Reliability Engineer I - CAS
About The Position
Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life Reliability Engineer I Careers That Change Lives 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. To contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. That’s the Medtronic Mission — our compass that guides what we do every day. The Medtronic Mission sets the expectations of our culture. Every person here plays a role in bringing it to life. We recognize your potential to ensure patients live better, healthier lives. Are you passionate about ensuring product performance and reliability in a highly regulated environment? As a Reliability Engineer I in Cardiac Ablation Solutions you’ll play a key role in supporting reliability efforts for life-impacting medical devices. A Reliability Engineer I in this role is expected to perform pre and post market reliability responsibilities. This includes developing, coordinating and conducting technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts. You will complete risk analysis studies of new designs and processes and compile and analyze performance reports and process control statistics; investigate and analyze relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes. You ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards. You are expected to understand issue evaluation and escalation to make risk based decisions on issues and own subsequent reactions to escalations. You are also expected to maintain understanding of regulatory requirements. This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) unit. 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 are working on-site 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. A Day in the Life In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Reliability Engineer I role. This includes, but is not limited to the following: Develops, coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and perform testing to confirm engineering design concepts and changes. Partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Design, and R&D to ensure alignment on validation strategy, risk analysis and execution of new designs and processes. Compiles and analyzes performance reports; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes changes. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards. Ensure all validation activities are compliant with internal quality systems and applicable regulatory standards. Perform Issue Evaluations for potential product holds and/or field actions. Maintain risk file documentation. Reply to foreign regulatory body inquires.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math
Nice To Haves
- Internship or co-op experience in reliability, manufacturing, or quality engineering
- Knowledge of Risk File Tools (ex. fmea, STA, GSPR, ERM, DHF)
- Technical Writing Experience
Responsibilities
- Develops, coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and perform testing to confirm engineering design concepts and changes.
- Partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Design, and R&D to ensure alignment on validation strategy, risk analysis and execution of new designs and processes.
- Compiles and analyzes performance reports; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes changes.
- Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards.
- Ensure all validation activities are compliant with internal quality systems and applicable regulatory standards.
- Perform Issue Evaluations for potential product holds and/or field actions.
- Maintain risk file documentation.
- Reply to foreign regulatory body inquires.
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
Entry Level
