Senior Electrical Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 29 Nov 2025

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeAt Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader and expert in designing, developing, and integrating complex electrical systems for Medtronic's Surgical Innovations products. This role provides a unique opportunity to work on challenging projects, mentor team members, and contribute directly to life-changing technologies.

 

You will work cross-functionally with teams in mechanical engineering, software development, quality assurance, new product development, and manufacturing to drive projects from concept through commercialization, with a focus on technology development. Your work will help Medtronic achieve its mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions of patients worldwide.

 

Primary Responsibilities

• Contribute to the maintenance and testing of mixed-signal electrical systems and circuits for medical devices, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory standards (e.g., IEC 60601). 
• Develop detailed specifications, schematics, and PCB layouts, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to meet design and performance requirements. 
• Ensure reliability, develop technical specifications for test hardware conformance to specifications; may include modifying existing products.  
• Contribute to technical project planning, establish timelines, define deliverables, and proactively identify and mitigate potential risks. 
• Develop detailed specifications for replacement of obsolete components; may include development of test specifications, regulatory assessment, and standards testing (e.g., IEC 60601)
• Monitor, investigate, and validate customer complaint trends to determine if product needs additional modifications or redesign while maintaining product requirements
• Other responsibilities as assigned 
   

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years of electrical engineering experience
• OR a Master’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of electrical engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with all phases of mixed-signal board design including architecture, circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, PCB layout, and design verification
• Strong electrical signals and systems fundamentals including frequency domain representations and circuit analysis
• Experience with OrCAD schematic capture and PCB layout tools 
• Hands-on experience using lab test equipment (e.g. multimeters, oscilloscopes, logic and network analyzers) for system integration, debugging and testing 
• Experience designing, testing, and implementing medium-voltage systems (<5 kV)
• Experience in designing and testing medical equipment within a regulated industry and familiarity with 60601-1 safety standard 
• Ability to work in an agile development environment   
• Interest in the challenges of addressing customer complaints  
• Focus on accuracy and precision in technical tasks, which is crucial for quality and reliability 

 

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$106,400.00 - $159,600.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: 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, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: 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), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

 

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.