Principal Electrical Engineer
Careers That Change Lives
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!
Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the
next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. We reward you in the 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. Learn more about Medtronic benefits and compensation at
the bottom of this job description.
We are currently looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer with Manufacturing Test experience for
Medical Devices to join our Neuromodulation & Pelvic Health Engineering Team in Medtronic Engineering
and Innovation Center, Hyderabad, India. Our vision is to become the undisputed world leader in
Neuromodulation & Pelvic Health, improving patient lives through innovative solutions. Our therapies span the
care continuum; from early interventional procedures to implantable surgical technologies that relieve pain,
restore function, and improve lives for our patients. We need your help to make this happen.
A Day in the Life
As a Principal Electrical Engineer, you will work with a global team of Manufacturing and Test Engineers to
bring new products to the market. The focus of this role will be to coordinate and help implement
Manufacturing Test Development for non-implantable and implantable Medical Devices such as Patient
Programmers, Rechargers, and Neurostimulator devices for Deep Brain Stimulation, Spinal Cord Stimulation,
and Sacral Nerve Modulation. Manufacturing Test Development includes collaborating with external contract
manufacturing partners, strategizing, initiating, and deploying Manufacturing Test Methodologies. For all
internal development teams, this Individual will serve as a single point of contact on all Manufacturing Test
considerations and will be recognized as the Manufacturing Test Champion. Experience designing, testing,
and troubleshooting analog power electronics is a plus for this role.
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Provide Technical Leadership on Manufacturing Test Development for Patient Care Devices at Contract Manufacturing facilities.
- Ownership of Manufacturing Test strategy and Test Requirement Specifications for Implantables and Patient Care Devices
- Interface with certified test houses to verify/certify to global regulatory standards including IEC 60601, ISO 14708-3, FCC, ETSI, etc.
- Provide Electrical Engineering skills to analyze, characterize, and debug new product designs including analog and digital circuitry.
- Work closely with design teams (Electrical, Firmware, Mechanical) to root cause design issues, create test suites, characterize and ultimately verify electrical designs.
- Design and execute test methods (manual and automated) to characterize electrical performance and verify adherence to Product Requirements.
- Analysis of product performance using DFSS techniques
- Act as a liaison with external suppliers to ensure continuity of product supply by resolving supply and quality issues.
- Collaborate with a cross functional team to resolve and document issues with fielded products.
- 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.
- Work under minimal supervision and 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 a technical discipline – Electrical / Electronics / Manufacturing
- Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 13 years relevant experience
- Medical Device experience
- Experience working with international teams and Contract Manufacturers Globally
- Experience with verification and validation of class II and class III medical devices
- Experience with Design for Six Sigma
- Experience with analog power electronics design and troubleshooting
- Experience developing automated test benches utilizing python scripts and/or LabVIEW
- Experience validating test scripts, methods and systems including IQ/OQ
- Experience with Altium or OrCAD schematic capture and PCB layout tools
- Experience with circuit simulation tools such as PSPICE, LTSPICE
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology,
therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves
and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place
to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed
with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve
patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
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. (ADA-United States of America).
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. (ADA-United States of America).
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