Signal Digitization Research Manager at Medtronic in Boulder, Colorado

Job Description:

Signal Digitization Research Manager
Boulder, CO

Careers That Change Lives

In this exciting role as a Research Manager leading the Signal Digitization group, you will have responsibility for developing a team of engineers and technicians to design and develop oximetry signal digitization technology.

PATIENT MONITORING AND RECOVERY focuses on improving outcomes associated with respiratory compromise, deep vein thrombosis, nutritional insufficiency, and healthcare associated infections.
You'll always have new challenges pursuing ideas that are exciting, innovative, and just plain cool. Build out the future of robotic healthcare. Think critically about healthcare problems and/or opportunities to advance science faster than others. Do research on improving the healthcare of millions.

We look for leaders who have a clear vision of where we are going and how to get there, bold inclusive thinkers who create new ideas and bring our best solutions forward to benefit our patients, business partners, and customers.

A Day in the Life

• You will lead a team of engineers and technicians to support oximetry product development and lifecycle maintenance
  
  
• Your team's expertise will be oximetry signal digitization: developing HW controls for detecting small physiologic analog signals and amplifying and digitizing the signals
  
  
• Your team will use data analysis and measurement instrumentation to enable design decisions
  
  
• Your team will develop test and measurement systems to understand performance requirements and use cases
  
  
• Your team will iterate on existing tools to incorporate and quantify system and environmental interactions
  
  
• Your team will develop robust test methods using expertise in experimental methods, DOEs, instrumentation and simulation
  
  

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience

• Demonstrated strong systems and critical thinking
• Experience developing and managing a team of engineers and/or technicians
• Experience debugging systems/software/driver/firmware development and coding (C, C++, MATLAB, assembly language programming, etc.)
• Strong hardware lab measurement and troubleshooting skills
• Thorough understanding and wide application of technical principals, theories and concepts for medical devices
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in technology and product development, i.e., taking design requirements from concept through final design
• Experience with test method development, statistical analysis methods, and medical device quality and regulatory requirements
• Expertise in design controls including requirements tracing and verification
• General knowledge of related principals including electromechanical, tissue optics, physiological signals, etc.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with high attention to detail
• Effective communication and presentation skills at all levels of the organization
• Experience and capability of working with global and/or remote team members
• Ability to work on concurrent projects and be able to successfully manage time and priorities
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical, Computer or Biomedical Engineering plus 10 years of experience
• Master's Degree in Electrical, Computer or Biomedical Engineering plus 8 years of experience

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

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. (ADA-United States of America)

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) on Page 6 here .

Learn more about our benefits here .

Additional Information

• Posting Date: Jan 26, 2021
• Travel: Yes, < 25 % of the Time
• Salary Min: 127200
• Salary Max: 190800