Senior Principal R&D Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 6 Nov 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

As a Senior Principal R&D Engineer, you will contribute to the development, testing, and analysis of Leads, Catheters, Devices, and Instruments for cardiac pacing therapies and defibrillation solutions. The position sits on the Mechanical Test and Analysis Team.

Our Cardiac Rhythm Management Operating Unit offers devices and therapies that treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure. It is comprised of four key businesses: Cardiac Pacing Therapies, Defibrillation Solutions, Patient Management, and Procedure Innovations. Together, we will transform the lives of people with cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure.

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident —we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.

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 onsite 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.

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

• Contribute to the development of design solutions that address broad development problems involving leads, catheters, and cardiac devices
• Develop new test methods, measurement techniques, and fixtures
• Organize, prepare, and present technical information material in a clear, effective and skillful manner to management, marketing, clinicians, and regulators
• Direct the activities of junior employees and technicians to ensure project milestones are completed correctly and on schedule
• Analyze test results using software tools such as Minitab, JMP, or MATLAB
• Understand when and how to apply statistical techniques, such as distribution or regression fitting with confidence intervals, to interpret test results for design, reliability, and manufacturing partners
• Identify the root causes of failures and propose design or process improvements to enhance performance and reliability
• Proactively manage deliverables on a geographically diverse, cross-functional team and provide regular updates to both project and functional management
• Be responsive to changes in work direction and develop creative plans for meeting aggressive business milestones

Nice to Haves - Preference will be given to applicants who possess the following:

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or Material Science
• Knowledge of cardiac lead, catheter and device design, processing, and material property testing, including fatigue
• Hands on experience with TA Instruments and/or Instron electromechanical fatigue test frames
• Proficiency with CAD software such as Creo or SolidWorks
• Familiarity of FEA software and design optimization techniques
• Knowledge of FDA and MDR regulations

Requirements: Requires a Baccalaureate degree AND minimum of 10 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience OR PhD with 6 years relevant experience

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.

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.

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