Sr Systems Engineer
MedtronicLafayette, Colorado, United States of America$105k – $157kPosted 7 April 2026
Job Description
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 10 Apr 2026
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
Careers that Change Lives
In this role, y ou will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform
within the Surgical Operating unit :
https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html
Medtronic’s
Surgical O perating Unit
is one new, powerful operating unit bringing together the people and product portfolio of
Surgical Robotics and
Surgical Innovations .
With the Medtronic Mission as our North Star, we will build on our legacy of proven surgical solutions and advance the promise of robotics and digital solutions for the benefit
of
the customers and patients we serve.
Make
your
impact by exploring a career with the world’s leading Medical Device
company,
striving
“ to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.”
A Day in The Life
Medtronic is looking for a Senior
systems engineer
to join the Systems Engineering Team within the newly formed Surgical Operation Unit. This role will collaborate across the Surgical OU Research and Development organization to bring innovative new medical devices to patients. The successful candidate will work with a cross functional team to execute functional decompositions, customer and product requirement development, and system and subsystem architecture documentation. She or he will also actively
participate
or
lead trade-off studies, prototype evaluations, and clinical acceptability studies.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned :
Report to
a
Systems Engineer Manager within the Systems Center of Excellence of the Surgical Operating Unit, R&D division .
Translate user needs and business inputs to customer and stakeholder requirements .
Analyze use cases, document product lifecycle, and define use conditions .
Perform functional analysis and functional allocation; develop and manage product requirements; document system and subsystem architecture .
Partner with design quality assurance in risk management activities including preliminary hazard analyses and risk mitigation strategies .
Employ Model Based Systems Engineering to document and communicate system design .
Oversee, and be deeply acquainted with, regulated development processes and standards for risk management, usability, and safety to ensure systems design and documentation meet relevant safety and regulatory standards .
Hands-on work with the Robotic System to evaluate
user facing
behavior .
Support Systems Engineering activities throughout the product lifecycle including design change impact analysis,
labelling
and packaging requirements , field
issue investigation .
Investigate system integration issues to
identify
root cause and propose resolution .
Must Have:
Minimum
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree with
4
years of
relevant
experience, or advanced degree with
2
years of
relevant
experience.
Nice to Have
Advanced knowledge of Systems Engineering principals and best practices
Strong communication
skills
Experience developing complex electromechanical medical devices.
Strong grasp of design controls and good documentation practices.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate and contribute to a cross functional team.
Experience in requirements management, risk management, and system architecture
d ocumentation.
About Medtronic
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