Principal Field Clinical Engineer - New England/ North East
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. The Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) business is one of the fastest growing businesses and helps patients all over the globe requiring mapping and ablation for cardiac arrhythmias. The Cardiac Ablation Solutions Operating Unit focuses on Arrythmia disease management (including Atrial Fibrillation). Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident — we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 70% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. In this exciting role as the Principal Field Clinical Engineer (FCE) for the Cardiac Ablation Solutions Operating Unit, you will be responsible for the introduction, implementation, and follow-up of clinical studies; support of research and development in evaluating concepts for new products and the modification of existing devices; serving as a technical resource between engineering, clinical research, and the medical community. Among these responsibilities, the highest priority is given to the support of clinical studies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree Minimum of 7 years of clinical research, clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales representative experience Or Masters degree with 5 years of clinical research, clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales representative experience Or PhD with 3 years of clinical research, clinical specialist/field clinical engineer/clinical sales representative 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.
Nice To Haves
- Electrophysiology and cardiac ablation device training strongly preferred.
- Experience at Medtronic or within the medical device industry
- Experience in the management of clinical devices.
- Experience in a Cath lab, biomedical engineering, hospital/clinic or medical sales.
- Experience in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and/or regulatory compliance guidelines for clinical trials.
- Experience in clinical studies and/or trial site management/protocols.
- Experience collaborating with cross functional clinical partners/customers, physicians and/or medical sales colleagues in the healthcare industry
Responsibilities
- Provides technical assistance to clinical study sites by serving as the technical resource between engineering and the medical community.
- Present for all ablation procedures at study sites for investigational device studies to guide the physician on the requirements for the protocol and ensure high quality data is being collected.
- Accountable for identifying investigators, presenting protocols for a study, assisting investigators in product application, and submitting status reports on all programs.
- Provides all aspects of assistance for Clinical Research studies by identifying investigators, nominating and qualifying sites, performing activation duties, providing training, encouraging enrollment, ensuring quality data acquisition and performing study closure activities.
- Accountable for gaining and maintaining knowledge of clinical sites to best understand and assess physicians’ interests and capabilities.
- Develops expertise in clinical and market released products and evidence, and functions as a local technical/clinical resource for Medtronic and the customer.
- Accountable for developing and leveraging relationships in the field to drive clinical activity and maintain focus on the customer.
- Provides feedback from clinical sites on the performance of the product to be incorporated in engineering designs or enhancements, assists research and development in evaluating concepts for new products, and considers potential modifications for existing devices while serving as a technical resource between engineering and the medical pacing community.
- Provides prospective and real-time feedback to clinical study management in study design and document development.
- Plays a critical role in educating customers, sales partners, and internal Clinical Research talent on the technology that they assist.
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
Principal
