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** The Senior R&D Electrical Engineer will be a member of the Product Development group within the Robotic Platforms Center of Excellence. You will support R&D Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) systems by triaging defects, investigating root cause, and helping restore systems to working order through a close relationship with the R&D Fleet Management team. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills are critical to success in this role, as are hands-on skills and troubleshooting ability. **As the Senior R&D Electrical Engineer, you will:** + Provide rapid response triage (≈25%), root cause analysis (≈75%), and provide recommendation for repair on RAS systems. + Manage root cause investigations with external suppliers and help drive corrective actions. + Support design changes related to failure investigations. + Support reliability hardware investigations. + Document investigation findings in Medtronic quality systems. + Work hand in hand with the Released Product Engineering team to share knowledge on R&D failures and support field investigations. + Support CAPA investigations. + Maintain Design History Records for work performed on fleet hardware. **Must Have: Minimum Requirements** + Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related engineering discipline, with 8 to 10 years of relevant experience. **Additional Skills & Expertise:** + Experience with highly regulated and/or safety-critical systems (medical device experience strongly preferred) + Strong verbal and written communication skills + Strong troubleshooting and analysis skills + Comfortable working in a fast passed, cross disciplinary environment + Ability to measure voltage, current, and signal integrity with common electrical debugging tools such as a multimeter and oscilloscope + Ability to read and understand electrical circuit schematics and wiring diagrams + Ability to read and understand mechanical and electrical assembly drawings + Ability to write detailed reports and work instructions + Familiarity with electronic design tools, e.g., OrCAD and Allegro + Knowledge of relevant technologies including: + Mechatronics / Robotics + Mechanical and electrical interfaces + Communication protocols + Sensors, actuators, controllers + Kinematics of mechanisms + Vision and display systems + Experience with sensors such as Encoders, Hall Effect Sensors, Torque, and Load Cells + Experience with Ethernet + Familiarity with QNX and Linux operating systems, both GUI and command line interfaces + Knowledge of PCBA Manufacturing processes **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.  **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. **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 90,000+ 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 (http://www.medtronic.com) **Welcome to our new Careers Site!** **If you applied before July 22nd, please check your email for a notification from us providing you with instructions and a link to set up your new account and retain access to your current activity. If you do not see an email from us, please feel free to proceed with creating a new account.** 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 90,000+ 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. **We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. **We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. **This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… + **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world + **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities + **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: **Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. **Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. **Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. **Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care 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. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here (https://www.e-verify.gov/employees) . For updates on job applications, please go to the candidate login page and sign in to check your application status. If you need assistance completing your application please email AskHR@medtronic.com To request removal of your personal information from our systems please email RS.HRCompliance@medtronic.com