Senior Hardware Engineer - Capital Platforms (Surgical)

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 31 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 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. 

This position is onsite in Lafayette, Colorado, a minimum of 4 days per week.                     Medtronic Surgical is hiring a Sr. Hardware Engineer   to   play a key role in the development and sustainment of capital equipment platforms, including   electro surgical   generator systems.  

You’re   not just designing hardware— you’re   helping build technology that improves and extends lives. In this role,   you’ll   work on complex medical device s   where your decisions directly   impact   patients, clinicians, and outcomes around the world.  

If   you're   the kind of engineer who wants to   own problems end-to-end, get hands-on with hardware, and see your work make it into real-world products , this is the kind of environment where   you’ll   thrive.  

You’ll   join a collaborative  capital equipment engineering team   working on advanced surgical energy platforms and emerging technologies. Engineers on this team take strong ownership of their designs while working closely across a   multi ‑ board   system architecture.    

  What   You’ll   Do  

Key responsibilities include:  

• Lead the design, analysis, and troubleshooting of complex digital hardware and circuit boards  

• Drive   board design   projects   through completion, verification, and integration  

• Conduct hardware research, design, development, and testing of electrical components and systems  

• Develop technical specifications and ensure hardware reliability and performance  

• Analyze hardware configurations and verify designs meet system and regulatory requirements  

• Collaborate with   cross ‑ functional   partners including systems engineering, manufacturing, regulatory, and marketing  

• Provide   hands ‑ on   lab support for prototypes, troubleshooting, and production hardware  

Approximately   20% of this role  will focus on  component   library management , including:  

• Building schematic symbols and PCB footprints  

• Maintaining and improving the electrical   component   library for   E CAD tools  

• Ensuring   component   data integrity and standards compliance  

• Supporting efficient hardware development through library quality and reuse  

Minimum   Requirements (Must Have)  

• Bachelor’s   in Electrical Engineering   or   Electrical - Computer   Engineering , plus:  

• 4 years related work experience OR Master’s degree   with 2+ years of relevant experience    

Preferred Qualifications  

• Experience with  digital hardware design  

• Experience with PCB design tools such as   Cadence OrCAD, Allegro, or Altium  

• Experience working in complex hardware systems or   multi ‑ board   architectures  

• Familiarity with regulated product development environments (medical device, aerospace, automotive, etc.)  

• Experience with   component   libraries or   E CAD library management  

• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering disciplines and cross functional teams.  

• Strong troubleshooting skills in a lab environment  

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment. ‌ Recruitment Fraud Alert We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind: 

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