Prin R-D Engineer

Medtronic • Plymouth, MN

70d • $130,400 - $195,600

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. Engineers create and sustain our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Join us to make a lasting impact. Serve as a leader to design, develop and provide technical expertise in post-market released medical devices. Lead released product engineering teams through planning, developing, and performing testing and analysis during product change implementation to drive improved product performance and manufacturability, reduce cost, and/or ensure supply continuity. Partner with Quality, internal Manufacturing, Suppliers including CM/OEM, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs and other key functions to achieve business goals. This role is an individual contributor within Medtronic’s Cardio Vascular Group and Peripheral Vascular Health business. The Cardiac and Vascular Group brings all our cardiac and vascular businesses together into one cross-functional, collaborative operating unit to employ the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients across the globe. Our Peripheral Vascular Health Business focuses on transforming vascular disease management.

Requirements

• Requires mastery of a specialty area and full knowledge of industry practices, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
• Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

• Degree related to electro-mechanical, electrical engineering or a related field.
• Experience in a Class II medical device industry.
• Experience with design or manufacturing process development and validation.
• Experience using statistical techniques (e.g. use of statistical software like Minitab, DOE, Monte Carlo, ANOVA, GR&R, or Six Sigma tools and principles).
• Experience using structured problem-solving techniques (e.g. CAPA, DMAIC processes, FMEA, FEA, FTA, or Lean tools and principles).
• Experience in Design for Lean Sigma or Design for Six Sigma (or equivalent).
• Experience working with Design for Manufacturing and Assembly or Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (or equivalent).
• Project or Program Management experience or PMI PMP certification.

Responsibilities

• Represents the R-D organization as a design technical contact for a specific product platform.
• Provides design technical guidance and consultation throughout cross-functional team projects to ensure effective planning, execution, and completion.
• Coaches, reviews and/or delegates work to lower level specialists.
• Reviews, assesses impact to assure design requirements are continuously met, and approves design and manufacturing process changes.
• Defines, plans, and executes on owned design control evidence deliverables and across led projects (including CAPA projects).
• Maintains electrical, firmware, and software designs by updating drawings and design documentation to the latest national and international standards.
• Performs or guides lower level personnel in circuit analysis, schematic entry and updates, PCB layout updates, executing design sample and equipment preparation and testing.
• Develops, troubleshoots, configures, and implements electrical/mechanical tests.
• Uses statistical and structured problem-solving techniques, experimental design methodologies and analytical modeling to promote and facilitate problem definition, investigation for root cause, the design of medical devices, and/or the basis for change implementation.
• Creates and ensures detailed, accurate, and compliant engineering documentation in support of changes.
• Supports analysis and evaluation of returned products.
• Provides input to regulatory submissions.
• Communicates status frequently.
• Performs job functions in accordance with applicable standards, such as GMP, IEC and ISO standards.
• Designs, develops, analyzes, troubleshoots and provides technical skills during research and/or product development.
• Designs studies to investigate specific life science questions within field of expertise.
• May be involved in product research and development and/or clinical trials.
• Translates research discoveries into usable and marketable products.

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
• Capital Accumulation Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees