Principal Systems Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 21 Apr 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 Life

The Structural Heart and Aortic Integrated Operating Unit offers minimally-invasive approaches to restore proper structure and function of the heart and the aorta. We focus on the transcatheter replacement or repair of the four heart valves—aortic, pulmonic, mitral, tricuspid—and the placement of stent grafts to treat aneurysms and dissections of the body’s largest artery, the aorta.
  
We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

We are looking for a talented Principal Systems Engineer to join our systems engineering team at Medtronic Structural Heart & Aortic. You will have responsibility supporting our products throughout the entire development life cycle which means you’ll participate in all aspects of product development from concept exploration, system definition & design, testing, issue investigation & resolution, and continuous improvement. You will play a crucial role in driving projects through the product development process using your solid engineering understanding, energetic team attitude, results driven spirit, and focused attention on exceling when presented with challenges. 

Role and Responsibilities:

• You will support requirements capture, maintenance and management at varying levels of details. You will serve as the team’s information conduit between the stakeholders, development teams and V&V groups. 
• Using your collaboration skills; you will work across engineering teams to define and manage requirements at the system, product, subsystem and interface level 
• We’ll ask you to apply technical engineering to design products and systems. 
• You’ll also perform technical analysis using methods such as functional analysis, timeline analysis and trade studies. 
• You’ll have responsibility to support the development of product concepts, user needs and use cases and product requirements. 
• You’ll ensure requirements quality and decompositions flow down 
• You will conduct technical design and  reviews. 
• You’ll also lead, plan, schedule, conduct & monitor testing activities including verification test design, development, execution and documentation 
• We’ll ask you to support testing and problem reporting and determine steps to reproduce, root cause and solutions options 
• We’ll ask you to participate in early concept exploration and feasibility evaluations. 
• Using your communication skills; you will coordinate the technical cross functional groups in reducing technical risk and completing product development milestones. 
• Overall, you will contribute to the completion of project/program deliverables for our product development activities supporting the IIM product portfolio 

Must Have, Minimum Requirements:   

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline 
• 7 years of professional technical engineering experience within the medical device industry
• Or an advanced degree with minimum 5 years of professional technical engineering experience within the medical device industry

Nice to Have: 

Ideally we’d love you to have one or more of the following: 

• Advanced degree (MS or Higher) in Engineering or Scientific discipline 
• Experience generating technical documentation (examples include requirements documents, design specifications, engineering reports, test plans & procedures, validation plans, or validation reports) 
• Experience in product development 
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills 
• Experience with Requirements Management Software like DOORS, PTC RV&S, Polarion or JAMA 
• Experience in requirements development, analysis, allocation, review, and tracing 
• Experience in functional analysis, interface definition 
• Experience with RF communications systems 
• Experience with Web-based systems 
• A proven multitasker! You have demonstrated ability of working on multiple projects in a deadline driven and fast paced environment 
• Experience developing a product in a regulated industry such as medical device, defense, or automotive. 
• Excellent written and communication skills 
• Provide leadership and execution as needed for maintenance of requirements management systems, tools, and processes 

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):$123,200 - $184,800

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, andSimple 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), andCapital 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.