Principal Development Engineer

Principal Development Engineer - Robotic Surgical Technologies

​​​​​​​In this role, you will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform within the Surgical Operating unit:  https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html

Our Surgical OU is one new, powerful operating unit bringing together the people and product portfolio of Surgical Innovations and Surgical Robotics. We’ll approach the market with a unified approach from concept single strategy, capitalize on our global commercial capabilities, and prove the power of our combined portfolio.

With the Medtronic Mission as our North Star, we will build on our legacy of proven surgical solutions and advance the promise of robotics and digital solutions for the benefit of Medtronic and the customers and patients we serve. 

Location: North Haven, CT or Boston, MA

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A Day in The Life

You would be joining our Product Development Organization as a Principal Development Engineer responsible for the Verification Strategy, Requirement Decomposition, and Specification Development for our robotic projects in development. To us, Verification is not just the last step on the path to commercialization; this role becomes an integral core team member in the Concept phase of the project. You will be responsible for partnering with Systems Engineering, Marketing, the design teams, Quality and Project Management to drive meaningful product requirements, a robust design, and ultimately an efficient and effective verification strategy. Along the path to launch, you will become a technical contributor towards the success of the product and help establish best-practices and innovative approaches towards proving that our products meet the expectations of the Medtronic Mission.

The responsibilities of this role will include the following:

• Review and provide input to the development of product requirements
• Review, provide input to and approve test methods
• Design studies and experiments to gain confidence in meeting product requirements
• Analyze test data
• Author Engineering Analyses and Reports
• Plan verification activities
• Author Design Verification Protocols and Reports
• Troubleshoot failures and make recommendations on design, test, or requirement improvements
• Mentor junior engineers on all of the above
• Champion continuous improvement projects, such as implementing new SOPs or WIs related to development engineering
• Develop and drive a robust and efficient Design Verification strategy for product requirements
• Author or review/approve Design Verification protocols and reports
• Champion studies and/or activities that drive robust design, such as design of experiments, transfer function development, and simulations
• Lead cross-functional failure investigations and analysis
• Partner with System Engineering to develop, review and decompose product requirements
• Represent the development engineering function on product development extended core teams
• Mentor junior and senior development engineers working on your projects, and provide feedback on engineering reports, verification protocols, and verification reports
• Liaison with Reliability, Compliance (60601), Hardware (Electrical and Mechanical), and Software teams for your projects
• Support the development of regulatory submissions for your projects
• Support QMS and/or DHF audits as the development engineer SME on those projects
• Support changes made to your projects post-launch

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

• Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, evaluates alternatives including cost and risk, supportability and analyses for total systems.
• Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.