Principal Electrical Engineer

Principal Electrical Engineer Location: Mounds View, Minnesota, United States Requisition #: 22000A5J Post Date: Jun 02, 2022 Medtronic is an EOE, including disability/vets A Day in the Life 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 RD organization delivering the highest quality, lifesaving technology to our patients. The position is in Mounds View, MN (Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area). Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: + Provide technical leadership on complex design programs. Potential to lead teams of 5-10 electrical engineers on a program and act as technical 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 Must Have: Minimum Requirements + Bachelors degree required + Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience Nice to Have + 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 + Experience with design, verification, and validation of Class III medical devices or similar regulated product + Experience modeling in MATLAB + C/C++, LabVIEW and/or Python scripting + Familiarity with EN45502 and/or IEC60601 + Strong oral and written communication skills TECHNICAL SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: An individual contributor with responsibility in our technical functions to advance existing technology or introduce new technology and therapies. Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering RD, systems or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies from design to implementation - while adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills. DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS Autonomy: Recognized expert, managing large projects or processes. Exercises considerable latitude in determining deliverables of assignments, with limited oversight from manager. Coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level specialists. Organizational Impact: Contributes to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on work group results. May manage large projects or processes that span outside of immediate job area. Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, moderately complex and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation. Develops solutions to moderately complex problems, and/or makes moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products independently to enhance performance of job area. Implements solutions to problems. Communication and Influence: Represents organization as a primary contact for specific projects and initiatives; communicates with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels. May negotiate with others to reach understanding or agreement, and influence decision-making. Leadership and Talent Management: Typically provides guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area. Typically manages major / moderately complex projects, involving delegation of work and review of work products, at times acting as a team leader. About Medtronic Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Lets work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients lives. Help us shape the future. Physical Job Requirements 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. (ADA-United States of America)