Senior Reliability Engineer - Neuro - Fridley, MN (Onsite)

Medtronic•Fridley, MN

2d•$107,200 - $160,800•Onsite

About The Position

Across our global Neuroscience organization, we advance care for some of medicine’s most complex neurological and spinal conditions. By combining innovative technology, data-driven insights, and deep clinical expertise, we partner with physicians and health systems to improve how patients are treated and supported throughout their care journey. Neuroscience organization provides advanced therapies for chronic pain, movement disorders, and other neurological conditions. Through spinal cord stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and targeted drug delivery systems, we deliver personalized treatments that restore function, reduce symptoms, and improve quality of life worldwide. This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the country of employment without sponsorship. As a Senior Reliability Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring the continued safety, reliability, and performance of our market-released medical devices. You will serve as a technical leader responsible for evaluating real-world product performance, identifying emerging risks, and driving continuous product improvements across hardware, firmware, and software systems. Working closely with engineering, manufacturing, medical safety, regulatory, and quality teams, you will transform field data into actionable insights that influence product enhancements, strengthen risk management strategies, and reinforce the trust that patients and clinicians place in our therapies every day.

Requirements

Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, OR Master’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, OR PhD with 0 years of 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.
Candidates must possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting post-market quality, reliability engineering, or product performance for regulated medical devices.
Knowledge of medical device risk management methodologies, including ISO 14971.
Experience investigating product complaints, field issues, and CAPA activities.
Strong analytical skills with experience using statistical methods to evaluate product reliability and performance trends.
Experience partnering with manufacturing, operations, supplier quality, or design engineering teams to implement product improvements.
Ability to interpret hardware, firmware, and software performance data to support technical investigations.
Experience authoring technical reports, engineering assessments, and documentation within a regulated environment.
Strong cross-functional collaboration, communication, and technical influence skills.
Demonstrated ability to make sound engineering decisions using data, risk analysis, and customer feedback.

Responsibilities

Lead technical evaluations of field-observed product performance, performing risk assessments aligned with product risk management files and existing mitigations.
Analyze complaint data, software performance, hardware reliability, labeling considerations, and product trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
Partner with Medical Safety to assess potential patient harm, estimate occurrence probabilities, and evaluate overall product risk.
Evaluate the reliability and risk impact of design, manufacturing, supplier, and software changes for commercially released products.
Serve as the technical representative for post-market quality processes, including Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA).
Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Medical Safety to investigate field issues and implement effective solutions.
Develop data-driven recommendations that improve product reliability, patient safety, and long-term product performance.
Support post-market risk evaluations and decision-making related to containment actions, product corrections, field actions, recalls, and labeling updates when necessary.
Help shape and continuously improve post-market reliability strategies, processes, and risk management practices.