory standards (e.g., IEC 60601). 

• Lead and contribute to technical project planning, establish timelines, define deliverables, and proactively identify and mitigate potential risks. 

• Develop detailed specifications, schematics, and PCB layouts, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to meet design and performance requirements. 

• Perform system-level integration of hardware, firmware, and software components. 

• Conduct risk assessments and root cause investigations for electrical issues, implementing robust corrective and preventive actions. 

• Manage product changes and related change control activities, ensuring design documentation (e.g., BOMs, specifications, drawings) is updated and maintained accurately. 

• Partner with reliability and manufacturing teams to optimize designs for scalability, cost efficiency, and high performance. 

• Support verification and validation activities to ensure the safety, compliance, and efficacy of the product. 

• Design, develop, and qualify functional and safety test systems at both the product and PCB levels. 

• Investigate and analyze field-returned products, conducting engineering analyses and testing to determine root causes of failures. 

• Support and potentially own CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Actions) processes and manage issue escalations to resolution. 

• Provide troubleshooting and problem-solving support to manufacturing teams and key suppliers, aiming to increase yields, maintain process capabilities, and improve cost-efficiency. 

• Support internal and external regulatory compliance audits, ensuring adherence to quality and safety standards. 

• Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering a collaborative, innovative, and high-performing engineering environment. 

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