Electrical Engineering Student

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 Electrical Engineering student position supports the R&D Robotics teams in designing and developing innovative new products within surgical platforms. The role involves the application of documentation, investigations, technical skills, teamwork, and creative problem-solving to support the delivery of high-quality innovative medical devices intended to improve patient outcomes and the quality of life for millions of people.

In this role, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team that includes experienced Electrical and Mechanical engineers. You will work with your team members and other company functions to support different R&D deliverables.

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

• Be a part of an R&D team responsible for developing surgical platforms.
• Working closely with experienced Electrical engineers.
• Designing, running, and documenting R&D supporting tests according to company standards.
• Write technical documentation.
• Supports engineers in development projects.
• Design and/or build test jigs and fixtures to support the R&D activities.
• Documenting engineering data using Or-CAD, Visio, and Excel.
  
  

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Student for a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in the 2nd or 3rd year.
• Availability for at least two full working days on-site during the semester. Full-time during summer break.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• In-depth experience with Microsoft Office tools: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio.
• Self-learner, highly organized, and has strong initiative.
• Passionate, hands-on approach.
• Experience in basic electrical circuit design – a significant advantage.
  
  

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. 

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.

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 90,000+ 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