Senior R&D Engineer

Description

The Structural Heart portfolio in the Interventional Cardiology Therapies operating unit is hiring a Senior R&D Engineer.

You will help grow transcatheter heart valve replacement technology by analyzing imaging data, building anatomical and computational models, and running research.

You will work with engineering, clinical, and science teams to study cardiovascular imaging data, build predictive models, assess how devices fit anatomy, and produce evidence for product development, preclinical work, and future therapies.

The structural heart team designs transcatheter devices for valvular heart disease and aortic conditions, covering replacement and repair therapies for the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid valves.

Applications close on 6 Nov 2026.

Responsibilities

• Review clinical and preclinical CT, MRI, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy data to advance structural heart research.
• Build anatomical reconstructions, segmentation pipelines, and quantitative measurements in advanced 3D imaging software.
• Write and maintain Python and MATLAB tools for processing, measuring, and analyzing data.
• Support product development and preclinical work through image analysis, anatomy assessments, and technical investigations.
• Create and test predictive models for patient screening, device evaluation, and anatomy-device interaction.
• Produce technical reports, research records, presentations, and analyses for project teams and leadership.
• Work with cross-functional groups, physicians, and outside researchers on technology development and science projects.
• Bring your knowledge of cardiac anatomy, physiology, and structural heart disease into project planning and delivery.
• This list is not exhaustive, and other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, math, or a technical field plus 4+ years of experience, or an advanced degree plus 2+ years of experience.
• If your bachelor's degree was earned outside the United States, it must satisfy 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A).
• Preferred: experience with cardiovascular imaging analysis, image segmentation, or anatomical modeling.
• Preferred: experience using Python and/or MATLAB for data analysis, measurement automation, or image processing.
• Preferred: experience with CAD or CT post-processing software such as Materialise Mimics or 3mensio.
• Preferred: experience writing technical reports, analyses, or scientific documents.
• Preferred: knowledge of cardiac anatomy, physiology, pathology, and structural heart disease.
• Preferred: experience reading CT, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy images.
• Preferred: experience with statistical shape modeling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis (FEA), or machine learning.
• Preferred: experience with transcatheter or catheter-based therapies, or with heart valve device development or manufacturing.
• Preferred: experience in a regulated medical device setting under GMP, QSR, and FDA, MDD, and CMDR requirements.
• Preferred: in-depth knowledge of the mitral and tricuspid valves and surrounding structures.
• Preferred: preclinical experience.

Conditions

The role is based at the Mounds View, MN facility and requires on-site work at least 4 days per week for in-person collaboration.

Travel of up to 10% may be required for business needs, in-person meetings, and project activities.

You will regularly need to move around independently, work at a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.

U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, and similar) is offered only for Principal-level roles and above. Below Principal level, you must have unrestricted U.S. work authorization at hire and for the entire period of employment.

The company provides equal employment opportunity regardless of protected characteristics, including citizenship status, and offers reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.

Benefits

• A competitive salary and a flexible benefits package.
• The base salary range for U.S. locations, excluding Puerto Rico, is $105,600.00 to $158,400.00 in USD.
• Base pay depends on experience, certification or education, market conditions, and location, and follows federal and local rules. The range applies across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific California locations. Compensation and benefits information applies only to U.S. hires, while other hires receive local market pay and benefits.
• Eligible for the company's short-term incentive, the company Incentive Plan (MIP).
• Regular employees working 20+ hours per week receive health, dental, and vision insurance, a health savings account, a healthcare flexible spending account, life insurance, long-term disability coverage, a dependent daycare spending account, tuition assistance or reimbursement, and the Simple Steps global well-being program.
• All regular employees receive incentive plans, a 401(k) with employer contribution and match, short-term disability coverage, paid time off, paid holidays, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, an Employee Assistance Program, a non-qualified retirement plan supplement (subject to IRS earnings minimums), and a Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earnings minimums).
• Regular employees are not temporary, and interns are not regular. Temporary employees receive paid sick time as required by state law and may join the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Some benefits may not apply in Puerto Rico.
• Full details of the benefit and compensation plans are available from the company.