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

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

• Principal Electrical Engineer is responsible for providing leadership in the development of cutting-edge products used in the medical field. Specific tasks include:

• Leading various initiatives within New Product Development / Sustenance such as design changes, supply chain improvements, analysis and determination of critical component replacement and CAPA support.

• Designing, developing, testing and documenting hardware electronics designs and applications.

• Leading the analysis and modeling of identified design solutions to ensure fulfillment of sub-system requirements and system architecture.

• Leading the development of circuit designs based on sub-system requirements and system architecture.

• Providing leadership in planning and conducting user evaluations of product concepts.

• Providing leadership in identifying and addressing technical risks, product hazards and failure analysis.

• Providing subject matter expertise of the designs and their components to internal and cross-functional development teams.

• Supporting and troubleshooting circuit designs.

• Providing technical expertise in the support and maintenance of existing products.

• Ensuring adherence to Medtronic and other quality standards including design procedures and compliance requirements.

• Interfacing with all project team members including engineering (mechanical, electrical, software, systems, and test), quality, regulatory, marketing, technical communications, end users, technical support, production, and suppliers.

• Participating in and leading on-going professional development activities.

• Leading the identification and implementation of process improvements.

• Willingness and ability to assume increased responsibility.

• Leading the organization, estimation, scheduling, resourcing and completion of project milestones.

• Performs duties in compliance with environmental, health and safety related site rules, policies or government regulations.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Strong leadership skills and mentoring capabilities.

• Ability to work in a team environment and directly contribute to its success.

• Ability to drive changes and influence culture.

• Strong inclination towards new technologies, create Proof of Concepts.

• Travel requirement: Occasional international and domestic travel may be required for less than 25%.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION REQUIRED:

• BE/ BTech/ME/MTech in Electronics/Instrumentation or relevant specialization in Engineering

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

• 15+ years of Electronics circuit design-based product development

Must Have

• Strong electronics circuit designs based on Micro-processor, Micro-controller, CPLD/FPGA
• Expertise in Analog & Digital circuit designing along with component selection
• Peripheral interface design capabilities for IOs, Displays, ADC/DAC, Sensors, etc.
• Ability to perform Electronics Design Analysis needed for circuit that is design.
• Strong testing skills based on Compliance/Standard requirements along with automation capabilities
• Expertise in any of the eCAD tools for schematic drawing, circuit simulations, Layout reviews, etc
• Understanding of Manufacturing process and development of required test set-up
• Understanding of VHDL code, Firmware, and mechanical designs
• Hands-on experience of various tools/processes essential for debugging, fault analysis, field complaints

Nice to Have

• Experience in the medical device industry and/or surgical techniques.
• RF and Power Electronics design expertise
• Experience in planning and conducting user evaluations of product concepts, analyzing data, documenting evaluation methods and results, and presenting design recommendations to product teams.
• Ability to provide creativity while solving complex problems without known solutions.
• Ability to assess new technologies via comprehensive reviews of the state-of-the-art
• Project management skills include leading a project team as well as planning and estimation of tasks, milestones, resources and budget.

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 expert, managing 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 processes that span outside of immediate job area.

Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, moderately complex and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation.
Develops solutions to moderately complex problems, and/or makes moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products independently to enhance performance of job area. Implements solutions to problems.

Communication and Influence: Represents organization as a primary contact for specific projects and initiatives; communicates with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels.
May negotiate with others to reach understanding or agreement, and influence decision-making.

Leadership and Talent Management: Typically provides guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
Typically manages major / moderately complex projects, involving delegation of work and review of work products, at times acting as a team leader.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires mastery of a specialty area and full knowledge of industry practices, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
May have broad 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 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 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.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.