We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 27 Mar 2026

 

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

Careers That Change Lives

Medtronic’s Coronary and Renal Denervation (CRDN) business is looking for a motivated engineer to be part of a high-performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of medical devices. In this role, you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to accelerate the design and development of next generation medical devices. The work you do will impact patients globally and help support Medtronic’s mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions.

This engineering position requires strong technical and leadership skills to support the design and development of innovative, new products within the Cardiac and Vascular Group. The Senior Systems Engineer will apply knowledge of systems engineering and experience in working on complex multidisciplinary problems and will provide leadership of projects from early phase development to market release.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for the patients we serve and an unrelenting desire to improve our business. The candidate will be motivated and must have exceptional soft skills that will be used to work with a team. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

This position will be based in Mounds View, MN

A Day in the Life:

We are a learning culture, an inventive and collaborative group. We are dedicated to making sure that every patient gets the best product —when they need it. We have strong ties to our local communities. Our vibrant employee communities respect and value individual experience and perspective as we aim to improve lives and the access to healthcare.

The candidate will be responsible for completing system engineering activities with the goal to define, verify, and validate CRDN systems through the integration of sub-systems, features, and technologies. These activities include a) identification of customer needs, b) system definition by translating customer needs into engineering requirements, c) system architecture, partitioning, and development, d) technical risk management activities, e) system verification and validation, and f) system support and education. 

Systems Engineering activities typically involve trade-offs between risks, benefits, and performance. Systems Engineering activities are performed within the constraints of a complex regulatory environment, in partnership with development (software, firmware, hardware, mechanical engineering), research, clinical, regulatory, product planning, and marketing groups. 

A key focus of this role will be to support development, characterization and integration testing for a next generation Renal Denervation RF ablation generator. Tasks include:

Integration and Verification Testing:

• Perform system testing activities and coordinate testing efforts with other team members
• Define iterative test integration strategy and protocols
• Write and develop test cases & test methods, ensuring comprehensive test coverage
• Perform functional and characterization testing
• Develop, review, and execute test plans and test cases based on new requirements for various system components

Test Equipment & Test Method Development:

• Define test tool needs, equipment requirements and specifications
• Perform system testing activities and coordinate testing efforts with other team members
• Define and analyze use cases and use conditions to develop test concepts and methods

Systems Engineering:

• Responsible for needs, requirement & architecture definition, allocation / decomposition, and traceability
• Define interface requirements between systems (e.g. sw, hw, firmware, mechanical)
• Manage requirements, interfaces, and configuration compatibility through product lifecycle
• Use critical thinking skills and technical knowledge to solve complex systems interaction problems in the fields of coronary artery disease or renal denervation
• Organize, lead, and present assigned design trade-offs and drive decisions  
• Assist in the development of a program risk burn down profile and system integration strategy
• Organize and lead system level Verification and Validation Activities
• Support submissions and audits for regulatory bodies and government