Systems Engineer II

About this role

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 20 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 Across our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey.

Our Cranial & Spinal Technologies (CST) operating unit advances surgical care for spine and cranial conditions through an integrated ecosystem of implants, navigation, robotics, imaging, and planning tools. Platforms like AiBLE enhance precision, efficiency, and outcomes for complex procedures worldwide.

Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic CST                     As a Systems Engineer II within the CST Platforms and Solutions organization you will utilize your technical expertise in solving complex problems and in designing solutions using computer-assisted and robotic-assisted surgery technology to improve patient outcomes and surgical efficiency.

• You will work independently with general supervision on moderately complex systems tasks

• You will drive technical decision-making within the team to be consistent with big picture design goals and system functionality

• You will work within and influence 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 assist in the engineering analysis to optimize and select concepts to ensure the final solution fulfills needs, requirements, use cases, environments, and the overall system vision.

• You will lead assist in the planning and execution of user evaluations in lab-based surgical environments or other formative evaluation events to gain insightful feedback on design concepts.

• You will lead support 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 input to internal and cross-business development teams, serving as a subject matter expert in computer-assisted surgery, robotic-assisted surgery, and clinical procedural workflows.

Must Haves • Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with 0 years relevant experience

Nice to Haves • 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 quickly prototype new concepts and ideas.

• Ability to assess new technologies via comprehensive reviews of the state-of-the-art

• Project management skills, leading a project team as well as planning and estimation of tasks, milestones, resources, and budgets

Travel Requirements   Travel is expected less than 20% to work with colleagues across geographies, observe surgical cases, interact with surgeons on design prototypes, attend technical and clinical conferences, collaborate with external design partners, and attend professional development events. 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.

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