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A Day in the Life
Medtronic is seeking a Senior Principal Ultrasound Engineer to serve as a recognized technical leader in ultrasound and acoustic design. This individual Medtronic is seeking a Senior Principal Ultrasound Engineer to serve as a recognized technical leader in ultrasound and acoustic design. This individual will set architectural direction, drive innovation through model-based design, and collaborate with external experts to integrate ultrasound with the Affera platform. They will also be responsible for building internal ultrasound engineering talent while shaping next-generation diagnostic and therapeutic ultrasound platforms. This role is based onsite in Mounds View, MN and will require up to 25% travel time.
Key Responsibilities
Define and own transducer architecture, balancing acoustic performance, power, thermal, cost, form factor, and regulatory constraints.
Establish technical roadmaps that align with multi-year product and platform strategies.
Lead architectural trade-off studies and make build/buy/partner recommendations for critical subsystems
-Provide technical oversight of key suppliers and contract manufacturers
Cross-Functional Influence and Mentorship
Partner with senior leaders in firmware, software, algorithms, systems, regulatory, and clinical to align technical direction.
Lead design reviews, architectural reviews, and technical risk reviews across programs.
Mentor and coach engineers; actively develop technical career paths and build organizational depth.
Influence hiring, technical onboarding, and competency development for the broader engineering community.
Innovation, IP, and External Engagement
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Contribute to publications in peer-reviewed venues (posters, abstracts, journal articles) represent Medtronic at industry conferences when appropriate.
Engage with academic partners, key suppliers, and standards bodies (IEC, AIUM, IEEE) to shape technology direction.
Quality, Compliance, and Manufacturing
Serve as a technical authority during regulatory submissions and audits.
Level Expectations
-Excellent collaboration and communication skills with internal (cross-functional and leadership) and external partners
Recognized internally (and ideally, externally) as a subject matter expert in ultrasound transducers and system architecture
Operates with broad autonomy on the most complex, ambiguous, and high-impact technical challenges.
Influences technical strategy across multiple programs, business units, or operating units.
Mentors principal, senior, and staff engineers; develops the next generation of technical leaders.
Represents Medtronic in industry forums, standards bodies, academic collaborations, and key supplier engagements.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, or a related discipline with 10+ years of relevant experience; or Master's degree with 8+ years; or PhD with 6+ years.
Preferred Qualifications
PhD in a relevant discipline with publications in ultrasound, acoustics, or medical imaging.
Expertise with piezoelectric arrays, CMUTs, and/or PMUTs, including FEA-driven co-design with electronics.
Demonstrated architectural ownership of ultrasound transducers and system interfaces across multiple product generations.
Deep, hands-on experience with ultrasound system and electronics simulation software, including several of the following:
Field II and k-Wave for acoustic field, beam pattern, and pulse-echo simulation
FOCUS for transducer and acoustic propagation modeling
PZFlex / OnScale for piezoelectric transducer and coupled acoustic-structural FEA
COMSOL Multiphysics for multiphysics modeling of transducers and acoustic media
ANSYS (Mechanical, HFSS, SIwave, Icepak) for structural, electromagnetic, signal/power integrity, and thermal analysis
Proven ability to lead technical teams, mentor senior engineers, and influence without direct authority.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to executive leadership and external stakeholders.
Experience leading ASIC or custom silicon programs for ultrasound front-ends, knowledge in back-end digital design, including high-speed digital interfaces and digital beamforming.
Patents in ultrasound electronics, beamforming, or transducer integration.
Direct experience with advanced beamforming architectures (synthetic aperture, plane-wave, coherent compounding, adaptive beamforming, micro-beamforming).
Exposure to multiple ultrasound modalities such as cart-based diagnostic, point-of-care, intracardiac echo (ICE), intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), endoscopic, or therapeutic/HIFU systems.
Experience building and scaling technical organizations across geographies.
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.
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.
U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship
At 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.
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