Principal Human Factors Design Engineer at Medtronic in Fridley, Minnesota

Job Description:

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 11 Apr 2025

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
Seeking a human factors engineer with global experience submitting class 3 devices to regulatory bodies. You will coach a team of other human factors engineers as we prepare for submission of a next generation medical device system.
Careers That Change Lives

We are currently looking for a Principal Human Factors Design Engineer to join our Human Factors and User Experience team. The Pelvic Health Operating unit specializes in providing innovative solutions for patients suffering from overactive bladder, non-obstructive urinary retention and fecal incontinence with sacral neuromodulation and percutaneous tibial neuromodulation. Click here to learn more about Medtronic's Pelvic Health technologies and treatments.

This position can be remote from anywhere within the United States or work a hybrid schedule with 3 days onsite at our Fridley, Minnesota location.

As a Principal Human Factors Design Engineer in the Pelvic Health operating unit, you will have primary responsibility for validation of our next generation system. You will coach fellow human factors engineers on best practices, and work closely with marketing, engineers, and clinical to ensure a user centric approach is used in defining and developing our future product portfolio. You will collaborate with quality and regulatory to create usability documentation required for regulatory submissions across the globe. This is a dynamic opportunity where you will act as a technical leader within a matrix organization to support the definition, design, development, and usability of complex medical device systems.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Apply human centered principles, methodologies, and technologies to the design of human-machine systems and products


• Develop and implement research methodologies and both qualitative and quantitative analysis plans to test and evaluate new concepts and developmental prototypes used in all phases of products development and processes.


• Design and execute tests to simulate product use for the purposes of user need investigation, concept exploration/selection/refinement, requirements development, use-related risk identification and formal usability validation with intended users with design engineers to establish system design, operating, and training requirements and to ensure optimized human-machine interfaces and overall user experience.


• Identify and analyze technological problems or risks, perform theoretical human factors investigations, and develop and implement research and analysis plans to inform the design direction of new product development.


• Coach fellow human factors engineers on best practices in the industry


• Ensure the organization tracks changing expectations in the global regulatory landscape


• Collaborate across Medtronic and the Industry to improve practices within the organization


• 25% or less domestic travel

Must Have: Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile and on your resume.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline


• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience or advanced degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

Nice to Have: Preferred Qualifications

• Strong understanding of usability standards (IEC 62366, ANSI HE75, FDA Human Factors Guidance) and a network of external partners in human factors


• Experience designing and validating class III medical devices


• Experience working with devices involving both software and hardware preferred


• Experience working with patient systems


• Experience leading human factors teams working on complex development programs


• Certified Human Factors Specialist (CHFS)

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.

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):$137,600.00 - $206,400.00

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. 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).

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 , and Simple 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) , and Capital 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 .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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