Mechanical Engineering Manager - Released Products
About The Position
At Medtronic Neuroscience, this engineering leadership role oversees a team of mechanical engineers supporting released Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health products. The position provides technical and organizational leadership across sustaining engineering activities, product investigations, design changes, manufacturing support, and cross-functional issue resolution to help ensure product quality, reliability, and patient safety. The manager leads and develops the team, sets priorities, allocates resources, and drives execution across concurrent engineering initiatives. The role directs technical investigations and remediation, partners with cross-functional teams, oversees design changes through formal controls, and supports supplier and manufacturing issue resolution. It also monitors team performance, resource utilization, and workload planning while building technical and leadership capability.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience.
- 2 years of experience with people leadership or leading technical teams and complex engineering projects.
- Experience working in a regulated industry utilizing formal design control processes.
- Experience leading technical investigations and driving cross-functional issue resolution.
- Experience managing multiple priorities and stakeholders while supporting business and operational objectives.
- Engineering experience in product development, mechanical design, sustaining engineering, manufacturing engineering, or released product support.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- Medical device industry experience supporting released products or sustaining engineering organizations.
- Experience with corrective and preventive action (CAPA), complaint investigations, risk management, and change control processes.
- Knowledge of Food and Drug Administration (FDA), International Organization for Standardization (ISO 13485), and global medical device regulations.
- Experience supporting implantable medical devices, neurostimulation systems, patient programmers, handsets, or related technologies.
- 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
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of mechanical engineers supporting engineering activities across the Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health portfolio.
- Establish team priorities, allocate resources, and drive execution across multiple concurrent engineering initiatives.
- Direct complex technical investigations, root cause analyses, corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities, and product remediation efforts.
- Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Operations, Clinical, and Product Development teams to resolve product and process issues.
- Oversee design changes and product modifications through established design control and change management processes.
- Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, and technical decision-making to support product performance and patient safety.
- Support supplier-related investigations, qualification activities, and manufacturing issue resolution as needed.
- Monitor team performance, resource utilization, and workload planning while developing technical capability and leadership within the organization.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
- Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
- Health Savings Account and Healthcare Flexible Spending Account for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
- Life insurance and long-term disability leave for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
- Dependent daycare spending account and tuition assistance/reimbursement for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
- Simple Steps global well-being program for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
- Incentive plans for all regular employees.
- 401(k) plan with employer contribution and match.
- Short-term disability, paid time off, and 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
Manager
