Principal Electrical Engineer, CRM

Medtronic; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic in the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro area is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to drive design and validation of implantable and external medical devices in the Cardiac Rhythm Management portfolio.

You will lead teams, design analog and digital circuitry, integrate electronics with firmware and mechanical parts, and develop production test methods to ensure high-quality, life-changing medical technologies reach patients safely.

Qualifications

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience.
• Experience in PCB design methodologies and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on complex design programs.
• Lead teams of 5-10 electrical engineers on a program and act as technical lead and liaison to program management
• Provide electrical engineering skills to design, develop, analyze, and debug new product designs including analog and digital circuitry
• Integrate electronics, firmware, and mechanical designs into final product
• Develop production test requirements and support development of manufacturing test applications
• Support manufacturing sites including PCB and Device assembly
• Develop test procedures to evaluate, characterize, and verify new electrical and product designs.
• Mentor junior level engineers

Skills

Technical leadership

PCB design

Circuit simulation

RF performance

Education

Baccalaureate degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

PSPICE

LTSPICE

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 21 Sep 2026 Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life At 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 5 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. The Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) portfolio delivers therapies designed to restore, support, and protect every heartbeat through advanced pacing, defibrillation, and remote monitoring solutions. CRM's unique ability to pair proven life‑saving therapies with intelligent technology gives clinicians and patients greater confidence. Clinical impact and innovation come together to improve lives through meaningful patient outcomes. The Principal Electrical Engineer will be an individual contributor within the Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm Management Electrical System Design Team. The individual will be involved in all phases of product development including definition, design, troubleshooting, characterization, and verification of implantable pulse generators (pacemakers), implantable cardioverter defibrillators, and implantable diagnostic devices as well as external patient communicators, programmers, and monitors. The individual will be an integral part of the R&D organization delivering the highest quality, lifesaving technology to our patients. The position is in Mounds View, MN (Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area).

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on complex design programs.
• Potential to lead teams of 5-10 electrical engineers on a program and act as technical lead and liaison to program management
• Provide electrical engineering skills to design, develop, analyze, and debug new product designs including analog and digital circuitry
• Integrate electronics, firmware, and mechanical designs into final product
• Develop production test requirements and support development of manufacturing test applications
• Support manufacturing sites including PCB and Device assembly
• Develop test procedures to evaluate, characterize, and verify new electrical and product designs.
• Interpret and decompose system and product requirements, verify compliance.
• Develop test environments including automation and emulation
• Validation of test environments including method validation and non-product software validation
• Mentor junior level engineers

Required Skills

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience.

Preferred Skills

• Demonstrated technical leadership ability
• Strong background in PCB design methodology including CAD tools and manufacturing processes
• Circuit simulation in tools such as PSPICE or LTSPICE
• Ability to evaluate and debug electrical designs including RF performance