Principal Electrical Engineer

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 6 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.

A Day in the Life

The Principal Electrical Engineer will lead the design and development of advanced medical devices for diabetes patients, focusing on analog and digital circuit design, microcontroller system architecture, and lithium-ion battery power management—including wireless charging and Qi protocol. This role requires expertise in PCB design, power consumption analysis, and integration of RF/BLE communication technologies. Strong leadership, technical acumen, and multidisciplinary teamwork are essential for success in this position.

About the Role:

As a Principal Electrical Engineer, you will play a key leadership role in the design and development of cutting-edge medical devices for people with diabetes. You will leverage your deep expertise in analog and digital circuit design, microcontroller system architecture, and advanced power management to help bring innovative solutions to market. This position requires a hands-on engineer who is passionate about quality, patient safety, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex technical challenges.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronic's Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

This is a hybrid position which requires 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and optimize lithium-ion battery power management circuits, including PMICs, fuel gauges, protection techniques, and wireless charging circuits compliant with Qi protocol.
• Conduct power and energy consumption analysis to ensure efficient device operation and maximize battery life.
• Drive PCB design and schematic capture, working closely with PCB layout engineers to ensure best practices for manufacturability, signal integrity, and EMI/EMC compliance.
• Lead the design, development, and verification of analog and digital circuits for medical device applications, focusing on reliability and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Design microcontroller-based systems and sub-systems, selecting appropriate components and ensuring robust system integration.
• Integrate and troubleshoot voltage regulators, RF and BLE communication modules, and advanced lithium-ion battery technologies.
• Collaborate proactively with systems, embedded software, and mechanical engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of electrical designs within the overall device architecture.
• Participate in risk analysis, design reviews, and root cause analysis for electrical issues.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers and review their designs for quality and compliance.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in electrical engineering, preferably in the medical device or regulated industry OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong working knowledge of:
  • Analog circuit design and simulation
  • Microcontroller system architecture
  • Lithium-ion battery design techniques including PMICs, fuel gauges, and protection circuits.
  • Wireless charging and Qi protocol
  • Power and energy consumption analysis
  • PCBA schematic capture, layout, fabrication and assembly
• Experience with lithium-ion cell development with external vendors including design requirements, specification, prototyping, test, characterization, qualification and production.
• Experience with voltage regulators, RF and BLE communication, and digital circuit design.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams including systems, embedded software, and mechanical engineering.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and leadership skills.
• Experience with FDA, ISO 13485, IEC 60601, or other relevant medical device standards.
• Experience with low-power design and miniaturized electronics.
• Familiarity with IPC-610 and design for manufacturability and test (DFM/DFT).
• Experience with simulation and modeling tools (e.g., SPICE, Altium Designer, OrCAD).

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):$130,400.00 - $195,600.00

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).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

 

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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 95,000+ 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.

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