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# Hardware Systems Lead

- **Company:** Medtronic Inc.
- **Location:** Santa Clarita, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,400.0 - $225,600.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Firmware, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Architecture, Systems Integration
- **Published:** June 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/478066425B854386B780303B883EB6A7/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree required
 * Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have

 * Electrical engineering or related technical degree.
 * Experience in embedded electronics and system integration.
 * Familiarity with RF design considerations and antenna integration.
 * Experience leading NPD programs in regulated environments.

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.

## Description

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

The Systems Engineering Lead provides overall technical leadership for the development of complex medical devices for the Endoscopy Operating Unit. This role defines system architecture and ensures integration across electrical hardware, RF communications, firmware, and mechanical design to meet product performance, cost, manufacturability, and regulatory requirements. Projects often include disposables, capital equipment, wearables, short term implants, and multiple software components.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

 * Define and maintain hardware system architecture for the product, including electronics, firmware, and mechanical integration.
 * Translate user and product requirements into system and subsystem technical specifications that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
 * Lead technical tradeoff studies (power, RF performance, component selection, manufacturability, cost).
 * Coordinate design activities across PCB, firmware, RF antenna, and enclosure development.
 * Work closely with the Software Lead to define feature sets, integration points, and testing plans.
 * Ensure subsystem integration and resolve cross-disciplinary technical issues.
 * Guide design reviews, risk management activities, and verification planning.
 * Partner with manufacturing, quality, and regulatory teams to ensure design for manufacturability and compliance with medical device standards.
 * Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, evaluates alternatives including cost, risk, and supportability for total systems.
 * Provide technical leadership to internal engineers and external development partners.


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