Hannah Ginsberg

About Hannah Ginsberg

Senior R&D Engineer in the medical device industry with 5+ years of experience across the full product development lifecycle — from early-stage prototyping and design traceability through V&V and post-release innovation. • Leads technical development on a Class II device program with $16M+ in revenue, driving design decisions, managing program risk, and communicating technical direction to senior leadership.• Motivated by work at the intersection of complex engineering challenges and meaningful human impact — building devices that perform reliably in the hands of clinicians.• Lifelong learner committed to continuous growth across both technical and non-technical disciplines.• Core expertise spans design controls, root cause analysis, DFM/DRM, test method development, CAD, data & statistical analysis, and systems engineering.• Translates complex technical concepts clearly across audiences; highly collaborative partner to cross-functional teams.• Passionate about giving back — actively engaged in mentoring engineering students and junior engineers, volunteering in the community, and supporting initiatives that create meaningful impact beyond the workplace.• BS and MS degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Purdue University.

Experience

1. Senior R & d Engineer

   Medtronic

   Jan 2025 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Own technical leadership of a class II medical device product development (1M+ capacity, 16M+ revenue): driving design decisions, managing critical project timelines, and communicating program status and technical direction to leadership through design reviews and weekly technical meetings.• Develop and maintain the Design History File (DHF) including full traceability of user needs to system and product requirements, design inputs to design outputs, and technical specifications developed from Voice of Customer activities.• Drive post-commercial release design changes: applying structured design trade-off analysis, rapid prototyping, and DFM principles to evaluate design alternatives and drive product innovation.• Established subject matter expertise in smoke capture test method development through active involvement in ISO16571 standard development.• Independently investigate complex technical performance and reliability challenges, applying engineering first principles, statistical analysis, and tolerance stack-up to develop and implement robust design solutions.• Champion DRM principles across a project, training and mentoring team members on tools and methodologies to elevate technical rigor, accelerate design decisions, and reduce program risk.

Education

• Purdue University

  Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering

  2019 — 2020

• Purdue University

  Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

  2014 — 2019

Skills

• Research
• Leadership
• C Programming
• Matlab
• Minitab
• Community Outreach
• Mentoring
• Protein Purification