Prin. Test Engineer - Onsite

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 26 Oct 2026

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic Neuroscience, we bring innovation, expertise, and purpose together to improve outcomes and transform lives for people living with neurological, spine, and chronic pain conditions.

Medtronic Neuromodulation advances innovative therapies that restore function and relieve chronic pain. We help patients reclaim their lives and achieve better outcomes.

Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Brain Modulation and Pain Interventions

As a Test Engineer within the Neuromodulation Interventional organization, you will utilize your expertise in test and engineering to delivering cutting edge products that focus on ablating tumors in patients.

Medtronic has been shaping the approach to minimally invasive tumor treatment for over 25 years and is redefining standard of care for metastatic cancer in the liver with the revolutionary EmprintTM microwave ablation system with ThermosphereTM technology. The Medtronic Interventional team also invented the first balloon kyphoplasty devices for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures and continue to deliver breakthrough innovative RF ablation systems to treat metastatic and benign spinal tumors and alleviate chronic pain through targeted nerve ablation.

This position is based in Lafayette, Colorado and requires onsite presence.

As a Principal Test Engineer, you will lead system-level verification and validation strategy for interventional medical devices from concept through commercialization. You will drive the development of robust test methods, verification plans, validation activities, and regulatory-ready documentation while providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary product development teams.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead system-level verification and validation strategy, planning, execution, and reporting for new product development programs.
• Develop verification protocols, including acceptance criteria, statistical rationale, and sample size justifications.
• Design, validate, and implement test methods to evaluate system compatibility, reliability, mechanical performance, electrical performance, and tissue interaction.
• Generate regulatory submission-ready documentation, including verification reports, validation reports, and verification traceability evidence.
• Lead user needs validation activities in real or simulated use environments and document objective evidence of design effectiveness.
• Facilitate design reviews, risk management activities, and cross-functional decision-making throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Partner with systems, quality, manufacturing, regulatory, marketing, human factors, and engineering teams to ensure compliance with applicable medical device requirements and standards.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, laboratory personnel, and external development partners.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of engineering or technical testing experience OR Master's degree with 5+ years of engineering or technical testing experience OR PhD with 3+ years of engineering or technical testing experience.
• Experience leading system-level verification and/or validation planning, execution, and documentation for complex products.
• Experience developing test methods, verification protocols, acceptance criteria, and technical reports.
• Knowledge of mechanical and electrical engineering fundamentals and associated test equipment.
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional product development teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in regulated industries such as medical device, aerospace, or defense.
• Experience testing medical devices or systems in ex-vivo tissue environments.
• Knowledge of IEC 60601 standards, electrical safety testing, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing.
• Experience with system-level requirements traceability from design inputs through verification evidence.
• Experience supporting products with integrated mechanical, electrical, and software subsystems across the full V-model development lifecycle.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

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