Senior Hardware Engineer - Capital Platforms (Surgical)

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 8 Sep 2026 Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72&#43; million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This position is onsite in Lafayette, Colorado, a minimum of 4 days per week. Medtronic Surgical is hiring a Sr. Hardware Engineer to play a key role in the development and sustainment of capital equipment platforms, including electro surgical generator systems. You’re not just designing hardware— you’re helping build technology that improves and extends lives. In this role, you’ll work on complex medical device s where your decisions directly impact patients, clinicians, and outcomes around the world. If you're the kind of engineer who wants to own problems end-to-end, get hands-on with hardware, and see your work make it into real-world products , this is the kind of environment where you’ll thrive. You’ll join a collaborative capital equipment engineering team working on advanced surgical energy platforms and emerging technologies. Engineers on this team take strong ownership of their designs while working closely across a multi ‑ board system architecture. What You’ll Do Key responsibilities include: Lead the design, analysis, and troubleshooting of complex digital hardware and circuit boards Drive board design projects through completion, verification, and integration Conduct hardware research, design, development, and testing of electrical components and systems Develop technical specifications and ensure hardware reliability and performance Analyze hardware configurations and verify designs meet system and regulatory requirements Collaborate with cross ‑ functional partners including systems engineering, manufacturing, regulatory, and marketing Provide hands ‑ on lab support for prototypes, troubleshooting, and production hardware Approximately 20% of this role will focus on component library management , including: Building schematic symbols and PCB footprints Maintaining and improving the electrical component library for E CAD tools Ensuring component data integrity and standards compliance Supporting efficient hardware development through library quality and reuse Minimum Requirements (Must Have) Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or Electrical - Computer Engineering , plus: 4 years related work experience OR Master’s degree with 2&#43; years of relevant experience Preferred Qualifications Experience with digital hardware design Experience with PCB design tools such as Cadence OrCAD, Allegro, or Altium Experience working in complex hardware systems or multi ‑ board architectures Familiarity with regulated product development environments (medical device, aerospace, automotive, etc.) Experience with component libraries or E CAD library management Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering disciplines and cross functional teams. Strong troubleshooting skills in a lab environment 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 <p style="text-align:i