Engineer

Company: Medtronic
Location: Boulder
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Principal R&D Engineer, Systems

Location:

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Requisition #:

20000MMA

Post Date:

Mar 23, 2021

**Careers that Change Lives**

In this exciting role as a Principal RD Systems Engineer, you will join a talented engineering team that supports new product development and post-market sustaining of our tumor ablation platforms.

The Gastrointestinal Operating Unit is focused on improving patient outcomes and setting new standards of care in GI and Hepatology.

HEPATOLOGY is supported by a dedicated cross-functional team focused on delivering and maintaining tumor ablation procedural solutions that span the care continuum to improve treatment outcomes for patients with liver cancer.

Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Combine the best of your experience with training and mentorship to move forward. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide.

You can grow your career with us; we hope youll consider joining our team!

**A Day in the Life**

Work and lead within a cross-functional team to design, develop, test, and document innovative ablation solutions involving software, hardware and disposable components

Focus on product development from design through product sustaining

Be the RD core team member and serve as the technical lead for a cross-functional group of engineers and technicians on projects

Participate in the collection, processing, and analysis of user needs by interfacing with external clinicians, physicians and thought leaders

Lead the translation and development of system requirements and system architecture. This includes managing multiple levels of product requirements and leading interface design

Lead the engineering analysis to optimize and select system-level concepts to ensure the final solution fulfills needs, requirements, use cases, environments, and the overall system vision

Lead the team in identifying and mitigating technical risks, product hazards, and failure modes

Provide technical leadership along with technical subject matter expertise to product development teams

Collaborate with the Systems Test Lead to develop and review verification strategies, test designs, test tools, planned execution and documentation

Initiate and evaluate design changes to improve and optimize product performance

**Must Haves**

Requires a Bachelors Degree and 7+ years of Engineering experience OR advanced degree and 5+ years of Engineering experience

**Nice to Have**

Expertise in the medical device industry and/or surgical techniques

Knowledge of medical device regulations and standards

Project management skills including leading a technical team as well as planning and estimation of tasks, milestones, resources, and budget

Expertise in Systems Engineering as related to stakeholder needs definition, creation of use case workflows, requirements definition and decomposition, functional architecture, and system design

Strong leadership skills and mentoring capabilities

Strong quantitative analysis and problem-solving skills

Strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral/presentation and written)

Experience with mechanical and/or electrical design, mechanical/electrical drawings, tolerance analysis, and computer-aided design (CAD)

**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)

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.Learn more about our benefitshere (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView) .

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Annual Salary and Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) on Page 6 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.

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