Principal Field Clinical Engineer

Medtronic

Principal Field Clinical Engineer for Cardiac Ablation Solutions at Medtronic responsible for clinical studies. Technical resource bridging engineering, clinical research, and medical community.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $131,200 - $196,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Google Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provides technical assistance to clinical study sites by serving as the technical resource between engineering and the medical community.
Present for all ablation procedures at study sites for investigational device studies to guide the physician on the requirements for the protocol and ensure high quality data is being collected.
Accountable for identifying investigators, presenting protocols for a study, assisting investigators in product application, and submitting status reports on all programs.
Provides all aspects of assistance for Clinical Research studies by identifying investigators, nominating and qualifying sites, performing activation duties, providing training, encouraging enrollment, ensuring quality data acquisition and performing study closure activities.
Accountable for gaining and maintaining knowledge of clinical sites to best understand and assess physicians’ interests and capabilities.
Develops expertise in clinical and market released products and evidence, and functions as a local technical/clinical resource for Medtronic and the customer.
Accountable for developing and leveraging relationships in the field to drive clinical activity and maintain focus on the customer.
Provides feedback from clinical sites on the performance of the product to be incorporated in engineering designs or enhancements, assists research and development in evaluating concepts for new products, and considers potential modifications for existing devices while serving as a technical resource between engineering and the medical pacing community.
Provides prospective and real-time feedback to clinical study management in study design and document development.
Plays a critical role in educating customers, sales partners, and internal Clinical Research talent on the technology that they assist.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree
Minimum of 7 years of clinical research, clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales representative experience
Masters degree with 5 years of clinical research, clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales representative experience
PhD with 3 years of clinical research, clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales representative experience
Electrophysiology and cardiac ablation device training strongly preferred
Experience at Medtronic or within the medical device industry
Experience in the management of clinical devices
Experience in a Cath lab, biomedical engineering, hospital/clinic or medical sales
Experience in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and/or regulatory compliance guidelines for clinical trials
Experience in clinical studies and/or trial site management/protocols
Experience collaborating with cross functional clinical partners/customers, physicians and/or medical sales colleagues in the healthcare industry

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
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
Capital Accumulation Plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

clinical researchclinical trial managementelectrophysiologycardiac ablationGood Clinical Practice (GCP)regulatory compliancebiomedical engineeringdata acquisitionstudy designprotocol development

Soft Skills

technical assistancerelationship buildingcommunicationtrainingcustomer educationfeedback incorporationcollaborationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsleadership

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreePhDclinical research certificationclinical specialist certificationfield clinical engineer certificationclinical sales representative certification