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A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. And we’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life for millions of people. Help us engineer the extraordinary!

Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Help bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. We reward you in the ways that matter most to you. We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards programs to recognize the important role you play in our Mission to transform healthcare. Learn more about Medtronic benefits and compensation at the bottom of this job description.

The Energy System Research and Technology group within Medtronic’s Energy and Component Center in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, is looking for a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer with battery pack and battery management system design experience. Our mission is to deliver energy solutions throughout Medtronic. These energy solutions support therapies that span the care continuum; from patient monitoring to robot assisted surgical technologies that relieve pain, restore function, and improve lives for our patients. We need your help to make this happen.

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Researches, develops, designs, and tests electrical components, battery packs, and battery management systems.

• Models and designs electrical test equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, and domestic purpose.

• Write medical battery pack test plans and reports.

• Write and compile code for embedded controllers such as PIC, uART, other microprocessors.

• Generate, debug and trouble shoot complex battery management system algorithms.

• Integrate, test, and document real-time algorithms.

• Perform root cause analysis of failed components.

• Design and execute test methods to characterize safety, ensure reliability, and verify adherence to standards, product, and systems requirements.

• Interface with certifying body test houses to verify/certify to global regulatory standards including UN38.3. IEC-60601, IEC-62133-2, UL2054, UL1642.

• Work under minimal supervision.

• Ensure understanding of all quality policy/system items that are personally applicable. Follow all work/quality procedures to ensure quality system compliance and high-quality work.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required

• Requires a University Degree and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience

Nice to Have

• BS in Electrical Engineering strongly preferred

• Background in design of battery packs and battery management systems for medical devices

• Design experience with Altium, Simulink and Simscape Battery and BMS modeling

• Fundamental understanding of cell balancing within a pack

• Familiarity with battery test systems – Chroma, MACCOR, Arbin

• Fluency with commercial off-the-shelf Impedance Track and M5 fuel gauging

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, recruiter 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 (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&co_num=30601&co_affid=medtronic) .

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP) here .

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

Min Salary

$153600

Max Salary

$230400

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.