Reliability Engineer II

Medtronic•Santa Ana, CA

3d•$84,800 - $127,200•Onsite

About The Position

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 Oct 2026 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.

Requirements

Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 0 years relevant 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.
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.
Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
U.S. work authorization is required for roles below Principal level.

Nice To Haves

Medical device industry experience
Quality Engineering experience
ASQ-CQE, CQA, CBA or equivalent certifications

Responsibilities

Lead as a quality extended team member responsible for driving design, development, and implementation of testing methods and equipment.
Compiles data and defines changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements.
Participate in risk management activities including system risk analysis (ISO14971), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, product risk assessments and assessing specific product issues for impact to patient and/or user safety.
Participate in design reviews for the system as well as review and approve design input/design output artifacts including requirements, design documents, test results, verification and validation reports.
Develops, coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs.
Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability.
Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards.
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.