Systems Engineer II

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 18 Aug 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+ 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 Across our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey. Our Cranial & Spinal Technologies (CST) operating unit advances surgical care for spine and cranial conditions through an integrated ecosystem of implants, navigation, robotics, imaging, and planning tools. Platforms like AiBLE enhance precision, efficiency, and outcomes for complex procedures worldwide. Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic CST                     As a Systems Engineer II within the Cranial & Spinal Technologies (CST) organization you will utilize your technical expertise in solving complex problems and in designing solutions involving powered surgical systems, electrosurgical systems, anatomical imaging, and computer-assisted and robotic-assisted surgery technology to improve patient outcomes and surgical efficiency. You will work within a cross-functional team to design, develop, test, and document innovative system solutions utilizing hardware and software components. You will assist in the definition and development of user needs, business needs, use cases, requirements, and system architecture. You will assist in engineering analyses to optimize and select system-level concepts to ensure the final solution fulfills needs, requirements, use cases, environments, and the overall system vision. You will assist in the planning and execution of user evaluations in lab-based surgical environments or other formative evaluation events to gain insightful feedback on system concepts. You will support the team in identifying and mitigating technical risks, product hazards, and failure modes. You will troubleshoot system component integration and support surgical procedure introduction of the design. You will provide technical leadership along with technical and clinical procedure subject matter expertise to internal and cross-business development teams. Must Have A Bachelors’ degree in an Engineering or Science Discipline with 2 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 0 years of relevant experience.

Experience in the medical device industry and/or surgical techniques. Experience in Systems Engineering as related to stakeholder needs definition, creation of use case workflows, requirements definition and decomposition, functional architecture, and system design. Experience in planning and conducting user evaluations of product concepts, analyzing data, documenting evaluation methods and results, and presenting design recommendations to product teams. Experience with hardware design and product development. Experience with mechanical design, mechanical, tolerance analysis, and computer-aided design (CAD). Ability to provide creativity while solving complex problems without known solutions. Ability to quickly prototype new concepts and ideas. Ability to assess new technologies via comprehensive reviews of the state-of-the-art Project management skills, including leading a project team as well as planning and estimation of tasks, milestones, resources, and budget. Strong leadership skills and mentoring capabilities. Ability to drive change – including design