Systems Engineering Analysis, Senior

Senior Systems Engineer

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.

The Neuroscience portfolio develops implantable and enabling technologies used to diagnose and treat disorders of the nervous system. Within this organization, Systems Engineering drives the definition, integration, verification, and validation of complex medical device systems that combine hardware, software, instruments, and clinical workflows. This role supports Neuromodulation technologies used to treat conditions through targeted stimulation of nerves in the brain, spine, pelvic, tibial, and peripheral nervous systems.

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will lead and support system-level development activities across the product lifecycle for Neuromodulation products and enabling technologies. The role focuses on translating customer and business needs into system requirements, managing interfaces across hardware and software components, supporting design changes, and ensuring products meet user, quality, and regulatory expectations through verification, validation, and risk management activities.

Translate customer, clinical, and business needs into stakeholder and system requirements with clear traceability throughout the development lifecycle.

Define, analyze, and manage system architectures, interfaces, workflows, use cases, and functional requirements across hardware and software components.

Lead system verification and validation activities, including test planning, execution, analysis, and documentation to demonstrate compliance with requirements.

Conduct risk assessments and support identification and mitigation of technical risks, hazards, and failure modes.

Evaluate field issues, change requests, and product performance data to identify root causes and implement engineering solutions.

Collaborate with research and development, quality, regulatory, marketing, and project management teams to support system development and product improvements.

Support concept development, formative evaluations, usability studies, and laboratory-based testing to assess system functionality and user workflows.

Bachelor's degree with 4 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with 2 years of relevant experience.

Experience working within a Quality Management System (QMS) in a regulated environment.

Experience collaborating cross-functionally with software, hardware, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Experience with reliability engineering, verification and validation, or failure analysis.

Formal education, training, or hands-on experience in Systems Engineering principles and methodologies.

Experience in the medical device industry and familiarity with applicable regulatory requirements (FDA, ISO 13485, IEC 62304, etc.).

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: 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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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).

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).

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