We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 20 Nov 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

At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we -person exchanges are invaluable to our work. Were 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.

As a Principal Electrical Engineer you will serve as a technical leader and expert in designing developing and integrating complex electrical systems for Medtronics Surgical Hardware products within the Released Product Engineering group located in Lafayette CO. This role provides a unique opportunity to work on challenging projects mentor team members and contribute directly to life-changing technologies. You will work cross-functionally with teams in mechanical engineering software development quality assurance and manufacturing to drive projects from concept through commercialization with a focus on technology development. Your work will help Medtronic achieve its mission of alleviating pain restoring health and extending life for millions of patients worldwide.

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

• Contribute to the design development and testing of mixed-signal electrical systems and circuits for medical devices ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory standards (e.g. IEC& -2-2).
• Develop detailed specifications schematics and PCB layouts collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to meet design and performance requirements.
• Ensure reliability develop technical specifications for design and production and test hardware conformance to specifications; may include designing new or modifying existing products.
• Contribute to technical project planning establish timelines define deliverables and proactively identify and mitigate potential risks.
• Perform design verification testing and validation to ensure compliance with industry standards and product requirements.
• Assist manufacturing with issues stemming from hardware quality issues
• Conduct detailed analysis simulation and modeling to ensure performance requirements are met.
• Review costumer complaint trends and determine if a quality problem exists
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
• Defining the direction for new products processes standards or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on work group results.
• Working in a Regulatory / FDA controlled product development environment
• Providing input to departmental planning and resource activities
• Presenting project status to management and teams
• Other responsibilities as assigned

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy

• Recognized expertin HW engineering (Electrical Mechanical SW and Firmware) 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.
• Ability to work in a team environment and desire to lead/mentor other engineers
• Work with other groups in support of hardware issues including electrical mechanical SW and FW.

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.
• Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time
• 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 acting as a team leader.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors Degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR a Masters degree with 5 years of relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience.

Nice to have

• Experience with all phases of mixed-signal board design including architecture circuit design schematic capture component selection PCB layout and design verification
• Strong electrical signals and systems fundamentals including frequency domain representations and circuit analysis
• Experience with OrCAD schematic capture and PCB layout tools
• Hands-on experience using lab test equipment (e.g. multimeters oscilloscopes logic and network analyzers) for system integration debugging and testing
• Experience designing testing and implementing high-voltage systems (5 kV)
• Experience in designing and testing medical equipment within a regulated industry and familiarity with 60601-1 safety standard
• Ability to work in an agile development environment
• Interest in gaining an understanding of Surgical Hardware products
• Interest in new technologies coupled with the ability to quickly learn and apply new tools and techniques as needed
• Focus on accuracy and precision in technical tasks which is crucial for quality and reliability.

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):$130400.00 - $195600.00

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.