Senior Principal Hardware Engineer -
MedtronicAbout the role
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
Subsystem architecture, design, qualification of medical capital equipment used in surgery. Sensor interfaces to ADCs, mixed signal processing hardware on a ground-up system design. Multi-physics system modeling.Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Conducts research, design, development, and testing of electrical or mechanical hardware such as computer chips, circuit boards, mechanical and electrical components.
- Ensures reliability, develops technical specifications for production, analyzes hardware configuration and processing solutions, and tests hardware conformance to specifications; may design new or modify existing products .
TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies – from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills.
DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS
Autonomy: Recognized master in professional discipline.
Works independently to implement strategic goals and establish operational plans for job area.
Assignments are often self-initiated. Determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.
Organizational Impact: Strongly influences the design of new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on functional results.
Implements strategic goals established by functional leadership.
Changes or may establish operational plans for job area with long-range impact on results.
Innovation and Complexity: Faces problems that span a wide range of difficulty and unique issues across functions and / or businesses which may cause redirection.
Develops solutions to unique issues. Improves upon existing processes and systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation.
Communication and Influence: Interacts with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels, including executive leadership, on significant matters.
Conducts briefings with senior leaders within the job function.
Negotiates with others to reach understanding or agreement.
Leadership and Talent Management: Frequently provides guidance, coaching and training to other employees.
Typically manages large, moderately complex initiatives of strategic importance to the organization, involving large cross-functional teams.
Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires mastery level knowledge of specialty area and working knowledge of several other areas, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
May have deep knowledge of project management.
Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits
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