Sr Principal Electrical Engineer

Medtronic • Mounds View, MN

18h • Onsite

About The Position

Medtronic’s Interventional Cardiac Therapies Renal Denervation business is hiring an electrical engineering leader to support development of a next-generation RF ablation generator and capital equipment platform. The role leads electrical systems development, characterization, and integration testing, providing technical leadership across the product lifecycle from early concepts and architecture through circuit card design, verification, validation, and lifecycle support. The engineer serves as the electrical engineering lead and workstream owner, with substantial autonomy and influence, while partnering with systems, software, manufacturing, quality, and program teams to deliver innovative, compliant medical technologies.

The position also leads execution of electrical engineering workstreams, including planning, delegation, technical reviews, schedule and dependency management, and scrum facilitation. It owns identification and communication of electrical and system risks, contributes to risk analyses and mitigation, and champions design controls, quality-system practices, and regulatory, safety, and reliability compliance. The role provides technical mentorship and helps improve engineering standards and capabilities.

The position is based in Mounds View, Minnesota, and requires working onsite at least four days per week. The application window is anticipated to close on December 7, 2026.

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 electrical systems engineering experience, or a PhD with at least 6 years of electrical systems engineering experience.
• For baccalaureate degrees earned outside 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 electromechanical systems or capital equipment, or equivalent experience including hardware and software integration.
• 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 electrical engineering within the RF generator workstream and serve as the primary technical spokesperson for electrical design decisions, trade studies, and technical reviews.
• Lead electrical engineering activities across concept development, architecture, circuit card design, fabrication, verification, validation, characterization, integration, and lifecycle support.
• Own electrical systems development, integration, and characterization for the next-generation RF ablation generator.
• Ensure requirements are decomposed and covered from system and product levels through electrical hardware, including test and verification strategies.
• Partner with systems and functional architects to translate architecture, functionality, and fault-mitigation strategies into electrical engineering solutions.
• Plan and execute robust 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 R&D leadership and Project Management Office partners; manage technical priorities, tradeoffs, and issue resolution.
• 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 quality-system application, design controls, and engineering best practices; ensure compliance with regulatory, safety, and reliability requirements.
• Align cross-functionally with systems, software, manufacturing, quality, and program teams.
• Communicate electrical design intent and requirements to manufacturing partners to support producibility and design transfer readiness.
• Provide technical and program updates to functional and program leadership, and communicate issues, escalations, and risk status to CTM and other stakeholders.
• Guide, coach, and mentor engineers; influence engineering standards, best practices, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
• 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.
• Global well-being program (Simple Steps).
• Incentive plans, including eligibility for the Medtronic Incentive Plan short-term incentive.
• 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.
• Capital Accumulation Plan, available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal