Sr. R&D Sensor Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 10 Sep 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 LifeIn this exciting role as a Senior Sensor R&D Engineer, you will have responsibility for designing and developing patient monitoring consumables for optical physiologic sensing applications. You will contribute across the full product lifecycle, from concept and development through design transfer and sustaining engineering. This includes creating innovative product architectures, prototyping and testing, and developing test methods and tools that ensure product performance and manufacturability. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to deliver clinically meaningful, manufacturable solutions that meet customer needs.

• Lead new product design efforts for patient monitoring consumables, driving requirements definition and traceability from user needs to component specifications.
• Design flexible circuits, electrical connectors, optical components, and cables to measure electrical or optical signals from tissue.
• Develop and qualify complex test and data acquisition systems to support product development, design changes, and manufacturing transfer.
• Conduct experiments to support proof of concept, verification, validation, and troubleshooting of field or sustaining issues.
• Apply expertise in physiological signal measurement, including oximetry, pre-amp design, and analog signal integrity, to guide product performance.
• Collaborate across disciplines to ensure robust design transfer, regulatory compliance, and long-term support of released products.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 2 years of relevant experience 

Nice to Have

• Design and integration of flexible circuits, connectors, optical components, and cables for acquisition of electrical and optical signals from tissue
• Experience with optical and mixed-signal systems, including LED drive circuits, photodetectors, analog signal integrity, and troubleshooting in physiological signal applications (EEG, ECG, oximetry)
• Knowledge of pre-amp design and signal processing to support algorithm performance
• Understanding of EMC design and noise mitigation in medical electronics
• Development of test fixtures, equipment, or automated test systems for regulated products
• Experience with tooling, automation, or mechanical-electrical integration
• Experience taking design requirements from concept through final design
• Sustaining engineering experience, including troubleshooting field issues and implementing design changes for released products
• Ability to work in a team environment both locally and globally with excellent prioritization and organizational skills
• Familiarity with medical device regulations and standards, including design controls, ISO 13485, IEC 60601-1, ISO 80601-2-61, ISO 80601-2-85. Experience with protocol development, V&V execution, and risk management.

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):$104,000.00 - $156,000.00

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.