Senior Hardware Engineer - Capital Platforms (Surgical)
About The Position
Medtronic Surgical is hiring a Sr. Hardware Engineer to play a key role in the development and sustainment of capital equipment platforms, including electrosurgical generator systems. You’re not just designing hardware—you’re helping build technology that improves and extends lives. In this role, you’ll work on complex medical devices where your decisions directly impact patients, clinicians, and outcomes around the world. If you're the kind of engineer who wants to own problems end-to-end, get hands-on with hardware, and see your work make it into real-world products, this is the kind of environment where you’ll thrive. You’ll join a collaborative capital equipment engineering team working on advanced surgical energy platforms and emerging technologies. Engineers on this team take strong ownership of their designs while working closely across a multi‑board system architecture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or Electrical-Computer Engineering
- 4 years related work experience OR Master’s degree with 2+ years of relevant experience
- 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
- Experience with digital hardware design
- Experience with PCB design tools such as Cadence OrCAD, Allegro, or Altium
- Experience working in complex hardware systems or multi‑board architectures
- Familiarity with regulated product development environments (medical device, aerospace, automotive, etc.)
- Experience with component libraries or ECAD library management
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering disciplines and cross functional teams.
- Strong troubleshooting skills in a lab environment
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, analysis, and troubleshooting of complex digital hardware and circuit boards
- Drive board design projects through completion, verification, and integration
- Conduct hardware research, design, development, and testing of electrical components and systems
- Develop technical specifications and ensure hardware reliability and performance
- Analyze hardware configurations and verify designs meet system and regulatory requirements
- Collaborate with cross‑functional partners including systems engineering, manufacturing, regulatory, and marketing
- Provide hands‑on lab support for prototypes, troubleshooting, and production hardware
- Approximately 20% of this role will focus on component library management, including: Building schematic symbols and PCB footprints, Maintaining and improving the electrical component library for ECAD tools, Ensuring component data integrity and standards compliance, Supporting efficient hardware development through library quality and reuse
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
Senior
