Principal Electrical Engineer - CRDN
About The Position
Medtronic’s 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 devices. In 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 Medtronic’s 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 do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re 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 next‑generation 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.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s 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
- Exceptional soft skills that will be used to work with a team.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with IEC 60601-1
- Experience with RF Energy delivery, SOM’s, 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
Responsibilities
- Serve as the principal technical authority for electrical engineering within the RF generator workstream.
- Lead end‑to‑end 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 next‑generation 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 fault‑mitigation 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.
- 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 day‑to‑day management of technical priorities, tradeoffs, and issue resolution within the workstream.
- Support planning for electrical engineering spend, resourcing, tools, and equipment.
- 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 system‑level 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.
- Ensure strong cross‑functional 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 ad‑hoc technical and program updates to functional and program leadership.
- Proactively communicate emerging issues, escalations, and risk status to CTM and other stakeholders.
- 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.
Benefits
- 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
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- 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)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
