Prin Product Engineer

Medtronic•North Haven, CT

21h

About The Position

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. This role is responsible for production support engineering, including testing methods, procedures, and problem-solving, device specification and yield issues, minor redesigns, customer return analysis, supplier-related engineering changes, and optimizing device production for cost. The individual assumes responsibility for devices and components after transfer into high-volume production, overseeing entire device manufacturing operations (excluding wafer fabrication). They may also assist customers with device usage problems or complex device testing. This is an individual contributor role within the technical functions, focused on advancing existing technology or introducing new technology and therapies. The role involves formulating, delivering, and managing assigned projects, collaborating with stakeholders, and potentially mentoring colleagues or directing lower-level professionals. A significant portion of time is dedicated to R&D, systems, or initiatives related to new technologies or therapies, from design to implementation, while adhering to policies and utilizing specialized knowledge and skills. The position is for a recognized expert who manages large projects or processes with considerable autonomy and limited managerial oversight. They coach, review, and delegate work to lower-level specialists. The role contributes to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy, with a significant impact on work group results, and may manage projects spanning outside the immediate job area. Problems are difficult, moderately complex, and undefined, requiring detailed information gathering, analysis, and investigation. The individual develops solutions to moderately complex problems, makes moderate to significant improvements to processes, systems, or products independently, and implements these solutions to enhance performance. They represent the organization as a primary contact for specific projects, communicating with internal and external customers and vendors, and may negotiate and influence decision-making. The role typically provides guidance, coaching, and training to other employees and manages major/moderately complex projects, often acting as a team leader. Medtronic leads global healthcare technology, addressing challenging health problems with a mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. The company is comprised of 95,000+ passionate people, engineers at heart, who experiment, create, build, improve, and solve, leveraging diverse perspectives to engineer the extraordinary.

Requirements

Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience
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
Eligibility for U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) or possession of unrestricted U.S. work authorization

Responsibilities

Responsible for production support engineering with respect to testing methods, procedures, and problems
Responsible for device specification and yield problems
Responsible for minor redesign of devices and masks
Responsible for analysis of customer returns
Responsible for supplier related engineering changes and optimizing device production relative to cost constraints
Assumes responsibility for device and/or internally produced or externally purchased components after transfer into high-volume production
Usually responsible for entire device manufacturing operations other than wafer fabrication
May assist customer in device usage problems or customer testing of complex devices
Formulates, delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results
May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals
Coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level specialists
Contributes to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on work group results
May manage large projects or processes that span outside of immediate job area
Develops solutions to moderately complex problems, and/or makes moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products independently to enhance performance of job area
Implements solutions to problems
Represents organization as a primary contact for specific projects and initiatives; communicates with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels
May negotiate with others to reach understanding or agreement, and influence decision-making
Typically provides guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area
Typically manages major / moderately complex projects, involving delegation of work and review of work products, at times acting as a team leader

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Flexible Benefits Package
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 (Medtronic Incentive Plan - MIP)
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)
Paid sick time