Sr Principal Electrical Engineer
About The Position
Medtronic’s Interventional Cardiac Therapies Renal Denervation business is seeking a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to lead electrical engineering for a new capital equipment platform: a next-generation renal denervation RF ablation generator. The role provides electrical and systems engineering leadership across the product lifecycle, from early development through market release, and owns electrical systems development, integration, and characterization. It combines technical leadership with workstream and project execution responsibilities, including scrum facilitation, risk management, and quality compliance. The engineer works closely with systems, software, manufacturing, quality, and program leadership to deliver innovative, compliant medical technologies. The position is based in Mounds View, Minnesota, and requires working onsite at least four days per week. The role operates with a high degree of autonomy and influence, represents electrical engineering within the RF generator workstream, and provides technical guidance and mentorship to engineers across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- At least 10 years of electrical systems engineering experience; alternatively, an advanced degree with at least 8 years of experience, or a PhD with at least 6 years of experience.
- For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Nice To Haves
- Electromechanical systems or capital equipment experience, or equivalent experience integrating hardware and software.
- Technical leadership experience.
- Experience with IEC 60601-1 or another highly regulated industry.
- Experience with RF energy delivery, SOMs, or FPGA.
- Experience with ISO 14971.
- Experience with product concept development, customer interaction, systems engineering, verification of engineering requirements, and validation of customer needs or design requirements.
Responsibilities
- Represent the electrical engineering team within the RF generator workstream.
- Lead end-to-end electrical engineering activities, including concepts, architecture, circuit card design, fabrication, verification, validation, characterization, integration, and lifecycle support.
- Own electrical systems development, integration, and electrical characterization for a next-generation RF ablation generator.
- Ensure requirements are covered and decomposed from system and product levels to electrical hardware, including test and verification strategies.
- Partner with systems and functional architects to turn architecture, functionality, and fault-mitigation strategies into executable electrical engineering solutions.
- Serve as the primary technical spokesperson for electrical design decisions, trade studies, and technical reviews within the workstream.
- Plan and execute design, verification, and design characterization activities.
- Lead electrical engineering workstreams 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 that scope, resource, and schedule electrical deliverables.
- Manage schedules and dependencies with the R&D lead and Project Management Office partners.
- Manage technical priorities, tradeoffs, and issue resolution within the workstream.
- Support planning for electrical engineering spending, resources, tools, and equipment.
- Lead and contribute to system and electrical risk management, including FMEAs, hazard analyses, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Own identification, assessment, and communication of electrical and system-level risks and emerging issues.
- Champion the quality system, design controls, and best practices across electrical engineering activities.
- Ensure solutions meet medical-device regulatory, safety, and reliability requirements.
- Align work across systems, software, manufacturing, quality, and program teams.
- Communicate electrical design intent and requirements to manufacturing partners to support producibility and design transfer readiness.
- Provide regular and ad hoc technical and program updates to functional and program leadership.
- 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
- Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
- Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
- Health insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Health Savings Account.
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
- Life insurance.
- Long-term disability leave.
- Dependent daycare spending account.
- Tuition assistance or reimbursement.
- Simple Steps global well-being program.
- Incentive plans.
- 401(k) plan with 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
