Sr Systems Engineer: ENT Medical Devices

Medtronic•Lafayette, CO

4d•$110,400 - $165,600•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Systems Engineer within the Navigated Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) organization, you will utilize your extensive technical expertise in solving complex problems and in designing system solutions using computer-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.
U.S. work authorization is required for roles below the Principal level.

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.
Strong leadership skills and mentoring capabilities.
Ability to drive change.

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 to internal and cross-business development teams, serving as a subject matter expert in computer-assisted surgery and clinical procedural workflows.