We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 10 Oct 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

In this exciting role as a Sr. Principal R&D Engineer you will be responsible for designing prototyping testing and iterating concepts supporting new product development in a cross-functional team environment. This effort will extend throughout all design phases through product launch commercialization activities and in providing support to the sustaining engineering teams as required.
The Surgical Operating Unit (SOU) strives to enable earlier diagnosis better treatment faster complication-free recovery and enhanced patient outcomes through less invasive surgical solutions. The Surgical Instrument Center of Excellence sets the standard for MIS by creating innovative surgical products and services.

Preferred qualifications:
Direct Medical Device development experience.
Thorough knowledge of EM navigation systems architecture and integration on mechanical systems.
Deep understanding of EM sensor properties and test method development.
Understanding Radio Frequency energy and use in surgery.
Working knowledge of laboratory equipment instrumentation and analysis tools.
Working knowledge of statistical analysis and design of experiments driving optimization of materials and processes.
Trained/Certified in Lean and/or 6 Sigma principles
Experience with Jump or Minitab statistical software and tools
Working knowledge of human anatomy soft tissue and lung bronchoscopy procedures

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

• Designs develops analyzes troubleshoots and provides technical skills during research and/or product development.
• Designs studies to investigate specific life science questions within field of expertise.
• May be involved in product research and development and/or clinical trials.
• Translates research discoveries into usable and marketable products.

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 master in professional independently to implement strategic goals and establish operational plans for job are often self-initiated. Determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.

Organizational Impact:Strongly influences the design of new products processes standards or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on functional strategic goals established by functional or may establish operational plans for job area with long-range impact on results.

Innovation and Complexity:Faces problems that span a wide range of difficulty and unique issues across functions and / or businesses which may cause solutions to unique issues. Improves upon existing processes and systems using significant conceptualizing reasoning and interpretation.

Communication and Influence:Interacts with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels including executive leadership on significant briefings with senior leaders within the job with others to reach understanding or agreement.

Leadership and Talent Management:Frequently provides guidance coaching and training to other manages large moderately complex initiatives of strategic importance to the organization involving large cross-functional teams.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires a Baccalaureate degreeand minimum of 10 years of relevant experience OR Masters degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience OR PhD with 6 years 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.

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):$160800.00 - $241200.00

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.