Principal Algorithm Engineer – Imaging / Ultrasound (ML)

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

The Affera Prism-2 Mapping System is a platform used to map electrical activity in the heart, visualize anatomy, localize catheters, and support treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. A key area of ongoing innovation is the integration of ultrasound imaging with mapping and navigation capabilities to provide richer procedural insight and enable new clinical workflows.

As a Principal Algorithm Engineer, you will contribute to the research and development of novel signal processing, image processing, and computational algorithms for medical device applications. You will play an important role in advancing ultrasound-enabled capabilities within the Affera Prism-2 platform, working across engineering, design, clinical, and research teams to evaluate new concepts and translate them into impactful technical solutions. This is a unique opportunity to work on emerging technology in electrophysiology and help shape the future of cardiac intervention.

Primary Responsibilities

• Research, design, develop, and evaluate signal processing, image processing, and computational algorithms for medical device applications
• Assess technical feasibility, performance, and design tradeoffs of new concepts
• Implement complex real-time or near-real-time algorithms in software
• Analyze bench, preclinical, and clinical data to develop/train algorithms, verify and validate them, and guide technical decision making
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners across engineering, design, clinical, and research teams to translate unmet needs into solutions
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship in signal processing and algorithm development

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in electrical engineering, computer science, data science, biomedical engineering, mathematics, or physics
• Strong foundation in signal processing, applied mathematics, and algorithm development
• Expertise in image processing or computer vision for complex, noisy, or real-time data, ideally in cardiac ultrasound or medical imaging
• Experience with geometric reconstruction, segmentation, labeling, registration, or spatial modeling
• Experience applying modern machine learning algorithms to image processing problems
• Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or both
• Ability to independently develop and evaluate new algorithms in an early-stage technology development environment
• Strong quantitative skills in experiment design, validation, and performance analysis

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD): $160,800.00 - $241,200.00. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week:

• 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)

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:

• 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)

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.