Sr Systems Engineer - Navigation and Robotics
Medtronic•Lafayette, CO
•$110,400 - $165,600•Onsite
About The Position
As a Senior Systems Engineer within the CST Platforms and Solutions organization, you will utilize your extensive technical expertise in solving complex problems and in designing system solutions using computer-assisted and robotic-assisted surgery technology to improve patient outcomes and surgical efficiency. The Cranial & Spinal Technologies business develops life-restoring therapies and healthcare solutions that span the care continuum; integrating technologies and applying clinical and economic evidence to increase patient access, improve efficiency of procedures and deliver successful patient outcomes.
Requirements
- A Bachelors’ degree in an Engineering or Science Discipline and 4+ years of relevant experience or an advanced degree and 2+ years of relevant experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in the medical device industry and/or surgical techniques.
- Experience in Systems Engineering as related to stakeholder needs definition, creation of use case workflows, requirements definition and decomposition, functional architecture, system design, and safety risk management.
- Experience planning and conducting user evaluations of product concepts, analyzing data, documenting evaluation methods and results, and presenting design recommendations to product teams.
- Experience with software design, algorithm design, GUI design, and iterative software development practices.
- Familiarity and experience working with scripting languages, Polarion, Miro, or Figma.
- Experience with mechanical and/or electrical design, mechanical/electrical drawings, tolerance analysis, and computer-aided design (CAD).
- Familiarity with modern AI-enabled tools for drafting, analysis, knowledge synthesis, and software or system development support.
- Ability to apply AI tools effectively while exercising sound engineering judgment, technical accuracy, and appropriate review of outputs.
- Ability to provide creativity while solving complex problems without known solutions.
- Ability to quickly prototype new concepts and ideas.
- Ability to assess new technologies via comprehensive reviews of the state-of-the-art.
- Project management skills including leading a project team as well as planning and estimation of tasks, milestones, resources, and budget.
Responsibilities
- Drive technical decision-making within the team to be consistent with big picture design goals and system functionality.
- Work and lead within a cross-functional team to design, develop, test, and document innovative system solutions utilizing software and hardware components.
- Lead the definition and development of user needs, business needs, use cases, requirements, and system architecture.
- Lead the engineering analysis to optimize and select system-level concepts to ensure the final solution fulfills needs, requirements, use cases, environments, and the overall system vision.
- Lead the planning and execution of user evaluations in lab-based surgical environments or other formative evaluation events to gain insightful feedback on system concepts.
- Lead the team in identifying and mitigating technical risks, product hazards, and failure modes.
- Troubleshoot system component integration and support surgical procedure introduction of the design.
- Provide technical leadership along with computer-assisted, robotic-assisted, and clinical procedure subject matter expertise to internal and cross-business development teams.
- Provide technical leadership along with computer-assisted, robotic-assisted, and clinical procedure subject matter expertise to internal and cross-business development teams.
- Ability to drive change.
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
