Senior Quality Engineer

Medtronic • Boulder, CO

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Quality Engineer supports the Global Operations & Supply Chain organization at Medtronic’s Boulder, Colorado manufacturing facility, working onsite five days per week with the Advanced Surgical Instruments Manufacturing business in the Surgical Innovations group. As a member of a cross-functional core team, the role supports production of Class II medical devices and helps ensure manufacturing processes produce products with high reliability and quality. The engineer investigates nonconforming devices and processes, develops and implements corrective actions, identifies and validates improvements to reduce cycle time and improve production-cell reliability, and monitors and evaluates complaints involving devices used during surgical procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience, or a PhD with no prior relevant experience required.
• For a bachelor’s degree earned outside the United States, the degree must satisfy the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A).
• Must possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment; sponsorship is not offered for roles below Principal level.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Medical device experience.
• Quality engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Support daily manufacturing operations onsite, including troubleshooting equipment, investigating defects, and validating equipment and processes.
• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality standards and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Develop and implement methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating product and production-equipment precision and accuracy.
• Design or specify inspection and testing mechanisms and equipment, conduct quality assurance tests, and perform statistical analyses to assess the cost of and determine responsibility for products or materials that fail to meet required standards and specifications.
• Ensure corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and documentation requirements.
• Investigate and evaluate nonconforming devices and manufacturing processes, and determine and implement corrective actions.
• Identify and validate improvements to reduce cycle time and improve production-cell reliability.
• Monitor and evaluate complaints concerning devices used during surgical procedures.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
• Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account.
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.
• Life insurance.
• Long-term disability leave.
• Dependent daycare spending account.
• Tuition assistance or reimbursement.
• Simple Steps global well-being program.
• Incentive plans.
• 401(k) plan with 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: Senior