Senior EHS Engineer

Medtronic • Cherry Hill, MA

3d • 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 believe safety is foundational to innovation. As a Sr. Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Engineer supporting Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME), you will play a key role in embedding safety into new product development and advanced manufacturing processes. This position offers an opportunity to help design and implement proactive safety systems that protect employees, enable innovation, and support the delivery of life-saving medical technologies. You will join the Danvers EHS team and partner closely with AME, Engineering, Operations, and Quality teams to ensure safe, compliant, and scalable product and process development. Your work will help shape how safety is integrated across the full lifecycle—from early-stage research and development through production deployment. In this role, you will serve as a safety partner embedded within AME initiatives, helping ensure safety is integrated into new product and process development from concept through validation and deployment. 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 fully onsite schedule, with the expectation of a full 5- days a week being 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.

Requirements

• Must Have Bachelor’s degree with 4 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience OR PhD with a minimum of 0 years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with hazard identification, risk assessments, or safety management systems
• Proven success working within manufacturing, R&D, prototype development, or engineering environments
• Extensive knowledge of safety standards such as OSHA regulations, NFPA 70E, or lockout/tagout principles
• Ability to integrate safety into engineering design or product development processes
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Effective communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
• Possess a continuous learning and professional growth mindset within EHS/manufacturing safety
• 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

Responsibilities

• Partner with AME teams to identify hazards early and implement effective risk controls throughout the development lifecycle
• Design and implement safety systems including lockout/tagout (LOTO), machine guarding, personal protective equipment (PPE), and safe work procedures
• Develop AME-specific safety standards, risk assessment tools, and standard work to support scalable and compliant manufacturing processes
• Lead hazard identification efforts and coordinate corrective actions to ensure timely mitigation aligned with project milestones
• Deliver safety training focused on hazard recognition, design-for-safety principles, and proper safety control implementation
• Support regulatory compliance with applicable standards such as OSHA, NFPA 70E, and state environmental regulations
• Manage environmental considerations associated with AME activities, including waste management, solvent use, and prototype materials
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, and operations partners to embed safety into product and process design decisions
• Maintain documentation and traceability of hazards, risk assessments, and corrective actions to support audit readiness
• Partner with Medtronic’s global EHS network to share best practices and continuously improve safety programs

Benefits

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
• 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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level