We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 28 Oct 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

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

The Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Operating Unit offers devices and therapies that treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

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.

This position is located in Mounds View, MN.

You will be responsible for technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology for catheters. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. Works closely with 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.

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

• Design and Development Catheters: Develop requirements, plan, design, develop, and verify mechanical and electromechanical catheters in the cardiac space, ensuring these products achieve high standards of safety, reliability, and performance.

• Innovation and Improvement: Recommend and implement options or approaches to enhance safety, performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of catheter systems.

• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including manufacturing and systems engineers, to deliver integrated catheter solutions.

• Problem Solving: Analyze complex engineering problems, provide in-depth analysis and innovative solutions to improve processes and catheter products.

• Prototyping and Testing: Oversee the creation of catheter prototypes and conduct rigorous testing to validate and refine designs.  This role will also be responsible for design characterization.

• Documentation and Compliance: Prepare detailed engineering documentation and ensure designs comply with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and department best practices.

• Communication and Influence: Communicate effectively with senior internal and external stakeholders

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new catheter 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 catheter technologies or therapies – from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

• Autonomy: Recognized expert, leading large projects or processes. Exercises considerable latitude in determining deliverables of assignments, with limited oversight from manager. Coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level specialists.

• Organizational Impact: Contributes to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on work group results. May manage large projects or