Prin Electrical Engineer

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 28 Aug 2026   Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life                     Job Description – Principal Electrical Engineer  

Released Product Engineering (RPE) – Surgical Hardware Medtronic | Lafayette, CO  

A Day in the Life  

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.  

As a Principal Electrical Engineer , you will serve as a recognized technical expert and engineering leader within the Released Product Engineering (RPE) organization supporting Medtronic’s Surgical Hardware portfolio. This role is responsible for leading complex electrical engineering activities across sustaining engineering, product enhancements, quality investigations, regulatory compliance, cost optimization, supplier changes, and lifecycle management initiatives.  

The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in mixed-signal electronics, system integration, and product development within regulated industries. In addition to electrical engineering leadership, this individual will collaborate closely with mechanical, firmware, software, systems, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, supplier quality, sourcing, and operations teams to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant products throughout their lifecycle.  

This role requires a systems -thinking mindset, strong technical problem-solving skills, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams while mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence across the organization.  

Primary Responsibilities  

Technical Leadership  

• Serve as the electrical engineering subject matter expert for complex sustaining engineering, quality, compliance, and product enhancement initiatives.  

• Lead the design, development, integration, verification, and validation of mixed-signal electrical systems and subsystems used in surgical medical devices.  

• Define hardware architectures and technical solutions that balance product performance, reliability, manufacturability, compliance, and cost objectives .  

• Review and approve electrical designs, schematics, test plans, engineering changes, and qualification strategies.  

• Drive system-level troubleshooting and root cause investigations involving electrical, mechanical, software, and firmware interactions.  

Product Lifecycle & Sustaining Engineering  

• Lead electrical engineering activities supporting released products, including:   

• Design changes and engineering change orders (ECOs)  

• Obsolescence management  

• Supplier-driven changes  

• Lifecycle and End-of-Life (EOL) initiatives  

• Cost reduction and VAVE projects  

• Manufacturing and field quality improvements  

• Assess product impacts associated with component , material, and supplier changes and determine requalification requirements.  

• Support manufacturing and supplier quality teams in resolving production issues and field-related concerns.  

Product Quality & Compliance  

• Ensure designs comply with applicable standards and regulations, including:   

• IEC 60601-1  

• IEC 60601-1-2  

• IEC 60601-2-2  

• FDA Quality System Requirements  

• ISO 13485  

• Risk Management requirements  

• Lead technical assessments and investigations related to customer complaints, CAPAs, nonconformances, audits, and field performance issues.  

• Evaluate complaint trends and reliability data to determine if systemic quality issues exist and develop appropriate corrective actions.  

• Support EMC, electrical safety, environmental, reliability, and performance testing activities.  

Design & Development  

• Perform and oversee:   

• Circuit design  

• Schematic capture  

• PCB layout reviews  

• Component selection  

• Design analysis and simulation  

• System integration  

• Design verification testing  

• Develop detailed technical specifications, requirements, test protocols, and engineering documentation.  

• Ensure hardware designs meet performance, reliability, safety, and manufacturability requirements.  

Cross-Functional Collaboration  

• Partner with Systems Engineering, Software, Firmware, Mechanical, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Operations, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing Engineering teams.  

• Work with external test laboratories, suppliers, consultants, and contract manufacturers as required .  

• Provide technical leadership during cross-functional design reviews, risk reviews, and business decision-making processes.  

Innovation & Continuous Improvement  

• Identify opportunities to improve product performance, reliability, compliance, manufacturability, and cost.  

• Drive adoption of engineering best practices, tools, and methodologies.  

• Support platform strategies, design standardization, and technology roadmaps across the Surgical Hardware portfolio.  

• Contribute to the evaluation and implementation of emerging technologies.  

Leadership & Talent Development  

• Mentor and coach electrical engineers and cross-functional team members.  

• Lead technical reviews and provide guidance on engineering approaches and problem-solving techniques.  

• Influence technical direction across multiple projects and product platforms.  

• Serve as a technical leader for major cr

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