Senior Electrical Engineering Manager - Neuroscience

Company:  Medtronic
Location: Minneapolis
Closing Date: 08/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

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

A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people. Help us engineer the extraordinary! The Core R&D group within Medtronic’s Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health Operating Units is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineering Manager to be part of a high-performing team that is revolutionizing the design and development of Implantable Medical Devices and Patient Care Instruments. In this role, you will leverage both your technical breadth and business acumen to accelerate the design and development of next generation medical devices such as Neurostimulator systems for Deep Brain Stimulation, Spinal Cord Stimulation, and Sacral Nerve Modulation.

This Electrical Engineering Manager role requires strong technical and exceptional leadership skills to support the design and development of innovative new products within the Core R&D Group. You will apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts in working on complex technical problems, and will provide technical and functional leadership of projects from concept generation through early phase development to market release. The successful candidate will have a passion for driving functional excellence in engineering practices. The candidate will be motivated and must have excellent soft skills that will be needed to work with a high performing team.

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do. We challenge ourselves and each other to make every day better. Join us to make a lasting impact. We value what makes you unique. Medtronic thrives on creating an inclusive culture. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result, and everyone wins. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. Our vision is to become the undisputed world leader in Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health, improving patient lives through innovative solutions. We need your help to make this happen. We reward you in ways that matter most to you. We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards programs to recognize the important role you play in our Mission to transform healthcare. 

A Day in the Life

As an Electrical Engineering Manager, you will Manage a team of Engineers and Technicians tasked to develop and bring new products to the market. The focus of this role will be to provide leadership and mentorship to your team, overseeing their functional development and alignment with Business objectives. You will provide technical knowledge in product development while leading people and managing projects. As a functional lead, you will champion continuous improvement initiatives to enhance engineering processes, tools, and methodologies specific to the Electrical product development of Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health implantable devices and patient care instruments. A primary responsibility will be to collaborate with Program Management and other stakeholders to ensure successful and timely integration of electrical systems into new and existing products.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

  • Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, values, and culture of the organization

  • Plans and directs Electrical Product Development on projects for an 8-10 person team that designs and develops new medical device products

  • Support resource planning and assignments for projects. Identify skill gaps and strategize recruiting/hiring efforts

  • Provide career guidance to direct reports. Manage employee performance and identify functional needs/gaps

  • Responsible for leading the development of the functional roadmap centered on emerging technologies, cost reduction and system benefits

  • Drive design and development of electrical systems, including hardware and firmware, to meet product specifications and performance requirements for implantable devices and patient care instruments

  • Oversee characterization testing, verification and validation of electrical components and systems, ensuring compliance with industry standards and quality regulations

  • Collaborate with Program Management and cross-functional teams to define and execute product development strategies, ensuring alignment with business deliverables and regulatory requirements

  • Contribute to the creation and maintenance of design control documentation

  • Guides the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, processes or products

  • Organizes the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery

  • Work closely with other design teams (Systems and Firmware) to root cause design issues and/or field issues

  • Interface with certified test houses to verify/certify to global regulatory standards including ISO 14708-3, ISO/TS 10974, IEC 60601-2-33, etc.

  • Work under minimal supervision

  • Ensure understanding of all quality policy/system items that are personally applicable. Follow all work/quality procedures to ensure quality system compliance and high-quality work.

  • Ability to work with others internationally and travel globally

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

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

  • Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Electrical engineering preferred)

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in people leadership within a product development or technology development environment plus 7 years overall engineering experience (or 5 years overall engineering experience with an advanced degree)

Nice to Have

  • BS or MS in Electrical Engineering

  • Medical Device experience- verification, validation, and manufacturing of class III medical devices

  • Demonstrated ability in building strong relationships at all levels of the organization, cross-functionally, and with key people external to the organization

  • Experience in embedded electrical design and designing analog and digital circuitry on custom PCBs

  • Experience with application of predictive engineering principles such as Design for Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, or similar concepts

  • Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and the ability to ask critical questions without being the subject matter expert

  • Front-room and back-room FDA audit experience

  • Experience validating test scripts, methods and systems

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.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$160,000.00 - $240,000.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

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About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here ( .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) 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. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

  • Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

  • Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

  • Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) 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. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

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