Senior Director – CST Global Hardware Engineering
Medtronic
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Caesarea • Israel
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Salary
💰 $223,200 - $334,800 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead and develop global Electrical and Mechanical Engineering teams supporting new product development, sustaining engineering, and technology innovation.
- Define and execute a global hardware engineering strategy aligned with business and technology roadmaps.
- Ensure consistent application of design controls, hardware development processes, and best practices across all sites.
- Partner with Systems, Software, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, and Supply Chain to deliver robust, manufacturable, and compliant products.
- Own organizational design, workforce planning, budget management, and succession planning for global hardware engineering.
- Drive innovation in electronics, electromechanics, and mechanical design, including reliability, safety, and cost optimization.
- Mentor leaders and engineers, fostering engagement, inclusion, and career growth.
- Support global regulatory submissions and audits.
- Travel internationally and domestically (<20%).
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering with 12+ years of engineering experience and 7+ years technical leadership experience – OR – an Advanced Degree in Engineering with 10+ years of engineering experience and 7+ years technical leadership experience
- Fluent in both verbal and written technical English.
- Expertise in the medical device industry or in the surgery field.
- Expertise in developing and managing high-performing teams.
- Expertise in complex system integration and hardware/software interactions.
- Expertise in using tools and models that facilitate system design.
- Expertise in applying medical device regulations to product design.
- Expertise in requirements development and safety risk management practices for medical device design.
- Expertise in robotic-assisted surgery, computer-assisted surgery, anatomical imaging, powered drill, and/or radio frequency instrumentation technologies.
- Expertise in planning and conducting user evaluations of product designs, analyzing data, documenting evaluation methods and results, and presenting design recommendations to product teams.
- Expertise with hardware design.
- 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 state-of-the-art.
- Good at communicating complex technical opportunities, challenges, and other information to project and organizational leaders in a concise but thorough fashion.
- Skill in project management including leading a technical team as well as planning and estimation of tasks, milestones, resources, and budget.
- Strong leadership skills and mentoring capabilities.
- Strong ability to drive change – including design practices and processes – throughout the organization.
- Ability to work with individuals from different geographic locations and cultures.
Benefits
- 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
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- 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)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
hardware engineeringelectrical engineeringmechanical engineeringsystem integrationmedical device regulationssafety risk managementrobotic-assisted surgerycomputer-assisted surgeryanatomical imaginghardware design
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringproblem-solvingcommunicationcreativityproject managementchange managementteam managementorganizational designworkforce planning