Reliability Engineer II - CRM

Medtronic•Mounds View, MN

1d•$84,000 - $126,000•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 Reliability Engineer II Careers That Change Lives At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday, and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. In this exciting role as a Post Market Reliability Engineer II, you will have responsibility for ensuring the safety and performance of Medtronic Patient Care Systems products. You will provide key technical expertise and leadership to monitor and maintain ongoing reliability of software products, like device programmers, clinician information systems, and patient remote monitors that support our CRM business. Our Global Quality Strategy is rooted in the Medtronic Mission and our Quality Policy. Being a 'trusted partner' means always putting patient safety first, upholding product quality, and maintaining the highest ethical standards in our business relationships and programs. 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. This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) operating 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. A Day in the Life In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Post Market Reliability Engineer II role.

Requirements

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, math, science or technical discipline and minimum of 2 years of work experience in engineering and/or quality OR advanced degree in engineering, science or technical field with 0 years of work experience in engineering and/or quality.

Nice To Haves

Experience in software development or software reliability, and experience working in a regulated environment.
Demonstrated ability to perform data analysis using statistical techniques and reliability tools.
Demonstrated critical thinking skills with focus on improved system performance outcomes and positive business impact.
Excellent problem-solving skills, including demonstrated application of structured problem-solving methods and tools.
Sufficient reliability engineering and statistics knowledge
Strong written and oral communication skills (timely, clear, concise, accurate, conclusive, influential, targeted to audience)
Strong collaboration and influence skills (build relationships, leverage others, align and work towards shared outcome-based goals, understand others’ needs, negotiate for win-win, own the whole)

Responsibilities

Monitor performance of fielded software products to identify trends and issues.
Escalate issues, performs risk assessments, and assist in the management of issues to resolution.
Develop and maintains post-market vigilance deliverables in accordance with procedures.
Participate in cross-functional teams in the preparation of risk management documentation, including product impact assessments, Hazard Analyses, Post Market Surveillance Reports, etc.
May fulfill the role of “Personnel with Clinical Knowledge” in risk management assessments if specialized experience criteria are met.
Represent quality on development teams implementing software changes to issues identified in post-market.
Partner with the Patient Care Systems function to analyze reliability trends in relation to new product development.
Participate in and lead organizational efforts to improve quality processes, outcomes, and culture.
Develop ideas and concepts for improved performance monitoring and partners with development teams to see them implemented.
Provide input for regulatory submissions.
Ensure alignment with platform teams, key stakeholders, and leadership teams.
Develop, coordinate, and conduct technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs.
Recommend design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability.
Complete risk analysis studies for new product designs.
Compile and analyze performance reports and process control statistics; investigate and analyze relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes.
Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards.
Analyze preliminary plans and develop reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives.
May develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks.
As necessary, proposes changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability.
May determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing and specifies minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data.

Benefits

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. 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).

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