Senior Hardware Systems Lead, Medical Devices

Medtronic plc; Lafayette (CO); On-site; USD 184,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic plc in the United States seeks a Hardware Systems Lead to drive system architecture across electronics, embedded firmware, RF, and software interfaces for next-generation medical devices.

Based onsite in Lafayette, CO or Santa Clara, CA, you will coordinate cross-functional teams, lead design reviews, and ensure regulation-ready solutions that balance performance, manufacturability, cost, and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant engineering experience, or an advanced degree and 8+ years.
• Experience defining system architectures for complex electromechanical and embedded hardware products.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical integration efforts involving hardware, firmware, mechanical, and software development teams.
• Experience performing system-level verification, validation, and technical risk management activities.
• Ability to translate product requirements into subsystem specifications and system design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain product system architecture across electronics, embedded firmware, mechanical subsystems, RF communications, and software interfaces.
• Translate user, product, and business requirements into system and subsystem specifications while balancing technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Lead technical tradeoff analyses involving power consumption, RF performance, component selection, manufacturability, reliability, and product cost.
• Coordinate development activities across PCB, firmware, antenna, enclosure, and subsystem integration efforts.
• Partner with software engineering teams to establish feature requirements, interface definitions, integration strategies, and verification plans.
• Drive system integration activities and resolve complex cross-functional technical issues throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Lead design reviews, risk management activities, verification planning, and validation readiness assessments.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams to support design for manufacturability and compliance with medical device requirements.

Skills

System architecture

Cross-functional leadership

System integration

Verification & validation

Requirements translation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Advanced degree (preferred)

Tools

RF design

Embedded firmware

PCB design

Antenna integration

Job description

Medtronic plc in the United States seeks a Hardware Systems Lead to drive system architecture across electronics, embedded firmware, RF, and software interfaces for next-generation medical devices.

Based onsite in Lafayette, CO or Santa Clara, CA, you will coordinate cross-functional teams, lead design reviews, and ensure regulation-ready solutions that balance performance, manufacturability, cost, and quality.