We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 29 May 2026

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

Medtronics Coronary and Renal Denervation (CRDN) business is looking for a motivated engineer to be part of a high-performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of medical this role you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to accelerate the design and development of next generation medical devices. The work you do will impact patients globally and help support Medtronics mission of alleviating pain restoring health and extending life for millions.

This engineering position requires strong technical and leadership skills to support the design and development of innovative new products within the Cardiac and Vascular Group. The Principal Electrical Engineer will apply knowledge of electrical engineering and experience in working on complex multidisciplinary problems and will provide leadership of projects from early phase development to market release.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for the patients we serve and an unrelenting desire to improve our business. The candidate will be motivated and must have exceptional soft skills that will be used to work with a team.

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.

This position will be based in Mounds View MN.

The Principal Electrical Engineer leads the electrical engineering aspects of a new hardware platform with a primary focus on systems development characterization and integration testing for a nextgeneration Renal Denervation RF ablation generator. This role serves as a senior technical authority providing deep electrical and systems engineering leadership across the full product lifecycle while driving disciplined execution risk management and quality compliance. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy and influence acting as the electrical engineering lead and workstream owner including project execution leadership and scrum facilitation while partnering closely with systems manufacturing quality and program leadership to deliver innovative compliant medical technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Principal Technical Leadership

• Serve as the principal technical authority for electrical engineering within the RF generator workstream.
• Lead endtoend electrical engineering activities across concept architecture design fabrication verification validation characterization integration and lifecycle support.
• Own the electrical systems development integration and electrical characterization for a nextgeneration RF ablation generator.
• Ensure rigorous requirements coverage and decomposition from system and product levels to electrical hardware including test and verification strategies.
• Partner with systems and functional architects to translate architecture functionality and faultmitigation strategies into executable electrical engineering solutions.
• Act as the primary technical spokesperson for all electrical engineering design decisions trade studies and technical reviews within the workstream.
• Plan and execute robust design verification and design characterization activities.

Program and Workstream Leadership

• Lead the electrical engineering workstream for major or moderately complex programs including task planning delegation and technical review of work products.
• Serve as project execution lead and scrum master for electrical engineering activities.
• Develop and maintain execution plans ensuring all electrical deliverables are appropriately scoped resourced and scheduled.
• Manage schedules and dependencies in collaboration with CTM and PMO partners.
• Perform daytoday management of technical priorities tradeoffs and issue resolution within the workstream.
• Support planning for electrical engineering spend resourcing tools and equipment.

Risk Quality and Compliance Leadership

• Lead and contribute to system and electrical risk management activities including FMEAs hazard analyses and risk mitigation strategies.
• Serve as primary owner for identification assessment and communication of electrical and systemlevel risks and emerging issues.
• Champion consistent application of the quality system design controls and best practices across electrical engineering activities.
• Ensure solutions comply with regulatory safety and reliability requirements for medical devices.

CrossFunctional Influence and Communication

• Ensure strong crossfunctional alignment across systems software manufacturing quality and program teams.
• Translate electrical design intent and requirements to manufacturing partners to ensure producibility and design transfer readiness.
• Provide regular and adhoc technical and program updates to functional and program leadership.
• Proactively communicate emerging issues escalations and risk status to CTM and other stakeholders.

Technical Mentorship and Capability Building

• Provide technical guidance coaching and mentorship to engineers across the organization.
• Influence engineering standards best practices and continuous improvement initiatives to mature electrical engineering capability.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 7 years electromechanical systems / capital equipment or equivalent experience including hardware and software integration
• Or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years electromechanical systems / capital equipment or equivalent experience including hardware and software integration
• Or PhD with 3 years electromechanical systems / capital equipment or equivalent experience including hardware and software integration

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with IEC 60601-1
• Experience with RF Energy delivery SOMs FPGA
• Experience with ISO 14971
• Experience with product concept development customer interaction systems engineering verification of engineering requirements and validation of customer needs/design requirements

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B TN J etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Join us in our mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend lifewhere your unique background and perspective are valued.

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):$134400.00 - $201600.00

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.