Principal Electrical Engineer - CRDN

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 Jun 2026

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

Medtronic's Coronary and Renal Denervation (CRDN) business is looking for a motivated engineer to be part of a high-performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of medical devices. In this role, you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to accelerate the design and development of next generation medical devices. The work you do will impact patients globally and help support Medtronic's mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life for millions.

This engineering position requires strong technical and leadership skills to support the design and development of innovative, new products within the Cardiac and Vascular Group. The Principal Electrical Engineer will apply knowledge of electrical engineering and experience in working on complex multidisciplinary problems and will provide leadership of projects from early phase development to market release.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for the patients we serve and an unrelenting desire to improve our business. The candidate will be motivated and must have exceptional soft skills that will be used to work with a team.

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're working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite 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 position will be based in Mounds View, MN.

The Principal Electrical Engineer leads the electrical engineering aspects of a new hardware platform, with a primary focus on systems development, characterization, and integration testing for a next‑generation Renal Denervation RF ablation generator. This role serves as a senior technical authority, providing deep electrical and systems engineering leadership across the full product lifecycle while driving disciplined execution, risk management, and quality compliance.

This role operates with a high degree of autonomy and influence, acting as the electrical engineering lead and workstream owner, including project execution leadership and scrum facilitation, while partnering closely with systems, manufacturing, quality, and program leadership to deliver innovative, compliant medical technologies.

Key Responsibilities

Principal Technical Leadership

* Serve as the principal technical authority for electrical engineering within the RF generator workstream.

* Lead end‑to‑end electrical engineering activities across concept, architecture, design, fabrication, verification, validation, characterization, integration, and lifecycle support.

* Own the electrical systems development, integration, and electrical characterization for a next‑generation RF ablation generator.

* Ensure rigorous requirements coverage and decomposition from system and product levels to electrical hardware, including test and verification strategies.

* Partner with systems and functional architects to translate architecture, functionality, and fault‑mitigation strategies into executable electrical engineering solutions.

* Act as the primary technical spokesperson for all electrical engineering design decisions, trade studies, and technical reviews within the workstream.

* Plan and execute robust design, verification, and design characterization activities.

Program and Workstream Leadership

* Lead the electrical engineering workstream for major or moderately complex programs, including task planning, delegation, and technical review of work products.

* Serve as project execution lead and scrum master for electrical engineering activities.

* Develop and maintain execution plans ensuring all electrical deliverables are appropriately scoped, resourced, and scheduled.

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