Senior Quality Engineer
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 In this exciting role as a Senior Quality Engineer on the Plymouth Nathan Lane sustaining and project quality engineering team, you will be responsible for being the quality voice and executing on a broad range of projects. Projects supported in this role to support the Peripheral Vascular Health (PVH) platform can span from capacity expansion, equipment end of life replacement, yield improvement, technology change implementation, quality improvement, and lean transformation initiatives. This role will collaborate with a wide cross-functional group both inside and outside the facility. This is an in-person/on-site role with very limited travel required. 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 5 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. This role is at the Plymouth Nathan Lane facility which supports the Peripheral Vascular Health (PVH) Operating Unit (OU). The PVH OU brings our various peripheral vascular businesses together into one cross-functional, collaborative operating unit to employ the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients across the globe.
Requirements
- Requires a Bachelor's degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR Master's degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience OR PhD with 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.
- The employee is regularly required to be independently mobile.
- The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.
- U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience reviewing technical documentation
- Previous process validation experience (including installation qualifications, process characterization, operational and performance qualifications)
- Previous experience with developing, executing, and analysis of Test Method Validations
- Previous experience with Master Validation Records and Risk Management documentation (including DFMEA and PFMEA)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
- General understanding of project management
Responsibilities
- Generate actionable ideas to increase better quality, safety, and yield while reducing cost and cycle time
- Support the PMO road map by being the quality representative on projects at the site
- Collaborate cross-functionally with site and OU representatives on project decisions and milestones
- Make use of appropriate technical skills and tools, such as DOE, SPC, hypothesis testing, capability studies, Gemba walks, and “hands on” analysis, to perform in depth analysis, determine root cause, and identify corrective actions
- Ensure processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations
- Provide detailed engineering analysis and documentation in product disposition, process changes, and CAPA
- Create and/or assist in the documentation including test plans and reports to demonstrate technical rational for project decisions (i.e. qualifications, risk assessments, and work instructions)
- Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering on technical abilities and applications
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
Senior
