Product Engineer II (Wound Management)

Medtronic • North Haven, CT

3d • $80,000 - $120,000 • Onsite

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. A Day in the Life At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. The Product Engineer II will serve as the Design Owner for commercially released Wound Management products within a high-volume manufacturing environment. This role focuses on maintaining design intent of our products following product transfer to manufacturing, including design support, yield improvement, root cause analysis, supplier collaboration, and customer return analysis. The position partners closely with Design Quality, Manufacturing, Plant Quality, Supplier Quality, and Operations to ensure our devices are safe, effective, and cost-efficient.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Biomedical, Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing, or related engineering discipline required).
• Bachelors degree in Engineering, plus 2 years relevant work experience, OR a Master’s degree in Engineering, with 0-2 years work experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting medical devices, particularly wound management or disposable medical products.
• Hands-on experience with root cause analysis, design verification, and supplier collaboration.
• Familiarity with ISO 13485, FDA Quality System Regulations, and design control/change management processes.
• Experience analyzing customer complaints, product returns, or field issues.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Prior Medtronic experience

Responsibilities

• Provide design support to manufacturing for wound management products, including support of testing methods, specifications, procedures, and troubleshooting manufacturing or test-related issues.
• Lead investigation and resolution of device specification issues, yield challenges, and production deviations to maintain high-quality output.
• Support minor device, component, or tooling redesigns, including drawing updates, to improve quality, performance, manufacturability, reliability, or cost.
• Conduct analysis of customer complaints and returned products, partnering with Design Quality and Manufacturing to identify root cause and implement corrective actions.
• Drive and support supplier-related engineering changes that affect product design, including component improvements, qualification activities, and ongoing supplier optimization efforts.
• Optimize device relative to cost, quality, risk, and performance constraints.
• Assume design responsibility for devices and/or internally produced or externally sourced components after formal transfer into high-volume production.
• Own design activities for assigned products, typically covering entire device design.
• Support investigations related to nonconformances, CAPAs, and risk assessments as needed.
• Assist customers and internal teams with device usage issues or customer testing of complex devices, as applicable.
• Partner cross-functionally with Design Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Plant Quality Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain to support uninterrupted production and continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
• 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, and 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), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees