Principal Electrical Engineer - CRDN

Medtronic; Mounds View (MN); On-site; USD 134,400 - 201,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Medtronic in Mounds View is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to lead the electrical aspects of next-generation medical device development. This role involves overseeing end-to-end engineering activities, ensuring compliance with rigorous requirements while guiding and mentoring engineers. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise in electrical engineering and project leadership within a team-oriented environment. We offer a competitive salary range between $134,400.00 – $201,600.00 and an attractive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years electromechanical systems experience including hardware and software integration.
• Experience with regulatory, safety and reliability requirements for medical devices.
• Mastery of design verification and validation processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical engineering activities from concept to product lifecycle.
• Ensure rigorous requirements coverage and environmental compliance.
• Provide technical mentorship and influence engineering standards.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Leadership

Risk management

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

IEC 60601-1

RF Energy delivery

FPGA

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on 29 May 2026.

A Day in the Life

Medtronic’s Coronary and Renal Denervation (CRDN) business is looking for a motivated engineer to be part of a high‑performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of medical devices. In this role, you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to accelerate the design and development of next‑generation medical devices. The work you do will impact patients globally and help support Medtronic’s mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions.

This engineering position requires strong technical and leadership skills to support the design and development of innovative, new products within the Cardiac and Vascular Group. The Principal Electrical Engineer will apply knowledge of electrical engineering and experience in working on complex multidisciplinary problems and will provide leadership of projects from early phase development to market release.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for the patients we serve and an unrelenting desire to improve our business. The candidate will be motivated and must have exceptional soft skills that will be used to work with a team.

This position will be based in Mounds View, MN.

Principal Electrical Engineer

The Principal Electrical Engineer leads the electrical engineering aspects of a new hardware platform, with a primary focus on systems development, characterization, and integration testing for a next‑generation Renal Denervation RF ablation generator. This role serves as a senior technical authority, providing deep electrical and systems engineering leadership across the full product lifecycle while driving disciplined execution, risk management, and quality compliance. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy and influence, acting as the electrical engineering lead and workstream owner, including project execution leadership and scrum facilitation, while partnering closely with systems, manufacturing, quality, and program leadership to deliver innovative, compliant medical technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Principal Technical Leadership

• Serve as the principal technical authority for electrical engineering within the RF generator workstream.
• Lead end‑to‑end electrical engineering activities across concept, architecture, design, fabrication, verification, validation, characterization, integration, and lifecycle support.
• Own the electrical systems development, integration, and electrical characterization for a next‑generation RF ablation generator.
• Ensure rigorous requirements coverage and decomposition from system and product levels to electrical hardware, including test and verification strategies.
• Partner with systems and functional architects to translate architecture, functionality, and fault‑mitigation strategies into executable electrical engineering solutions.
• Act as the primary technical spokesperson for all electrical engineering design decisions, trade studies, and technical reviews within the workstream.
• Plan and execute robust design, verification, and design characterization activities.

Program and Workstream Leadership

• Lead the electrical engineering workstream 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 ensuring all electrical deliverables are appropriately scoped, resourced, and scheduled.
• Manage schedules and dependencies in collaboration with CTM and PMO partners.
• Perform day‑to‑day management of technical priorities, tradeoffs, and issue resolution within the workstream.
• Support planning for electrical engineering spend, resourcing, tools, and equipment.

Risk, Quality, and Compliance Leadership

• Lead and contribute to system and electrical risk management activities, including FMEAs, hazard analyses, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Serve as primary owner for identification, assessment, and communication of electrical and system‑level risks and emerging issues.
• Champion consistent application of the quality system, design controls, and best practices across electrical engineering activities.
• Ensure solutions comply with regulatory, safety, and reliability requirements for medical devices.

Cross‑Functional Influence and Communication

• Ensure strong cross‑functional alignment across systems, software, manufacturing, quality, and program teams.
• Translate electrical design intent and requirements to manufacturing partners to ensure producibility and design transfer readiness.
• Provide regular and ad‑hoc technical and program updates to functional and program leadership.
• Proactively communicate emerging issues, escalations, and risk status to CTM and other stakeholders.

Technical Mentorship and Capability Building

• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to engineers across the organization.
• Influence engineering standards, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives to mature electrical engineering capability.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 7 years electromechanical systems / capital equipment, or equivalent experience including hardware and software integration.
• Or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years electromechanical systems / capital equipment, or equivalent experience including hardware and software integration.
• Or PhD with 3 years electromechanical systems / capital equipment, or equivalent experience including hardware and software integration.

Nice To Have (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with IEC 60601-1.
• Experience with RF Energy delivery, SOMs, FPGA.
• Experience with ISO 14971.
• Experience with product concept development, customer interaction, systems engineering, verification of engineering requirements, and validation of customer needs/design requirements.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise‑wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H‑1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal‑level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long‑term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package designed to support you at every career and life stage. Salary ranges for U.S. (excl. PR) locations (USD): $134,400.00 – $201,600.00. 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. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States.

Benefits and additional compensation for regular employees (20+ hours per week) include: 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). Additional benefits for 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; Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above).

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.

About Medtronic

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans. 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.

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