Sr Product Engineer

Medtronic • North Haven, CT

19h • $104,000 - $156,000

About The Position

The Sr Product Engineer is responsible for Released Product Engineering activities for surgical stapling devices. Released Product Engineering includes product design, Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions (CAPA), and product enhancements that support product sustainability and improve clinical performance. The engineer leads or champions initiatives from concept through implementation, presents initiative information and status to management, and provides leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

The role addresses complex technical issues, identifies and investigates product problems, collaborates on verification testing, reviews development protocols and results, and incorporates regulatory standards into development and sustaining engineering work. It also performs project-management activities and documentation using design controls and risk analysis, and prepares analytical reports, presentations, and spreadsheets for peers, executives, and customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and at least 2 years of experience.
• For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree meeting the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Nice To Haves

• Mechanical design experience.
• Ability to interpret varied technical information and work with abstract and concrete variables.
• Knowledge and understanding of design change control processes.
• DRM, DFSS, and/or Six Sigma training or experience.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience designing and redesigning medium- to high-complexity medical devices and subsystems.
• Experience testing and optimizing designs through experiments and evaluations, including numerical verification such as finite element analysis (FEA) and tolerance analysis.
• Experience preparing documentation in accordance with internal SOPs and Design Control.
• Experience interacting with suppliers and participating in Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) processes to assess component and assembly manufacturability.
• Experience participating in Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and following up on resulting recommendations.
• Experience participating in pre-clinical in vivo labs, observing hospital cases, and engaging in planned and unplanned customer interactions.
• Experience creating and evaluating prototypes to support concept and model approvals.
• In-depth knowledge and application of Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Represent the organization by providing practical, thorough, and imaginative solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific products.
• Anticipate and identify unique and challenging problems, including problems requiring research or analysis.
• Solve highly complex technical problems with innovative approaches.
• Collaborate with peers to develop testing that verifies products meet internal and external customer requirements.
• Review and evaluate development protocols, results, and conclusions.
• Understand functional and customer requirements and help establish specifications that support reliability and manufacturability.
• Investigate customer complaints about existing products, help determine root causes, and identify corrective actions when necessary.
• Incorporate required regulatory standards into development and sustaining engineering projects.
• Contribute inventions, designs, and techniques to specific projects; provide primary technical contributions and potentially lead subprojects.
• Lead or champion initiatives from concept through implementation and present initiative status to management.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Conduct project-management tasks and prepare documentation using design controls and risk analysis in accordance with established SOPs.
• Prepare analytical and interpretative reports, presentations, and spreadsheets for peers, executives, and customers.
• Adhere to safety policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
• Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
• Health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
• Health Savings Account and Healthcare Flexible Spending Account for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
• Life insurance and long-term disability leave for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
• Dependent daycare spending account and tuition assistance or reimbursement for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
• Simple Steps global well-being program for eligible regular employees working 20 or more hours per week.
• 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, and retirement-plan benefits for regular employees, subject to stated eligibility conditions.

What This Job Offers

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