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Senior R&D Engineer - Modeling & Simulation
Medtronic INC · 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 193 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 106 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Medtronic INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles6 certified filings for “Packaging Engineer II” (Industrial Engineers) in CA: $124k–$141k, median $132k. Most were filed at wage level IV (50%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Medtronic INC
The US Department of Labor certified 193 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 106 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Oct 2026 Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life As one of three comprehensive portfolios at Medtronic, Neuroscience is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with neurological disorders, spine conditions, and chronic pain. Guided by our Mission—to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—we develop technologies and therapies that help people regain function, reduce pain, and return to the activities that matter most. Our Neurovascular operating unit advances treatment of stroke, brain aneurysms, and vascular disorders through innovative endovascular technologies. With devices for revascularization, embolization, and precise intervention, we help clinicians deliver timely, effective care for complex neurovascular conditions. Check us out on LinkedIn: Medtronic Neurovascular . We are currently looking for a Senior R&D Engineer, Modeling & Simulation, to join our Neurovascular Operating Unit in Irvine, California. Be a part of engineering a comprehensive portfolio of proven, powerful neurovascular technologies, setting the highest standards of integrity and reliability in Acute Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke Care. Work independently under general supervision within a computational modeling team to generate new simulation tools or apply existing tools for the prediction of device performance and safety. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward quickly and decisively to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working at least four days a week onsite as part of our commitment to professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we engineer the extraordinary. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to : • Develop, implement, and utilize advanced finite element analysis (FEA) models to support the design, development, and evaluation of neurovascular devices. • Apply deep knowledge of solid mechanics, continuum mechanics, constitutive modeling, nonlinear material behavior, contact mechanics, large deformation analysis, and failure mechanics to solve complex biomedical engineering challenges. • Develop and validate material models for polymers, metals, braided structures, biological tissues, and other medical device materials using experimental characterization data. • Build, execute, and interpret simulations using commercial and open-source FEA platforms such as Abaqus, FEBio, ANSYS, LS-DYNA, or equivalent structural mechanics software. • Design and perform structural, quasi-static, dynamic, fatigue, and explicit analyses to evaluate device deployment, durability, performance, and interaction with vascular anatomy. • Experience with model verification, validation, statistical shape modeling, and uncertainty quantification in accordance with V&V 40 . • Experience with anatomy segmentation from CT, MR, and DSA images + process automation • Collaborate closely with R&D, Materials Science, Product Development, and Testing teams to integrate computational modeling into product design decisions and development strategies. • Utilize computational modeling and simulation to develop new test methods, support material selection, characterize device performance, and reduce development risk. • Lead verific