Senior Principal Electrical Engineer (Onsite)
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The Energy System Research and Technology group within Medtronic's Energy and Component Center in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, is looking for a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer with battery pack and battery management system design experience. Our mission is to deliver energy solutions throughout Medtronic.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Researches, develops, designs, and tests electrical components, battery packs, and battery management systems.
- Models and designs electrical test equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, and domestic purpose.
- Write medical battery pack test plans and reports.
- Write and compile code for embedded controllers such as PIC, uART, other microprocessors.
- Generate, debug and troubleshoot complex battery management system algorithms.
- Integrate, test, and document real-time algorithms.
- Perform root cause analysis of failed components.
- Design and execute test methods to characterize safety, ensure reliability, and verify adherence to standards, product, and systems requirements.
- Interface with certifying body test houses to verify/certify to global regulatory standards including UN38.3, IEC-60601, IEC-62133-2, UL2054, UL1642.
- Work under minimal supervision.
- Ensure understanding of all quality policy/system items that are personally applicable. Follow all work/quality procedures to ensure quality system compliance and high-quality work.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
- Bachelors degree required.
- Requires a University Degree and minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
Nice to Have
- BS in Electrical Engineering strongly preferred.
- Background in design of battery packs and battery management systems for medical devices.
- Design experience with Altium, Simulink and Simscape Battery and BMS modeling.
- Fundamental understanding of cell balancing within a pack.
- Familiarity with battery test systems - Chroma, MACCOR, Arbin.
- Fluency with commercial off-the-shelf Impedance Track and M5 fuel gauging.
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.
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): $153,600.00 - $230,400.00. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California.
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