Senior Digital IC Design Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 May 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

Medtronic’s Integrated Circuits Design Team in Tempe, Arizona, is seeking a Senior Digital Design Engineer, with academic or professional background in low power IC design solutions.  The ideal candidate is able to leverage his/her skills and experience to enhance and optimize ASICs to deliver superior performance and enable Medtronic’s lifesaving therapies’ advancement.

As a member of this IC Design Team, you will be involved in all phases of product development, including definition, design for testability, verification planning /Execution, system integration, characterization, and failure analysis under a heavily regulated quality and regulatory standard operating procedures. You will be an important part of an experienced product development team whose goal is to deliver the highest quality integrated circuits for use in live saving medical devices.

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

• RTL design from taking product specification to defining architecture, and block level implementation  
• Interact with Place and Route, Static Timing Analysis team to drive best implementation for floor planning, clock tree design, timing closure, and low power
• Support verification for coverage improvement and design debug
• Support IC test and hybrid test development teams
• Interact and influence product engineering, test engineering, research and FW teams as part of the product development process
• Designs, develops, modifies, and evaluates electronic parts, components or digital integrated circuitry for electronic equipment, or other hardware systems and/or electrical engineering applications.
• Determines design approaches and parameters.
• Analyzes equipment to establish operating data, conducts experimental tests and evaluates results.
• Selects components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability.
• May also review vendor capability to support product development.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements 

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

• Bachelors in Engineering degree required
• Minimum of 4 years experience with IC design within medical devices
• Or advanced degree with 2 years of experience with IC Design within medical devices

Nice to Have

• Master’s degree in Electrical engineering/Computer Engineering
• Good understanding of digital design, digital design tools and digital design development process/flow
•  Proficiency in scripting and RTL: TCL, Python, Perl, Verilog/System Verilog
• Good communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to work and contribute in a team-based matrix environment
• Professional/Academic/hands on exposure for digital and analog IC design
• Ability to demonstrate innovation in defining and solving problems
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Good organizational, reporting and presentation skills
• Hands on experience with lab equipment: Oscilloscope, Power Supplies, DMM, etc.

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):$103,200.00 - $154,800.00This 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. 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.