We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 16 Aug 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

The Core R&D group within the Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health Operating Units at Medtronic’s Rice Creek, Minnesota, facility, is looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer. Our vision is to become the undisputed world leader in Neuromodulation, improving patient lives through innovative solutions. Our therapies span the care continuum, from early interventional procedures to implantable surgical technologies that relieve pain, restore function, and improve lives for our patients.  We need your help to make this happen.

As a Principal Electrical Engineer, you will work with a team of Engineers and Technicians to develop and bring new products to the market. This individual will be responsible for all phases of product development, including definition, design, troubleshooting, characterization, and verification of implantable neurostimulators as well as external patient programmers and rechargers. The individual will be an integral part of the R&D organization in delivering the highest quality, life-changing technology to our patients. You will have a responsibility to both innovate and apply technical expertise with cross-functional team members and design partners.

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. 

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

• Provide technical leadership on complex programs while working in a team of electrical engineers and technicians

• Individually contribute electrical engineering skills to design, develop, analyze, characterize, and debug new product designs, including analog, digital, and embedded products and systems

• Architect (Design, Development, and Document) HW-FW interfaces of products and systems

  Partner with design teams (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Firmware, and IC Design) to root cause design issues, create test suites, characterize, and ultimately verify electrical design

• Analyze product performance using DFSS techniques

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

• Develop test methods and interface with certified test houses to verify/certify to global regulatory standards, including IEC60601, ISO 14708-3, ISO/TS 10974, EN45502, FCC, ETSI, etc.

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

• Understand, follow, and document per all applicable quality system policies and procedures, ensuring the highest quality of work output and compliance

• Work with others internationally, travel globally, and work under minimal supervision

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your application and resume.

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

Desired/Preferred Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• Experience in the development of design input requirements, design output specifications, and DFMEAs
• Experience in the design transfer of electrical products and testing into manufacturing
• Experience in electromagnetics and radio frequency design for medical devices
• Experience designing analog and digital circuitry on custom PCBs
• Experience with schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium or OrCAD
• Experience with circuit simulation tools such as PSPICE, LTSPICE
• Experience in modeling and simulation in MATLAB
• Experience developing automated electrical test method scripting utilizing tools such as C/C++, Python, and LabVIEW
• Experience developing electrical bench test methods with tools such as power supplies,