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

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership and Management:

• Lead mentor and develop a high-performing electrical engineering R&D team.
• Foster a collaborative inclusive and innovative work environment.
• Manage resources and budgets to ensure project timelines are met and delivery of milestones achieved.

Project Development:

• Support the design development and testing of new medical devices and technologies.
• Ensure that all R&D activities comply with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including marketing regulatory affairs and quality assurance.
• Improve processes methods and procedures through continuous improvement activities.

Strategic Planning:

• Develop and implement R&D strategies that align with the companys business objectives.
• Identify and evaluate new technologies trends and opportunities in the medical device industry.
• Prepare and present project proposals progress reports and technical documentation to senior management.

Innovation and Improvement:

• Promote continuous improvement and innovation within the R&D team.
• Implement best practices in research methodologies and product development.
• Drive the patenting process for new inventions and technologies.
• Support the submission of scientific articles and presentations both internal and external to the organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Biomedical Engineering with Electrical emphasis or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in R&D with 1 2 years of management experience or: Advanced degree and 3 years R&D experience.
• Proven track record of managing and delivering complex projects.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent problem-solving analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice to Have

• Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Medical device development experience design control FDA and MDR regulations.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements (FDA IEC ISO) and quality management systems.
• Experience in small-signal low-noise embedded hardware development
• Experience with Agile development methodologies including Scrum and Kanban
• Demonstrated skills in systems thinking ability to consider problems implementations and impacts at a higher system level
• Experience implementing safety and cybersecurity risk management.
• Demonstrated experience in taking design requirements from concept through final design
• General knowledge of related principles including electromechanical tissue optics physiological signals etc.
• Experienced in design for six sigma or similar engineering practices
• Experience with pulse oximetry/light-based sensing

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.

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.