Principal Product Engineer - NM - Rice Creek, MN; Onsite

Principal Product Engineer – Neuromodulation

Application window closes on 4 Jul 2026.

As a Principal Product Engineer, you will lead the technical development of Neuromodulation products from early feasibility through market release. These products support therapies for chronic pain, cancer pain, severe spasticity, epilepsy, dystonia, essential tremor, and Parkinson’s disease, and include implantable and external neurostimulators, implantable infusion pumps, as well as associated recharge and programming systems.

• Develop and execute the overall technical strategy for product development.
• Partner with Systems, Labeling, Marketing, Regulatory, and other cross‑functional teams to define and deliver designs that meet customer and system requirements, ensuring alignment across functional interfaces.
• Translate product needs into clear requirements and allocate design and verification responsibilities accordingly.
• Identify technical risks and lead the development and execution of risk mitigation plans.
• Facilitate cross‑functional communication to drive design decisions, align on test strategies, review results, and resolve technical issues.
• Lead and maintain design failure modes and effects analyses (DFMEA).
• Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing partners to ensure effective flow‑down of requirements and risks, and alignment between process and design maturity for builds and testing.
• Establish and oversee design verification plans, ensuring technical rigor throughout development.
• Support regulatory submissions and enable smooth knowledge transfer to sustaining/continuation engineering teams.
• Translate customer needs and emerging technologies into hardware technology roadmaps.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer or Biomedical Engineering with a minimum of 7 years of experience designing requirements, development, and structure.
• Master’s degree in the same fields with a minimum of 5 years of experience, OR PhD with a minimum of 3 years of experience.

• Product Risk Assessment and Risk Management experience (e.g., Fault Tree Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis).
• Collaboration experience with Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Software, and/or Biomedical Design Engineers.
• Experience working with Manufacturing Engineering and Manufacturing Processes.
• Product development experience from concept to market release.
• Familiarity with International Standards for medical devices such as ISO 14708‑1 or IEC 60601.
• Project Management experience.

Requires regular independent mobility, interaction with a computer, and communication with peers and co‑workers. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

U.S. work authorization sponsorship is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and throughout employment.

Medtronic provides equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Base salary ranges for U.S. locations: USD 124,000–186,000. The position is eligible for the Medtronic Incentive Plan. Benefits include health, dental and vision insurance; health savings account; flexible spending account; life insurance; disability leave; dental assistance; tuition reimbursement; 401(k) with employer match; short‑term disability; paid time off and holidays; employee stock purchase plan; and various retirement plans.