Sr. Prin. Development Engineer

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 30 Oct 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

Careers that Change Lives

​​​​​​​In this role, you will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform within the Surgical Operating unit:

Medtronic’s Surgical Operating Unit is one new, powerful operating unit bringing together the people and product portfolio of Surgical Robotics and Surgical Innovations.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​With the Medtronic Mission as our North Star, we will build on our legacy of proven surgical solutions and advance the promise of robotics and digital solutions for the benefit of the customers and patients we serve.

Make impact by exploring a career with the world’s leading Medical Device company, striving “

A Day in The Life

You would be joining our Product Development Organization as a Sr. Prin.

Development Engineer responsible for the Verification Strategy, Requirement Decomposition, and Specification Development for our robotic projects in development.

To us, Verification is not just the last step on the path to commercialization; this role becomes an integral core team member in the Concept phase of the project.

You will be responsible for partnering with Systems Engineering, Marketing, the design teams, Quality and Project Management to drive meaningful product requirements, a robust design, and ultimately an efficient and effective verification strategy.

Along the path to launch, you will become a technical contributor towards the success of the product and help establish best-practices and innovative approaches towards proving that our products meet the expectations of the Medtronic Mission.

The responsibilities of this role will include the following:

Develop and drive a robust and efficient Design Verification strategy for product requirements

Author or review/approve Design Verification protocols and reports

Champion studies and/or activities that drive robust design, such as design of experiments, transfer function development, and simulations

Lead cross-functional failure investigations and analysis

Partner with System Engineering to develop, review and decompose product requirements

Represent the development engineering function on product development extended core teams

Mentor junior and senior development engineers working on your projects, and provide feedback on engineering reports, verification protocols, and verification reports

Liaison with Reliability, Compliance (60601), Hardware (Electrical and Mechanical), and Software teams for your projects

Support the development of regulatory submissions for your projects

Support QMS and/or DHF audits as the development engineer SME on those projects

Support changes made to your projects post-launch

You will:

Working on the Medtronic Campus in North Haven, CT or Boston, MA, you are responsible for driving product development activities in support of surgical robotics platform, including:

Review and provide input to the development of product requirements

Review, provide input to and approve test methods

Design studies and experiments to gain confidence in meeting product requirements

Analyze test data

Author Engineering Analyses and Reports

Plan verification activities

Author Design Verification Protocols and Reports

Troubleshoot failures and make recommendations on design, test, or requirement improvements

Mentor junior engineers on all of the above

Champion continuous improvement projects, such as implementing new SOPs or WIs related to development engineering

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

A Bachelor’s Degree and 10 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in robotics engineering or related field and 8 years of relevant experience

Nice to Have

A minimum of 8 years of experience with direct medical device development

Experience with developing a product according to System Engineering principles

A strong understanding of Regulatory requirements for Design Controls and Design Verification

Industry experience with statistical methods and analysis of data to perform Design Verification

Experience with robotics or electro-mechanical systems

Proven track record of contributing to medical devices of high complexity

Strong communication and inter-personal skills

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide.

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.

We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday.

It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team.

Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives.

Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

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.

(ADA-United States of America)

EEO

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.

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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):$156,000.00 - $234,000.00This 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, andSimple 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), andCapital 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:

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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc.

(“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.

Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Required Skill Profession

Engineers