Distinguished Engineer
About The Position
The Distinguished Engineer, RPE A&I is a senior technical leadership and individual-contributor role that provides advanced engineering expertise and strategic direction for A&I products across their lifecycle, with particular emphasis on sustaining legacy instrumentation. The role leads complex challenges in product reliability, process robustness, design support, manufacturing readiness, obsolescence management, and continuous improvement while preserving original design intent and product continuity. As a recognized technical authority, the engineer collaborates across engineering, quality, manufacturing, operations, regulatory, and supply chain functions to resolve product and process issues, assess risks, establish technical standards, and deliver scalable solutions that improve product performance, quality, compliance, manufacturability, and operational efficiency. The role also mentors and develops technical talent, strengthens organizational capability, and advances engineering best practices and innovation. It typically leads large, strategically important initiatives involving cross-functional teams and influences business decisions and technical direction.
Requirements
- Baccalaureate degree and at least 15 years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree and at least 13 years of relevant experience; or a PhD and at least 11 years of relevant experience.
- For a Baccalaureate degree earned outside the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
- Expertise in design, reliability, and process engineering for legacy instrumentation products.
- Ability to address complex, cross-functional technical problems and develop novel engineering solutions.
- Ability to influence, negotiate, and persuade stakeholders and communicate technical strategy and guidance.
- Ability to mentor colleagues and lead large, complex cross-functional initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, document, test, maintain, and debug reliability and process engineering solutions, tools, and systems that support legacy instrumentation products while preserving original design intent throughout the product lifecycle.
- Conduct multidisciplinary technical assessments and collaborate with manufacturing, quality, operations, supply chain, and regulatory partners to sustain legacy products, manage obsolescence, and maintain continuity of supply and customer support without compromising intended performance, functionality, safety, or compliance.
- Determine technical and process needs; analyze product and process capabilities; and resolve issues related to design intent, performance, manufacturability, output requirements, and supportability.
- Prepare technical guidance and operating recommendations, and develop engineering approaches, methods, and standards that support legacy instrumentation sustainment and product continuity.
- Ensure engineering standards, quality requirements, validation expectations, and applicable regulatory requirements are met, with emphasis on legacy instrumentation, component obsolescence, design intent, product performance, and customer use needs.
- Plan technical projects and strategic functional initiatives, recommend engineering solutions, and establish long-range approaches to improve reliability, process robustness, manufacturability, lifecycle performance, and continuity of supply.
- Serve as a principal internal spokesperson on design, reliability and process engineering, technical strategy, standards, and significant engineering advancements; influence and align stakeholders on technical decisions.
- Provide guidance, coaching, and training to employees and help build technical capability in others.
- Lead or manage large, complex initiatives of strategic importance to the business unit, involving cross-functional teams.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and flexible benefits package
- Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Well-being program
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan with 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)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
