Sr Systems Engineer: Neuroscience Devices

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 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 As a Senior Systems Engineer within the Navigated Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) organization you will utilize your extensive technical expertise in solving complex problems and in designing system solutions using computer-assisted surgery technology to improve patient outcomes and surgical efficiency.

CST The Cranial & Spinal Technologies business develops life-restoring therapies and healthcare solutions that span the care continuum; integrating technologies and applying clinical and economic evidence to increase patient access, improve efficiency of procedures and deliver successful patient outcomes.                     A Day in the Life • You will drive technical decision-making within the team to be consistent with big-picture design goals and system functionality • You will work and lead within a cross-functional team to design, develop, test, and document innovative system solutions utilizing software and hardware components. • You will lead the definition and development of user needs, business needs, use cases, requirements, and system architecture. • You will lead the engineering analysis to optimize and select system-level concepts to ensure the final solution fulfills needs, requirements, use cases, environments, and the overall system vision. • You will lead the planning and execution of user evaluations in lab-based surgical environments or other formative evaluation events to gain insightful feedback on system concepts. • You will lead the team in identifying and mitigating technical risks, product hazards, and failure modes. • You will troubleshoot system component integration and support surgical procedure introduction of the design. • You will provide technical leadership to internal and cross-business development teams, serving as a subject matter expert in computer-assisted surgery and clinical procedural workflows.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements A Bachelors’ degree in an Engineering or Science Discipline and 4+ years of relevant experience or an advanced degree and 2+ years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have • Experience in the medical device industry and/or surgical techniques. • Experience in Systems Engineering as related to stakeholder needs definition, creation of use case workflows, requirements definition and decomposition, functional architecture, system design, and safety risk management. • Experience planning and conducting user evaluations of product concepts, analyzing data, documenting evaluation methods and results, and presenting design recommendations to product teams. • Experience with software design, algorithm design, GUI design, and iterative software development practices. • Familiarity and experience working with scripting languages, Polarion, Miro, or Figma. • Experience with mechanical and/or electrical design, mechanical/electrical drawings, tolerance analysis, and computer-aided design (CAD). • Familiarity with modern AI-enabled tools for drafting, analysis, knowledge synthesis, and software or system development support. • Ability to apply AI tools effectively while exercising sound engineering judgment, technical accuracy, and appropriate review of outputs. • Ability to provide creativity while solving complex problems without known solutions. • Ability to quickly prototype new concepts and ideas. • Ability to assess new technologies via comprehensive reviews of the state-of-the-art • Project management skills including leading a project team as well as planning and estimation of tasks, milestones, resources, and budget.

• Strong leadership skills and mentoring capabilities.

• Ability to drive change.

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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