Sr. Systems Engineer, Mounds View, MN

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 6 May 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.

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Medtronic’s Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Research and Development (R&D) is looking for a Sr. Systems Engineer with a software focus to work in a system engineering role for product development. Medtronic CRM R&D products are complex engineering systems (an implanted pacer, for instance, can transmit device status and diagnostics remotely to a physician for years).
The position responsibilities will focus on system development, integration, verification, and validation for CRM products. You will be responsible for partnering with Systems Engineer peers, Marketing, the Design teams (particularly Software), Quality and Project Management to drive meaningful design inputs, a robust design, and ultimately an efficient and effective verification and validation 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 position offers excellent opportunity for an engineer interested in designing and executing systems engineering activities to produce reliable and successful products. Candidates should have demonstrated ability to execute independently after receiving high level scope and constraints. Candidates with exposure to systems engineering practice in industry are requested to apply.
This position is on-site in Mounds View, MN.

In general, the following responsibilities apply to the Sr. Systems Engineer role.  This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Develop, review, and decompose design inputs and system requirements
• Understand customer use cases, workflows, and interactions
• Identify technical risks and support risk burn down plan and activities
• Develop and execute a robust and efficient system verification and validation strategy.
• Review and approve engineering reports, protocols, and other documentation
• Execute system testing; troubleshoot test failures, identify source of issue, and collaborate with appropriate partners to for resolution; communicate with internal systems & functional experts at various levels
• Support strategic initiatives aimed at making our systems engineering processes and tools more efficient
• Understand and execute best practices of Systems Engineering processes, advocate for high quality engineering.

Travel Requirements: Travel approximately once per quarter.

MUST HAVE - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: To be considered for this role, please be sure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other technical discipline
• 4+ years of relevant experience in industry with bachelor’s degree; OR 2+ years of relevant experience in industry with graduate degree

Nice to Have:

• Demonstrated ability for independent work
• Experience with systems engineering principles
• Experience with software system to device interfaces
• Demonstrated domain knowledge and understands applications to assigned projects
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement by studying and applying technical advances in area of expertise
• Excellent communication skills, including written and verbal
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others
• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Demonstrated Cardiac Rhythm Management domain knowledge
• Experience with behavior-centered design
• Familiarity with Design for Six Sigma or related product development processes
• A person that is versatile, technically savvy, curious, a broad systems thinker, and willing to work in a space with a lot of ambiguity.
• Good judgment in assessing risks and opportunities of these solutions. 

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).

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. Learn more about our benefits here.

In addition to Base Salary, this position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan, which provides the opportunity to earn significant incentive compensation for achieving or exceeding your goals.  Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here. 

The provided base salary range is used nationally in the United States (except in Puerto Rico and certain CA locations). The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experience, certification/education, market conditions, location, etc. ​

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 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):$104,800.00 - $157,200.00

This 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, and Simple 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), and Capital 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:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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 here.

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.