Principal R&D Engineer
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. The Principal R&D Engineer is a primary contributor within the Medtronic CardioVascular Surgery R&D organization to lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams, functioning as the technical lead or R&D Core Team Member reporting into and being accountable to the core team to execute programs achieving cost, time and technical goals. This role will contribute to a fast-paced R&D environment, working within a team to deliver advanced technical expertise and solutions to complex engineering problems. The CardioVascular Surgery Operating Unit is a key growth driver within Medtronic’s Cardiovascular Portfolio, combining deep clinical expertise with cutting-edge innovation. Our portfolio spans cardiac surgery, aortic disease management, and mechanical circulatory support—positioning us at the forefront of surgical advancement and enabling scalable impact across global healthcare systems. 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 are working onsite a minimum of 4 days per week 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 role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree required
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
- Demonstrated multi-disciplinary engineering team leadership of complex, software based electro-mechanical systems
- 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.
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- MS in Mechanical, Electrical, Systems or Biomedical Engineering or other related engineering discipline
- Significant experience in the design and development of complex mechanical and electro-mechanical systems
- A demonstrated capacity for developing and commercializing innovation
- Experience with software development, including planning, scoping, and integration
- Familiar with IEC 60601, IEC 62304, IEC 62366, UL, ANSI and ASTM standards
- Familiar with product cyber security, EU MDR and RoHS
- A track record of successful product launches in the medical device industry
- A background in ablation technologies
- An understanding of clinical/technical applications of ablation products and application related physiology
- Good familiarity with the use of project management tools, ProChain, Stormboard, etc.
Responsibilities
- Drive new technology creation and aligned product requirements flow down from VOC
- Lead R&D teams to meet goals and timelines, applying course corrections as needed to retire risk
- Drive complex system development to meet mechanical, electrical, software, and system-level requirements
- Use Predictable Product Development/DRM tools to effectively reach objectives
- Employ strong Risk Control Measures, work with other functions, manage constraints of resources, police Contract scope and display crisp decision-making
- Lead or leverage cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage the technical aspects of projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes and therapies
- Oversee and manage the operational aspects of development engineering and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management
- Manage the development and implementation process of products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products and processes
- Review status of projects and budgets; manage engineering team schedules and prepare status reports
- Provide higher level R&D program support from initiation through launch
- Assess engineering issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
- Develop mechanisms for monitoring engineering discipline, mechanical, electrical, software and systems progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients
- Gather requirements: work on requirements planning, elicitation and management to ensure they meet demands of project’s key stakeholders
- Author and lead engineering solutions-based trade-off discussions rapidly achieving directional decisions
- Communicate with stakeholders, obtain stakeholder engagement to ensure the end products or processes will solve the business problems
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
