Materials Engineer - Senior

Medtronic•Mounds View, MN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 Dec 2025 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 This Senior Materials Engineer will serve as a materials expert with an emphasis on metallic, semiconducting, and ceramic materials and interfaces by participating in technical activities for materials selection, processing, characterization, analysis, material stability, biostability, as well as understanding of process-property-performance relationships for medical devices. We are working onsite a minimum of 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. Careers That Change Lives This position will work in a team environment representing Materials Science and Engineering with a focus on metallic, semiconducting, and ceramic materials. Duties include materials selection, processing, problem-solving, biostability, and materials regulations. This position will focus on supporting released product reliability and improvement teams in the identification and mitigation of product-related risks, knowledge gaps and the communication of such issues to project and functional leadership teams. The individual will serve as a materials expert with an emphasis on metallic, semiconducting, and ceramic materials and interfaces by participating in technical activities for materials selection, processing, characterization, analysis, material stability, biostability, as well as understanding of process-property-performance relationships for medical devices. This position will also support scoping/planning of product strategy and identification of technologies and initiatives needed to develop innovative, reliable and cost-effective therapies. The candidate will develop and execute strategies to address those needs. You can grow your career with us; we hope you’ll consider joining our team! A Day in A Life As a leader in your professional discipline, you will serve as a materials expert by leading and participating in technical activities supporting sustaining engineering. Develop and deploy curiosity and critical thinking to a range of projects in the hard materials space. Brings focus and technical depth to subsystems and components within a broader project scope to address challenging and complex problems and enable project success. Conducts laboratory work and data analysis to drive data-driven technical decisions. Acts as a technical contributor within functional and project teams, driving a focus on quality and technical rigor while mentoring less experienced personnel. Possesses the necessary drive and determination to promote the highest level of customer satisfaction, quality, reliability, performance, cost, and development predictability. Contributes to the design of products or processes based on business strategy. Contributes to and develops strategies and prepare evaluation plans in consideration of gaps in materials, design and process to achieve optimal solutions that satisfy timeline, cost and technical requirements as they relate to patient safety and product reliability.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree and at least 4 years of industry experience, or an MS degree with 2 years of industry experience or a PhD and 0 years of industry experience

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a regulated environment on medical devices
Possesses proven expertise in the following business critical skill sets with focus on metallurgical science: Metals Physics, Chemistry, Processing and Characterization
Semiconductor processing, packaging, and manufacturing
Electrochemistry, corrosion and stability.
Expertise in materials with the ability to identify and develop testing methods, correlate material properties with product performance, and predict various failure modes.
Experience working with multiple classes of engineering materials: metals, polycrystalline, and single crystal ceramics, and glasses as well as their interface to the product as a whole.
Experience performing failure analysis
Knowledge of external standards, e.g., ASTM and ISO and their use, limitations, and applications.
Demonstrated ability to apply skills and knowledge of technical/operational theories and principles to resolve real-world biomaterials challenges.
Demonstrated ability to deliver quality technical work within project schedules and timelines.
Knowledge of Design, Reliability & Manufacturability (DRM), and Six Sigma improvement methodology.
Knowledge of statistical methods and Design of Experiments (DoE).
Knowledge of Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, Outlook).

Benefits

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.
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).