Principal Hardware Engineer

Medtronic•Lafayette, CO

22h•$140,800 - $211,200

About The Position

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. In this exciting role as a Principal Hardware Engineer, you will have responsibility for designing, testing, and troubleshooting analog and digital embedded hardware that maximizes the value of our acute care and monitoring products for our customers. You will have broad autonomy and have the responsibility of advancing existing technology and introducing new technology. You will formulate, deliver and/or manage projects assigned and work with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. You will act as mentor to colleagues and may direct the work of other lower-level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering R&D, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies – from design to implementation - using specialized knowledge and skills. 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. In order 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 do meaningful work, make a difference, and improve lives, you will find a culture of collaboration and innovation at Medtronic. Starting the road to your rewarding career with Medtronic will come with competitive pay, bonuses, and benefits supporting your work-life balance. In this role: You will serve as a hardware lead on projects within the Physiologic Parameters team, independently supporting or working with a small team. You will be responsible for full product life-cycle support from early concept to retirement. You will apply the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the embedded system development life cycle to support the generation of such engineering applications and wide range of products. You may engage with internal and external stakeholders, including interfacing with clinicians, customers, and KOLs, to better understand use environments and needs. You will apply a thorough understanding of technologies used to measure physiological signals and knowledge of human physiology to inform product design decisions, prioritize design tradeoffs, provide strategic input on the development pathway, and ensure alignment with use cases/use scenarios.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering/science degree with a minimum 7 years of relevant experience or advanced degree(s) with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
Demonstrated experience of embedded hardware design and implementation including circuit design, simulation, and PCB layout
Experience with leading embedded hardware teams and managing the team’s hardware development activities through the product’s lifecycle
Ability to work in a team environment both locally and globally
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.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
Medical device development experience, design control, FDA and MDR regulations
Experience with Agile development methodologies including Scrum and Kanban
Experience with python, C, and C++ for developing hardware test and prototyping
Demonstrated skills in “systems thinking” – ability to consider problems, implementations, and impacts at a higher system level
Experience implementing risk management including DFMEAs
Effective communication and presentation skills at all levels of the organization
Excellent prioritization and organizational skills
Highly skilled in problem solving and analysis with high attention to detail
Demonstrated experience in taking design requirements from concept through final design
General knowledge of related principals including electromechanical, tissue optics, physiological signals, etc.
Thorough understanding and wide application of technical principals, theories and concepts in patient monitoring and wearable monitors
Experienced in design for six sigma or similar engineering practices
Able to apply engineering analysis techniques and tools (Matlab, Minitab, Excel, etc.)
Experience with pulse oximetry

Responsibilities

Designing, testing, and troubleshooting analog and digital embedded hardware
Advancing existing technology and introducing new technology
Formulating, delivering and/or managing projects
Acting as a mentor to colleagues and potentially directing the work of other lower-level professionals
Serving as a hardware lead on projects within the Physiologic Parameters team
Providing full product life-cycle support from early concept to retirement
Applying appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the embedded system development life cycle
Engaging with internal and external stakeholders, including interfacing with clinicians, customers, and KOLs
Applying a thorough understanding of technologies used to measure physiological signals and knowledge of human physiology to inform product design decisions, prioritize design tradeoffs, provide strategic input on the development pathway, and ensure alignment with use cases/use scenarios