Principal Electrical Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 4 Sep 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

Medtronic's Interventional Cardiac Therapies (ICT) Renal Denervation (formally CRDN) business is looking for a Lead Electrical Engineer 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.

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.

Medtronic's Interventional Cardiac Therapies (ICT) Renal Denervation business is looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to be part of a high-performing team developing next-generation medical device capital equipment. In this role, you will apply electrical engineering expertise with a focus on RF design, and RF energy delivery, digital circuit card design, FPGA, SOM, and hardware/software interfaces to support the design, development, characterization, integration testing, verification, validation, and lifecycle support of a next-generation Renal Denervation RF ablation generator.

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 role requires strong electrical engineering expertise, sound technical judgment, and the ability to collaborate effectively across complex multidisciplinary product development. The Principal Electrical Engineer will apply knowledge of RF design, RF energy delivery, circuit card design, digital hardware design, FPGA, SOM, hardware/software interfaces electrical engineering, systems development, characterization, and integration testing from early phase development through market release.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for the patients we serve, strong collaboration skills, and deep expertise in RF design and RF energy delivery, with experience related to digital circuit card design, FPGA, SOM, and hardware/software interface considerations for medical device capital equipment.

Job Summary

The Principal Electrical Engineer will work with an experienced electrical engineering team on the electrical engineering aspects of a new capital equipment platform, with a primary focus on RF design, digital hardware design, systems development, characterization, and integration testing for a next-generation Renal Denervation RF ablation generator. The role operates with a high degree of autonomy and provides expert technical input across RF hardware, digital circuit card design, FPGA and SOM-related hardware considerations, design, testing, risk management, and cross-functional execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply expertise in RF design, RF energy delivery, digital circuit card design, FPGA, SOM, and hardware/software interfaces to support complex medical device electronics.
• Support RF generator subsystem design, circuit card architecture, schematic development, PCB-level testing, characterization, integration, verification, validation, and lifecycle activities for a next-generation Renal Denervation RF ablation generator.
• Translate system, product, and hardware requirements into clear electrical engineering deliverables, including requirements decomposition, test coverage, and verification strategy.
• Partner with systems, software, FPGA, mechanical, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, CTM, and program teams to support cross-functional execution and design transfer readiness.
• Provide expert technical input during design reviews, RF design discussions, board checkout, integration troubleshooting, independent reviews, test planning, and risk discussions.

Must Have:
Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• Electromechanical Systems / Capital equipment, or equivalent experience including hardware and software integration
• Technical leadership…