Senior Reliability Engineer - Neuromodulation Post-Market (Rice Creek)

Medtronic • Minneapolis, MN

1d • 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. In this exciting role as a Senior Reliability Engineer, you will serve as a key technical leader responsible for post-market quality, reliability, and risk management for market-released products in the Medtronic Neuromodulation organization. This role will primarily focus on Deep Brain Stimulation products (DBS). You will investigate real-world field data, evaluate risk, and partner cross-functionally to ensure DBS therapies continue to meet the highest standards of safety and performance. This work spans hardware, firmware, and software applications for DBS products. Your work will include translating field signals into meaningful insights that drive product improvements and strengthen patient/customer trust. Your work will directly influence how DBS technology evolves, from field feedback to design changes, ensuring patients and clinicians can rely on these therapies every day. At Medtronic, bold ideas are brought forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first. In-person exchanges are invaluable, and the team works a minimum of 4 days a week onsite to foster professional growth and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree and Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience writing technical documentation for regulated industries
• Medical device field experience
• Experience with data analysis methods to evaluate product performance and reliability
• Experience working with manufacturing and operations teams

Responsibilities

• Lead evaluations of field‑observed product performance for DBS systems, including risk analysis aligned with risk management files and existing mitigations
• Analyze complaint trends, software behavior, labeling considerations, and hardware performance
• Partner with Medical Safety to assess harm severity, estimate probability of occurrence, and evaluate patient and user risk
• Evaluate the reliability and risk impacts of design, manufacturing, and software changes for market‑released DBS products
• Serve as a technical representative for post‑market processes such as CAPA
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional partners (R&D, Manufacturing, Medical Safety, Regulatory, Quality) to translate field data into actionable improvements
• Help shape the reliability and risk strategy for a growing and evolving DBS portfolio

Benefits

• 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: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees