Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

Medtronic

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profile Job Location:

Lafayette - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 162400 - 243600
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 19 Sep 2025


At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The Senior Principal Electrical Engineer will be an individual contributor within the Medtronic Neuromodulation released product engineering (RPE) Hardware team. The individual will be responsible for all phases of product development and product sustaining including definition design troubleshooting characterization and verification of our Emprint and CoolTip ablation systems. The individual will be an integral part of the R&D organization in delivering the highest quality life-changing technology to our patients.

  • Lead or contribute to technical project planning establish timelines define deliverables and proactively identify and mitigate potential risks.

  • Develop detailed specifications schematics and PCB layouts collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to meet design and performance requirements.

  • Conduct risk assessments and root cause investigations for electrical issues implementing robust corrective and preventive actions.

  • Manage product changes and related change control activities ensuring design documentation (e.g. BOMs specifications drawings) is updated and maintained accurately.

  • Partner with reliability and manufacturing teams to optimize designs for scalability cost efficiency and high performance.

  • Support verification and validation activities to ensure the safety compliance and efficacy of the product.

  • Design develop and qualify functional and safety test systems at both the product and PCB levels.

  • Design develop and qualify capital system preventative maintenance and service test systems and related work instructions.

  • Investigate and analyze field-returned products conduct engineering analyses and testing to determine root causes of failures. Support CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Actions) processes and manage issue escalations to resolution.

  • Provide troubleshooting and problem-solving support to manufacturing teams and key suppliers aiming to increase yields maintain process capabilities and improve cost-efficiency.

  • Work closely with regional regulatory teams in support of global regulatory approval and certification maintenance efforts.

  • Support internal and external regulatory compliance audits ensuring adherence to quality and safety standards.

  • Mentor and coach junior engineers fostering a collaborative innovative and high-performing engineering environment.

  • Stay current with advancements in electrical engineering emerging technologies and industry best practices.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor degree in a technically related field

  • Minimum related experience of 10 years or Masters degree with a minimum of 8 years or PhD with minimum of 6 years relevant experience.

Onsite

At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. Were working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance foster an environment of belonging and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the extraordinary.

Desired/Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in medical device or highly regulated industries.

  • Experience with analog digital high voltage or RF circuit design.

  • Experience with microwave energy generation and control systems.

  • Solid understanding of EMC design and test principles per IEC 60601.

  • Experience with system-level integration of hardware and firmware.

  • Hands-on experience with prototyping testing and debugging PCB assemblies.

  • Experience in developing hardware test systems for design verification or production testing.

  • Demonstrated skills in writing engineering documents (specifications test plans etc.).

  • Experience with analysis simulation and CAD tools for PCB design (e.g. Minitab MATLAB SPICE Altium Cadence).

  • Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing and Test (DFM & DFT) principles.
  • Knowledge of DRM Six Sigma Lean or other problem-solving methodologies.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Team-oriented mindset with a collaborative work ethic.

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 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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$162400.00 - $243600.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience certification/education market conditions and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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 95000 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.

Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic Inc. (Medtronic) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County you can findhere a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.


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