Sr Systems Engineering Manager

Medtronic • Mounds View, MN

80d • $168,800 - $253,200

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. An opportunity to lead a team of talented systems engineers in the definition, integration, and validation of solutions that solve the unmet needs of surgical teams worldwide and ultimately improve surgical outcomes. The Medtronic Surgical Operating Unit brings together a highly engaging cross-functional and collaborative approach to employ the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions that address the needs of customers and patients across the globe. The candidate will be responsible for leading a team of Systems Engineers in the definition, development, and support of complex medical device systems used in a variety of surgical procedures. This role reports to the Senior Director of Systems Engineering and will help with strategy, vision, development, and execution of the Systems Engineering team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or other technical discipline.
• 7+ years of relevant experience with 5+ years of managerial experience.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated excellence in Systems Engineering.
• Systems engineering experience across the product lifecycle.
• Extensive knowledge of global regulatory expectations, design controls, and quality management systems.
• Detailed understanding of patient safety risk management.
• Experience in integrating and delivering complex medical device systems.
• Versatile, technically savvy, curious, a broad systems thinker, and willing to work in a space with a lot of ambiguity.
• Good at communicating complex technical opportunities and challenges to upper management in a concise but thorough fashion.
• Experience defining, integrating, and validating artificial intelligence, cloud based applications, and multi-function devices within a regulated environment.
• Advanced degree in Systems, Electrical, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering.
• Experience working in a medical, aerospace, defense, or other relevant regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to make appropriate, timely decisions and recommendations that result in the successful completion of major organizational objectives.
• Drive functional strategy to advance Systems Engineering through process, functional best practices, and organizational changes.
• Work independently with limited supervision, engaging in many different product areas.
• Provide direct management and mentorship for the System Engineering team.
• Develop System Engineers to be effective leaders, including how to best approach technical issues, soft skills, etc.
• Provide targeted opportunities to develop and stretch team member's knowledge and capabilities.
• Recruit individuals whose skills will enable Systems Engineering to achieve organizational objectives.
• Communicate across Business Units and with functional partners to plan, evaluate, and develop technical solutions.
• Lead multiple system engineering activities in the product development life cycle including identification, planning, monitoring and executing tasks for entire project.
• Understand medical product development and medical device requirements and regulations and standards and provide a voice of authority in ambiguous terrain.
• Understand the R&D future portfolio and align system engineering talent to achieve goals.
• Advocate for new systems model-based tools, processes, and practices, and otherwise ways of doing product development that make work more efficient and effective.
• Identify long-term opportunities that will continue to advance the systems engineering function over a 3-5 year time horizon.

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.
• Capital Accumulation Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees