Electrical Engineer, Neurodmodulation - Pelvic Health - Minneapolis, MN (On-Site) Minneapolis, MN
About The Position
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. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. We’re working onsite 4 days a week to drive performance, foster an environment of belonging, and collaborate to inspire as we engineer the extraordinary. As an Electrical Engineer for Medtronic's Neuromodulation/Pelvic Health RPE you will be responsible for device electrical hardware design for market released implantable Neurostimulation devices and instruments. In this position, the candidate will be involved in all aspects of patient care device electronics used as part of a system to treat neurological disorders. The ideal candidate will have familiarity of low power electronics design, strong circuit analysis skills, test requirement specification development, and an understanding of test development. You will also be able to apply your knowledge of Six Sigma development methods, such as Design of Experiments (DOE), Concept Engineering (Pugh, AHP), Robust Characterization (P-Diagram), and Capability Analysis is a plus. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional partners such as reliability, regulatory, operations, and sourcing colleagues to evaluate and implement design changes.
Requirements
- BS in Electrical Engineering
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience
Nice To Haves
- MS in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience with basic laboratory instruments and tools (e.g. DMM, oscilloscope, data acquisition and control, logic analyzer)
- Experience with schematic design and layout using CAD tools for PCB design
- Demonstrated skills in writing engineering documents (specifications, test plans, etc)
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Responsibilities
- Circuit level design and analysis to evaluate circuit function.
- Identify and qualify alternate electronic components to existing design through design analysis, characterization testing and design verification testing.
- Owns product changes and change control related activities, such as conducting change impact analysis, initiating change activity to modify and maintain design documentation (BOM’s, Specs, drawings) etc.
- Supports IQ/OQ/PQ, DOE’s, SPC, Gauge R&R, Sampling methodologies, Data Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Modeling/Predictive Analyses, Capability Studies (CpK) and Component Qualifications
- Provides problem solving/trouble shooting support to manufacturing sites and key suppliers to increase yields, maintain process capability, and improve efficiency and cost.
- Supports cost reduction and continuous improvement projects.
- Work with field returned products, conduct engineering analysis, and perform testing to determine root cause for failure.
- Supports CAPA’s (Corrective & Preventive Actions) and issue escalation including possible CAPA ownership.
- Collaborates with reliability and manufacturing personnel to determine and execute appropriate tests/assessments to evaluate supplier, process, material, design, or component changes prior to implementation.
- Assists Regulatory Specialists by providing design & clinical use data and rationale to support worldwide regulatory submissions and certification renewals.
- Supports internal and external regulatory compliance audits.
- Actively participates in new product development to RPE transfers; ensures completion of all transfer deliverables.
- Interact with personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
Benefits
- 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)
- 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)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
