We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 13 Aug 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

Sustaining Electrical Engineer II

Careers That Change Lives

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

In CRDN(Coronary and Renal Denervation), we love what we do. That's because we're passionate about the patients we serve around the globe and the "second life" and improved health we can give to those with Coronary Artery Disease, High Blood Pressure, and other cardiovascular conditions.

Medtronic’s CRDN team is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Electrical Sustaining Engineer to support the G3 Symplicity Spyral Generator. In this role, you will focus on sustaining the product lifecycle of this cutting-edge medical device, ensuring its reliability, compliance, and performance in the field. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to address design and manufacturing challenges, enabling the continued success of this innovative technology that transforms patient care.

Products We offer:

Symplicity Spyral™ renal denervation system

Balloons

Catheters

Guidewires and accessories

Stents

Treatments We Offer:

Hypertension

Symplicity™ Blood Pressure Procedure

Key Technologies

Symplicity Spyral™ Renal Denervation (RDN) System

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Coronary & Renal Denervation (CRDN) operating unit. 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 are working on-site 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require ≥10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

A Day in the Life       

In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Sustaining Electrical Engineer II role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Product Support: Act as the technical expert for the G3 Symplicity Spyral Generator, addressing field and manufacturing issues to ensure product design requirement compliance and performance.
• Troubleshooting: Investigate and resolve electrical and system-level issues, perform root cause analysis and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Component Validation: Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to validate and qualify new components or design changes.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with R&D, manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams to address challenges and ensure smooth product lifecycle management.
• Compliance: Ensure product compliance with regulatory and quality standards, including IEC 60601 and FDA requirements.
• Documentation: Maintain technical documentation, including schematics, test protocols, validation reports, and risk management files.

Qualifications

Must Have - Minimum Requirements

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME

• Bachelor’s degree required in Electrical Engineering, Engineering or a technical discipline

• Minimum of 4 years of technical experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years technical experience

Nice to Have

• Experience in the design, development, and testing of electromechanical medical devices, embedded systems troubleshooting, and familiarity with IEC 60601, RoHS, REACH, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971 standards.

• Hands-on experience in electronic prototyping (e.g., rapid PCB design and testing) and be proficient with design software such as Mentor Graphics PADS Suite, Cadence, or Altium.

• Knowledge of systems engineering principles, medical device regulations, requirements management, and experience with Agile Development and project management tools such as Codebeamer, Atlassian Toolkit or Jira.

• Strong interpersonal skills for effective teamwork, complemented by excellent written and verbal communication, judgment, decision-making, and critical thinking abilities.

• Experience with statistical analysis tools such as Minitab, Design Expert, or JMP.

• Experience or Proficiency with the following tool sets: Oracle Agile PLM, Codebeamer, Altium, Cadence, Microsoft Office Suite, and Adobe.

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. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

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)

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):$84,800.00 - $127,200.00

This 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, and Simple 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), and Capital 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.