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Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.
Principal Hardware Engineer accountable for supporting Digital Health projects as a Systems Hardware Engineer for R&D.
Principal Hardware Engineer
Careers that Change Lives
Medtronic aims to contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. To recognize the personal worth of all employees, Medtronic provides an employment framework that allows personal satisfaction in work accomplished, security, advancement opportunity, and means to share in the company's success. If you consider joining the team and you are committed to doing meaningful work, making a difference, and improving lives, you will find a culture of collaboration and innovation at Medtronic. Starting the road to your rewarding career with them will come with competitive pay, bonuses, and benefits supporting your work-life balance.
In the role as Principal Hardware Engineer, you will work to advance existing technology or introduce novel technologies and therapies, specifically in Digital Health. You will work with key stakeholders to help consider system and hardware requirements, integrate systems solutions and organize technical objectives of the products in HealthCast Acute Care and Monitoring. Additionally, the individual will be responsible for building tight collaboration and a culture of trust within the Digital Health organization.
A Day in the Life
As a Principal Hardware Engineer, you will be accountable for supporting Digital Health projects as a Systems Hardware Engineer for R&D. The Hardware Engineer will work closely on new product development while also supporting sustaining projects as a hardware focused pillar on the team. The Hardware Engineer should be able to provide technical leadership in design, development, and verification of complex hardware systems. This role will serve as a technical expert and mentor within the engineering organization, helping to elevate the capabilities of a growing team while driving the development of reliable, high-quality products.
This role is required on site in either Mounds View, Minnesota or Lafayette, Colorado.
Responsibilities Include:
- Responsible for owning hardware and electrical requirements for new and existing product
- Strong electrical engineering fundamentals with extensive hands-on hardware development experience and passion for coaching and developing engineers
- Serve as a subject matter expert for electrical and hardware design challenges.
- Responsible for owning electrical testing deliverables on new and sustaining products
- Provide technical direction for hardware platforms, ensuring performance, reliability, manufacturing and scalability
- Drives root cause investigations and resolution of complex technical issues
- Deep knowledge of international standards (IEC 60601-1, 60601-2, CC 47CF$, ANSI C63.27, etc.)
- Deep knowledge of various wireless technologies, batteries, and battery powered systems
- Deep knowledge of CAD and other similar tools
- Develop and review schematics, PCB layouts and component selection
- Perform hardware debugging, verification and system integration activities
- Collaborate closely with software, mechanical, systems and manufacturing teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to existing hardware architectures
- Experiencing working with patient contacting devices and understanding of regulations around it
- Ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously and keep organized and multitask.
- Understand of stage gate processes for projects within the medical device project lifecycle
- Organizational collaborator on DH&AI enabled initiatives to leverage cross disciplinary and globally distributed teams to craft high-quality products and services that customers love and drive preference
Collaborate with other leaders to ensure successful development, release, and launch of world-class product (portfolio/program)
Must Have: Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years' experience in the medical device industry in systems, digital or software development with proven record of accomplishment. Knowledge of Agile methodology is nice to have.
- Experience in 5+ major product or portfolio releases. Experience in a regulated product industry is nice to have.
- Ability to quickly understand complex system behaviors, engineering problems, technical and architectural constraints.
- A robust design portfolio articulating past design work
Excellent verbal and written and communication skills with an aptitude for convincing others, both internally and externally, of the value of their ideas.
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let us work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
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 Day in the Life 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.
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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.
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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):$140,800.00 - $211,200.00
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 insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple 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 match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital 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.
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Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
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 law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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