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 LifeEmbark on an exciting journey with Medtronic’s Digital Technologies Business Unit, where we are at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technology that provides real-time support to surgeons in the operating room. At Digital Technologies, we are transforming operating room experiences through advanced surgical analysis systems powered by state-of-the-art artificial intelligence.
Medtronic is looking for a Principal System Engineer to join the Systems Engineering Team within the Surgical Operating Unit. This role will collaborate within the Surgical OU Research and Development organization and across the Medtronic enterprise to define an innovative new solution for intraoperative support.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Identify technical solutions that fit within the defined boundaries of current technical constraints
- Identify and document enterprise-level use cases to inform potential business cases and product development strategies
- Be accountable for functional analyses, detailed trade-off studies to support product design decisions, requirements allocations at system and subsystem levels, and interface definitions to translate stakeholder needs into requirements and product specifications
- Perform technical planning, system integration, verification, and validation, evaluate alternatives (including cost and risk), supportability, and analyses for products and systems
- Conduct analyses at all levels of products and systems, including concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal
- Identify test methodologies and authorize test procedures to ensure system verification and design validation
- Travel < 25% to the EU and US as needed
Required Knowledge and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Software, Electrical, Biomedical, Aerospace or Chemical Engineering
- Minimum of 7 years relevant systems engineering experience, or an advanced degree with 5 years of relevant systems engineering experience
- Robust leadership and communication skills
- Demonstrated expertise in new product development
- Strong experience developing complex software or electromechanical medical devices
- Excellent understanding of design controls and good documentation practices
- Experience in applying regulatory standards to products (IEC 60601, 14971, 62366, 62304, ISO 13485 or aerospace equivalents)
- Willingness to be on-site (minimum 2 days/week in London office)
Experience with modern digital video protocols, and multi-function device products is highly desirable. Proficiency in generating, cascading, allocating, and managing requirements throughout the project lifecycle is also preferred. Additionally, experience working in Agile-Scrum development within regulated industries and expertise in designing for reliability, manufacturability, and security is considered a strong asset.
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.
Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: United Kingdom: 64,400.00 GBP - 96,600.00 GBP |
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).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
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Systems, Software, Electrical, Biomedical, Aerospace or Chemical Engineering
- Minimum of 7 years relevant systems engineering experience, or an advanced degree with 5 years of relevant systems engineering experience
- Robust leadership and communication skills
- Demonstrated expertise in new product development
- Strong experience developing complex software or electromechanical medical devices
- Excellent understanding of design controls and good documentation practices
- Experience in applying regulatory standards to products (IEC 60601, 14971, 62366, 62304, ISO 13485 or aerospace equivalents)
- Willingness to be on-site (minimum 2 days/week in London office)
Medtronic Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Medtronic and has not been reviewed or approved by Medtronic.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid leave for birthing and non-birthing parents is positioned as notably generous, with additional Family Care Leave available for a range of caregiving needs. Fertility, adoption, donor, and surrogacy support adds depth for different paths to family-building.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan are presented as meaningful long-term savings tools. Scholarship and tuition programs further reinforce financial security beyond salary.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is consistently described as a strong part of the total rewards package. Mental health resources, critical illness coverage, and wellness supports broaden the overall health offering.
Medtronic Insights
What We Do
Medtronic is a global healthcare solutions company operating in approximately 160 countries. We are committed to improving lives through our medical technologies, services, and solutions. Since our beginning, 60 years ago, our Mission has remained the same: to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for people around the world. The Mission is our ethical framework and inspirational goal guiding our day-to-day work. It reminds us that our efforts are transforming millions of lives each year. To meet the needs of patients and healthcare professionals around the globe, we operate from more than 370 locations in approximately 160 countries.








