Senior Scientist

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

In this role, you will lead the advancement of cardiovascular physiological modeling and simulation capabilities within our Bakken Research Center. You will work closely with cross-functional Medtronic teams to identify and address technical challenges, ensuring robust support for product development and innovation. Establishing collaborations with external expertise centers is a key part of this position, enabling access to cutting-edge research and fostering knowledge exchange.

The working set-up is primarily based in Maastricht, The Netherlands, with flexibility for hybrid arrangements and occasional travel to partner organisations or conferences. Reporting to the Research Director, you will contribute to the ongoing development of Medtronic’s cardiovascular technology portfolio, including cardiovascular modelling, clinical translation and performance evaluation.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Set up and lead an expertise centre focused on cardiovascular physiological modeling and simulation to drive innovative research and development
• Identify and address the specific needs of R&D organisations across business units to ensure robust support for technology development
• Expand strategic collaborations with external modeling expertise centres to foster knowledge exchange and integrate cutting-edge research
• Act as a liaison with the artificial intelligence (AI) centre of expertise to enable advanced data-driven modeling solutions
• Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for modeling, simulation and digital twin technologies to enhance the research centre’s capabilities

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Ph.D. in biomedical engineering or a related field, with a minimum of two years' relevant experience.
• Proven expertise in in-silico (computer-based) modeling and simulation of physiological processes.
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration and strategy development in research environments is beneficial but not essential

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

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.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

• Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
• Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
• Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
• Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care.