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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

Senior Director of CST Global Hardware Engineering

Careers that Change Lives

Change begins with you. We look for bold ideas and fresh insights — that's what drives innovation. Come drive the future of healthcare with us.

The Enabling Technologies business of Medtronic brings our navigation, imaging, robotics, powered surgical, and advanced energy technologies together into one cross-functional, collaborative operating unit to employ the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients across the globe.

As the Senior Director of CST Hardware Engineering, you will lead and develop a cutting-edge Hardware Engineering organization which engineers extraordinary Cranial, Spine, and ENT surgical solutions and experiences through system design and system integration leveraging robotic, imaging, and navigation technologies along with powered, energized, and shunting instrumentation all connected in an ecosystem that leverages data and intelligence to advance patient outcomes and improve surgical efficiency.

A Day in the Life

In this exciting role as a Senior Director of global hardware development, you will have the following responsibilities, and other duties may be assigned when required:

· Lead and develop global Electrical and Mechanical Engineering teams supporting new product development, sustaining engineering, and technology innovation.

· Define and execute a global hardware engineering strategy aligned with business and technology roadmaps.

· Ensure consistent application of design controls, hardware development processes, and best practices across all sites.

· Partner with Systems, Software, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and Supply Chain to deliver robust, manufacturable, and compliant products.

· Own organizational design, workforce planning, budget management, and succession planning for global hardware engineering.

· Drive innovation in electronics, electromechanics, and mechanical design, including reliability, safety, and cost optimization.

· Mentor leaders and engineers, fostering engagement, inclusion, and career growth. Support global regulatory submissions and audits.

· Travel internationally and domestically (<20%).

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

· Bachelors Degree in Engineering with 12+ years of engineering experience and 7+ years technical leadership experience – OR – an Advanced Degree in Engineering with 10+ years of engineering experience and 7+ years technical leadership experience

· Fluent in both verbal and written technical English.

Nice to Haves

· Expertise in the medical device industry or in the surgery field.

· Expertise in developing and managing high-performing teams.

· Expertise in complex system integration and hardware/software interactions.

· Expertise in using tools and models that facilitate system design.

· Expertise in applying medical device regulations to product design.

· Expertise in requirements development and safety risk management practices for medical device design.

· Expertise in robotic-assisted surgery, computer-assisted surgery, anatomical imaging, powered drill, and/or radio frequency instrumentation technologies.

· Expertise in planning and conducting user evaluations of product designs, analyzing data, documenting evaluation methods and results, and presenting design recommendations to product teams.

· Expertise with hardware design.

· Ability to provide creativity while solving complex problems without known solutions.

· Ability to quickly prototype new concepts and ideas.

· Ability to assess new technologies via comprehensive reviews of state-of-the-art.

· Good at communicating complex technical opportunities, challenges, and other information to project and organizational leaders in a concise but thorough fashion.

· Skill in project management including leading a technical team as well as planning and estimation of tasks, milestones, resources, and budget.

· Strong leadership skills and mentoring capabilities.

· Strong ability to drive change – including design practices and processes – throughout the organization.

· Ability to work with individuals from different geographic locations and cultures.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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. 

U.S. Work Authorization & SponsorshipAt Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment. Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—where your unique background and perspective are valued.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 or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$223,200.00-$334,800.00The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

U.S. Candidates

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: 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, andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: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), andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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

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