Sr Electrical Engineer

Sr Electrical Engineer job ta Clara County, CA. We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 5 Dec 2025

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.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer you will be an individual contributor in our technical functions advancing existing technology or introducing new technology and therapies. You will formulate deliver and manage assigned projects collaborating with stakeholders to achieve desired results. You may mentor colleagues or direct the work of junior professionals. Responsibilities focus on the development of systems or initiatives related to the support of existing technologies or therapies from design refinement to implementation and sustaining activities while adhering to policies and applying specialized knowledge and skills.

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

• Research, develop, design and test electrical components, equipment, and systems for commercial, industrial, and wearable/diagnostic device applications.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (FCC, ISO
  13485, IEC 60601, EMI/EMC).
• Oversee certification processes and interact with certification agencies.
• Conduct design reviews, verification, validation and reliability testing; develop and maintain safety protocols.
• Maintain detailed design documentation and support regulatory submission processes.
• Lead electrical system design, schematic capture, PCB layout and prototyping; support hardware debugging and troubleshooting.
• Design analog, digital and mixed‑signal circuits including signal integrity analysis and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including firmware engineers to integrate hardware and software.
• May manage projects and delegate work, providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees.

Differentiating Factors

• Works independently under limited supervision determining and developing approaches to solutions.
• Coaches and reviews the work of lower‑level specialists; may manage projects or processes.

• May be responsible for entire projects or processes within the job area.
• Builds relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.

• Tackles difficult problems that may require understanding multiple specialties.
• Makes process, system or product improvements to enhance performance.
• Provides in-depth analysis and recommendations for process improvements.

• Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors.
• Exchanges information, ideas and issues to achieve objectives and influence decision‑making.

• May guide, coach and train other employees.
• May manage projects delegating and reviewing the work of others.

• Baccalaureate degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience.

• Experience working in the medical device industry.
• Working knowledge of design and simulation of RF antennas as well as RF antenna testing.
• Experience developing products in compliance with RF wireless communications standards (including Bluetooth) for medical devices.
• Experience with Agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Working knowledge of software development.
• Experience designing and developing PCBA for wearable and diagnostic devices.
• Experience with schematics and PCB layout.
• Experience designing to regulatory standards (FCC, ISO
  13485, IEC 60601,…