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Job Location drjobs

Santa Rosa, CA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

$ 116800 - 175200

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 21 Jul 2025


At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The Sr. R&D Engineer will serve as a technical expert executing and providing guidance to the team in achieving innovative engineering solutions. As a design engineer you will be responsible for developing and modifying implant and catheter designs understanding use conditions and boundary conditions and evaluating interactions with various components including delivery systems.

In this role you will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders including executive leadership customers vendors and regulatory agencies to ensure the successful development and implementation of cutting-edge technologies. Leveraging advanced engineering expertise and reliability concepts you will proactively identify and resolve complex technical challenges.

You may provide guidance coaching and training to engineers while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. Additionally you may lead root cause investigations developing both short-term and long-term corrective actions in partnership with cross-functional teams.

You will work closely with project teams to develop first-principle models enabling predictive design performance and ensuring product reliability that meets Medtronics high standards.
At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working onsite a minimum of 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

A Day in the Life

  • Apply advanced scientific and engineering principles and theories such as solid mechanics and mechanical design to solve complex technical problems and develop solutions.
  • Develop test strategies based on therapeutic requirements derived from voice of customer and execute on protocol testing data analysis and reports required for regulatory submissions
  • Apply mechanical engineering principles and tools to evaluate and analyze mechanical designs and interactions.
  • Identify issues conduct root cause analysis and map out resolution when evaluating technology designing parts components and sub-assemblies using engineering first principles and appropriate test evaluations
  • Communicate with internal/external customers and vendors; represent work through internal conferences and collaborations across multiple business units and functions
  • Design develop analyze troubleshoot and provide technical skills during research and/or product development.
  • Strongly influence the design of new products processes standards or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on functional results.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelors degree required. Mechanical Materials Chemical Biomedical or related Engineering Degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience


Nice to Have

  • Advanced Degree in Engineering Discipline
  • Understanding of Reliability Engineering and Statistical Methods
  • Demonstrated aptitude for assessing emerging technologies
  • Demonstrated business acumen executive presence and communication skills
  • Proven skills in quantitative analysis and data-driven decision making
  • Experience with conducting strategic brainstorm sessions and ideation activities
  • Flexible and adaptable comfortable working in a dynamic environment

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job 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. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.


Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$116800.00 - $175200.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience certification/education market conditions and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves. We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law. In addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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