Hybrid Senior Director – CST Global Hardware Engineering

at Medtronic

• Job title: Senior Director – CST Global Hardware Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $223,200 - $334,800 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Caesarea, Israel

About the role

• Senior Director of CST Global Hardware Engineering at Medtronic leading innovation in surgical solutions and systems integration. Overseeing global hardware engineering efforts and managing technical teams.

Responsibilities

• 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)