Senior Systems Engineer - Cranial & Spinal Technologies

About the role

Medtronic's Cranial & Spinal Technologies business develops life-restoring therapies and healthcare solutions that integrate technologies and apply clinical and economic evidence to improve patient access, procedure efficiency and outcomes. As a Senior Systems Engineer in the CST Platforms and Solutions organization, you will use your technical expertise to solve complex problems and design system solutions based on computer-assisted and robotic-assisted surgery technology.

Key responsibilities

• Work and lead within a cross-functional team to design, develop, test and document system solutions using software and hardware components.
• Lead the definition and development of user and business needs, use cases, requirements and system architecture.
• Lead engineering analysis to optimize and select system-level concepts so the final solution meets needs, requirements, use cases, environments and the overall system vision.
• Lead planning and execution of user evaluations in lab-based surgical environments or other formative events to gather feedback on system concepts.
• Lead the team in identifying and mitigating technical risks, product hazards and failure modes.
• Troubleshoot system component integration and support the introduction of the design into surgical procedures.
• Provide technical leadership and subject-matter expertise in computer-assisted, robotic-assisted and clinical procedures to internal and cross-business development teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Science discipline and 4+ years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Fluent technical English, spoken and written.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in the medical device industry and/or surgical techniques.
• Systems engineering experience covering stakeholder needs, use-case workflows, requirements definition and decomposition, functional architecture, system design and safety risk management.
• Experience planning and running user evaluations, analyzing data, documenting methods and results, and presenting design recommendations.
• Software design, algorithm design, GUI design and iterative software development experience.
• Familiarity with scripting languages, Polarion, Jira, Miro or Figma.

What we offer

• A competitive salary and a flexible benefits package.
• Eligibility for the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).