Sr. Electrical Engineering Manager (CRM)

Medtronic; Mounds View (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic plc in Minnesota seeks a Senior Electrical Engineering Manager to shape the Electrical System Design strategy and translate direction into actionable plans for a 10–15 person team. You will guide across architecture, circuit/PCB design, firmware, ASIC integration, and post‑market support.

You’ll lead talent development, ensure execution excellence, and partner with R&D leadership to align resources with business priorities in a fast‑paced medical technology environment.

Qualifications

• Defines and advances the electrical engineering functional strategy, including technical capability development and engineering methods.
• Recruits, develops, coaches, and evaluates team members; sets goals aligned with program objectives; provides feedback and leadership.
• Builds an inclusive, high-performing team culture and ensures alignment with business priorities.

Responsibilities

• Defines and advances the electrical engineering functional strategy and investments to support current and future product portfolios.
• Recruits, develops, coaches, and evaluates team members with clear goals and ongoing performance feedback.
• Fosters an inclusive, high-performing team culture and aligns resources with program objectives.

Job description

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.

We push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday. The Cardiac Rhythm Management Electrical System Design team develops electronics, integration approaches, and engineering solutions that enable life‑saving implantable and external medical device systems.

As a Senior Electrical Engineering Manager, you will help shape the Electrical System Design functional strategy and translate that direction into actionable plans for your team. Working with R&D leadership, you will anticipate future product needs, identify gaps in expertise and infrastructure, and recommend priorities for capability development and technical investment. You will balance program delivery with the long‑term strength of the function, aligning team capabilities and technical priorities with business needs.

You will lead a team of 10-15 engineers, ranging from entry‑level engineers to experienced technical leaders and subject matter experts, supporting multiple product platforms and concurrent development programs. The team works across the full product lifecycle, from architecture and requirements definition through circuit and PCB design, firmware and ASIC integration, characterization, verification, manufacturing transfer, and post‑market support.

You will be accountable for the team's technical execution, organizational health, and employee engagement. This includes developing technical talent and leadership capability and partnering with program management and cross‑functional leaders to align resources and commitments with business priorities.

This role is ideal for an experienced engineering leader who is passionate about developing people and delivering complex medical technologies that improve patients' lives.

This position is located in Mounds View, MN (Twin Cities Metro).

The Electrical System Design team is responsible for delivering high‑reliability, safety‑critical electrical designs for active implantable cardiac devices and associated external systems. The team works across the full product development lifecycle, including architecture definition, requirements development, circuit and PCB design, firmware and ASIC integration, design characterization, verification, production test development, manufacturing transfer, and post‑market support.

The Senior Electrical Engineering Manager contributes to the development of the Electrical System Design functional strategy and translates that direction into actionable plans for the team. Working with R&D leadership, this manager anticipates future product needs, identifies gaps in expertise and infrastructure, and recommends priorities for capability development and technical investment. The manager balances program delivery with the long‑term strength of the function and is accountable for the team's technical execution, organizational health, and employee engagement. This includes developing technical talent and leadership capability and partnering with program management and R&D leaders to align resources and commitments with business priorities.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Defines and advances the electrical engineering functional strategy, including technical capability development, engineering methods and tools, and investments needed to support current and future product portfolios.
• Recruits, develops, coaches, and evaluates team members; establishes clear goals aligned with business and program objectives; and provides ongoing performance feedback, career development, and technical leadership opportunities.
• Builds an inclusive, high-performing t