Principal Hardware Engineer (CRM) — Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 16 Nov 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 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 5 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. The Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) portfolio delivers therapies designed to restore, support, and protect every heartbeat through advanced pacing, defibrillation, and remote monitoring solutions. CRM's unique ability to pair proven life-saving therapies with intelligent technology gives clinicians and patients greater confidence. Clinical impact and innovation come together to improve lives through meaningful patient outcomes.                     The Principal Engineer (ICPE) provides technical leadership and product engineering ownership for custom integrated circuits through the entire product development process until transferred to production. The role drives fabrication, wafer-test, characterization, qualification, and reliability requirements; conducts statistical yield and risk analyses; performs ESD evaluations and wafer-level experiments; manages development wafer inventory and build requirements; and leads complex technical problem-solving. This position partners closely with design engineering, test engineering, operations, quality, reliability, and other cross-functional stakeholders; it interfaces with wafer fabrication vendors on integrated circuit fractures, wafer-level DOEs, and technical issues. A key outcome is a clean handoff to production with robust test solutions, demonstrated product reliability, documented technical knowledge, and stable wafer-test yields. The Principal ICPE also establishes standard work, improves development processes, and uses DOE and statistical-analysis tools to inform technical decisions and identify potential yield or reliability risks. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned. • Conducts research, design, development, and testing of electrical or mechanical hardware such as computer chips, circuit boards, mechanical and electrical components. • Ensures reliability, develops technical specifications for production, analyzes hardware configuration and processing solutions, and tests hardware conformance to specifications; may design new or modify existing products . • Lead product engineering activities for custom integrated circuits from development through production transfer. • Define and drive fabrication, wafer-test, characterization, qualification, and reliability requirements. • Analyze statistical yield data, technical risk, and reliability performance to identify and mitigate product issues. • Plan and execute electrostatic discharge (ESD) evaluations, wafer-level experiments, and Design of Experiments (DOE). • Partner with integrated circuit design, test engineering, operations, quality, reliability, and wafer fabrication suppliers to resolve complex technical issues. • Manage development wafer inventory, build requirements, and wafer-level engineering activities. • Deliver robust test solutions, stable wafer-test yields, demonstrated product reliability, and documented technical knowledge for production handoff. • Establish standard work and improve product-development processes using DOE and statistical analysis. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of relevant experience OR master's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience OR PhD with 3+ years of relevant experience. Preferred Qualifications • Experience in custom integrated circuit product engineering. • Experience with semiconductor fabrication, wafer test, characterization, qualification, or reliability. • Experience with statistical yield analysis and Design of Experiments (DOE). • Experience with electrostatic discharge (ESD) evaluation or wafer-level experimentation. • Experience working with wafer fabrication suppliers and cross-functional engineering teams. 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 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. 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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):$140,800.00 - $211,200.00 ‌   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. 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